Denis Simard writes: > > Does anyone know whether Flaherty was alone when he shot Nanook or if he was > accompanied with an operator? And did he had one or two cameras with him? > Denis, Flaherty was assisted by Bob Stewart, the Revillion agent at Port Harrison who is seen in the trading post sequence, and by a number of the natives on site, including Allakariallik who plays Nanook. He used one motion picture camera -- an Akeley -- and also took still photos with a Graflex. The equipment was maintained in part by the natives and in part by Flaherty. Development was done by Flaherty on site with native assistants, and printing was done with natural light as a source. Rushes were screened for the locals during production using a Simplex projector. There is some information on this in Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Robert Flaherty Photographer/Filmmaker and other sources. The Flaherty papers are available at Columbia University in New York. They are filled with notes and diaries made by Flaherty during the film's production that give fascinating insights into the process. The film KABLUNAK gives a reasonable portrayal of the production process (subject to the demands of story-telling). Hope this is of some help. Don't hestiate to contact me by e-mail if you need more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Langer Email address: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]