Why did Nanook cooperate in the filming of Nanook in the North?

Because it is to show the audience the original appearance of life outside the industrial society, human beings are weak in the case of low productivity. In order to survive, human beings have to fight against nature.

The first character of this documentary, Flahadi, in pursuit of authenticity, did not hesitate to let his "old friend" Nanuk hunt walrus with a harpoon. At that time, under the impact of western white civilization and business culture, Eskimos had already given up their ancestors' traditional tool harpoon and switched to rifles.

In order to cooperate with Flahadi's shooting, Nanuk picked up the harpoon used by his father or grandfather and really killed a walrus. Under the lens of Flahadi, Nanukla pulled out 1 thing from 1 ice cave with a rope, but failed several times, even being dragged back by something in the ice cave. Try again and again, fail again and again.

Nanuk in the north is also good at using montage.

Before the family captured the walrus, the director used many sets of shots to create an atmosphere. Not only the walrus swimming posture, but also the image of Nanuk rowing at sea. The director accelerated the pace of the film through multiple angles and action shots. Although these switching and moving shots seem conservative today, they are still a great breakthrough in its background.

When Nanuke captured seals and cut seal meat, he cut into the lens of dogs, which not only showed the fierce image of dogs, but also showed that such a delicious meal was hard to come by. While reflecting the hardships of Eskimo life, it can also make the scene vivid, and this group of lenses has played a very good role.

Montage itself is a very subjective technique, even in documentaries, it is inevitable. And its subjectivity is also an important part of documentary.