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graveyardtan

http://www.nfb.ca/film/pour_la_suite_du_monde_en/

13 years ago

At the auction at the beginning of the film men are talking about man in space and going to the sun or the moon. One man was adamant it was never going to happen cos the sun is too hot and pieces keep falling off the moon. Yet just 7-8 years later........it happened.

4 years 8 months ago

jerry warton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISSX1AKY2kM

9 years 7 months ago

the3rdman

A particular construction of a rural society attempting to reclaim a romanticized past, carefully filmed and edited to convey authenticity. A remarkable work of ethnofiction that acknowledges the presence and influence of the filmmakers --who, after all, instigated the revival of the whale hunt--while at the same time deflecting the attention to the local characters. An intriguing performance of a particularly male form of tradition in the face of economic and cultural change. The project is in many ways a success, as the mandate to leave something for future generations--the film itself--is achieved. The actual mechanics of reviving the hunt are interesting in their own right. However, the film on the whole seems anachronistic and doesn't do a great job of illustrating the relevance of the traditions it re-enacts. Although presented as an internal narrative, the external nature of the filmmakers and the perspective of the viewer undercut the vitality of the project with a sense of futility. The desire to establish continuity and traces for future generations seems elegiac rather than hopeful, especially from a contemporary perspective.

10 years 8 months ago