The Significance Of Landscape In Nanook Of The North And Atanarjuat

Navigating Landscapes of Indigenous Identity

In the films, Nanook of the North and Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner both explore the lives and cultures of the indigenous Inuit people in Canada. These films uses landscape as an important element to show the aptsohere of the innuit people, although in different ways. While Nanook of the North portrays the Inuit people in a manner that emphasizes their perceived savagery and almost portrayed as almost inhuman, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner presents a more calm and srence atmosphere, as if they are portraying the culture and just people living their everyday lives. This analysis will delve into the significance of landscape in both films, highlighting how it contributes to the thematic exploration

The monochromatic visuals create a heavy and depressing atmosphere, which could empizize challenges faced by the Inuit people as they navigate through treacherous weather conditions and extreme terrain. The film portrays landscape as heavy snow and icy surroundings serve to highlight the harshness of their living conditions and the constant struggle they endure to survive. To poetry the landscape in this manner might reinforce certain stereotypes about indigenous peoples, By showing the Inuit people's existence within such an extreme and challenging environment as almost savage like.. This portrayal perpetuates the notion of indigenous peoples as otherworldly and almost inhuman like an animals. One example in the film might show stereotypes is when they hunted for seals in the film and eat raw seal meat, a practice that is repulsive to viewers unfamiliar with Inuit culture and the dark,serious and harsh way they show the landscape enhances it.this plays into the dehumanization of indigenous people and presents them as strange or unusual, rather than

One example is the portrayal of the vast expanses of ice and snow. The film showcases the beauty of the Snowy and Arctic landscape, capturing its beauty in the film, its quite breathtaking. This is almost the opposite of the harsh environment shown in Nanook of the North. They represent not only the physical challenges faced by the characters but also the resilience and strength of the Inuit community. Furthermore, the use of open skies in the film is significant. The expansive and seemingly endless skies serve as a reflection of their close relationship with nature and their ability to navigate the immense spaces of the Arctic unlike how the sky looks in Nanook. Moreover, the characters' use of their native language, Inuktitut, adds authenticity to the portrayal of their everyday lives. The dialogue in their own language contributes to a more better depiction of their culture, allowing the audience to connect with the characters on a deeper level and fostering a greater understanding and appreciation for their heritage. Also in the film they show they they hunted and killed a seal however this might not effect those who are watching the film as the fiml didn’t portray it as a big deal, instead they prtory it was something thats done casually. Overall, the film effectively utilizes the breathtaking landscape,