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The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend

1975·Movie
7min
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Striking style, no humor.

Energy

Tense

Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.

  • Tension7
  • Adrenaline5
  • Fast Pace5

Heart

Nostalgic

  • Nostalgia7
  • Wonder6
  • Pathos5

Humor

Serious throughout

  • Absurdist Humor1
  • Dark Humor1
  • Situational Comedy0

World

Fantasy and faith and meaning

  • World Immersion7
  • Novelty7
  • Ambiguity6

Craft

Solid, not remarkable

  • Intrigue8
  • Narrative Structure7
  • Direction6

Style

Standout score

  • Music Centrality9
  • Music Composition8
  • Cinematography7

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About

This short film, in which a hunter is pursued, bound up and carried to a cave, tells the legend of a river, and of how fog came to the land. The story is enacted by Inuit using katadjak or throatsinging. The audience is locked in an alien world of sights and sounds where human activity seems propulsed by primeval forces.
Eskimo LegendThroat SingingMythicalAnimated ShortCulturalFolktaleTraditional StorytellingArctic SettingIndigenous Culture

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0 h 7 min

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What language is The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend in?

Inuktitut

It was made in Inuktitut.