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News: From out of the North
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
"The Fast Runner" ("Atanarjuat"), first-time filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk's unexpectedly successful attempt at translating the oral-history tradition of his native Canadian Arctic region into something cinematic, arrives on screen as a startling commingling of the new and the old. Its cutting-edge film techniques have somehow been put in service of a story of some antiquity and, the thing is, it's a perfect fit. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
I am not surprised that "The Fast Runner" has been a box office hit in its opening engagements. It is unlike anything most audiences will ever have seen, and yet it tells a universal story. What's unique is the patience it has with its characters: The willingness to watch and listen as they reveal themselves, instead of pushing them to the front like little puppets and having them dance through the story. ...
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
Zacharias Kunuk's "The Fast Runner" is a near-great movie, not without nagging flaws. But, unlike anything else in theaters this year, it's unquestionably a landmark in cinema. ...
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
Directed and cowritten by Zacharias Kunuk, a native Canadian who grew up on the northern tundras, this long (nearly three hours), revelatory movie is both a thrilling adventure about endurance and survival, and an elegiac examination of centuries-old tribal culture, fast-fading in the new millennium. ...
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The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
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(2002)
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Overview:
Based on an ancient folk epic, this film revolves around the Inuit people of northern Canada and an evil in the form of an unknown shaman who threatens to divide the small community. Spoken in Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Starring:
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak and Pakkak Innukshuk
Director-editor:
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer:
Paul Apak Angilirq
Cinematographer:
Norman Cohn
Composer:
Chris Crilly
Studio:
Lot 47 Films
Release Date:
Aug. 9, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(Not rated)
Running Time:
172 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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