For his achievements, in 2002 kunuk was made an officer of the order of canada. The fast runner turns the frozen landscape of northern canada into the stage for an adventure as sweeping as the odyssey or beowulf. Based on an old inuit legend, the chief of the clan has two sons, amaqjuaq, the strong one and atanarjuat, the fast runner. Its an epic tale of love, betrayal, and revenge, set in motion by an evil force brought to the village of igloolik by a mysterious shaman. Two recent fourth world films, the canadianinuit atanarjuat the east runner 2000, dir. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing amaqjuaq, as atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring. Atanarjuat the fast runner is a perfect movie for a hot, summer day ice, snow, freezing water and cold wisps of breath as far as the horizon and beyond. The film, based on an ancient inuit legend, is set at the dawn of the millennium.
Atanarjuat the fast runner the canadian encyclopedia. Kunuks first feature film, atanarjuatthe fast runner, is a milestone in the. Beautifully shot, and acted by inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with sealoil lamps. Adapted from an inuit legend, the fast runner centres on atanarjuat, a charismatic young hunter struggling for the affections of atuat, who has already been promised to oki, the son of the camps leader. Jealousy between them leads to a bloody conflict that ends in the death of the chief and amaqujuaq, while atanarjuat must flee naked over the barren ice sea. We could begin with the facts about the fast runner. Best picture, best director, best screenplay, best original score, best editing, claude jutra best canadian feature film 2001 toronto international film. Atanarjuat the fast runner is the firstever screenplay written in the inuit language, inuktitut and the first times a charm. It was made with an inuit cast, and a 90percent inuit crew. It demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal. It records a way of life that still existed within living memory. But beyond the nanook of the northtype, docudrama fascination with seeing how to really build an igloo, this. Trailer for the award winning feature film produced by isuma 2001 atanarjuat. The fast runner makes no attempt to ease outsiders into the world of inuit film.
Igloolik at the dawn of the first millennium, when nomadic inuit were masters of the frozen arctic. Set in igloolik, in nunavut, this is a powerful drama, not a documentary, reminds the director kunuk. Based on an ancient inuit legend, atanarjuat is an epic tale of love, betrayal and revenge. Jan 31, 2002 atanarjuat is married to the beautiful atuat. Atanarjuat the fast runner synopsis an inuk natar ungalaaq seeks revenge against his brothers killer peterhenry arnatsiaq. The fast runner 2002, directed by zacharias kunuk and isuma. It includes the script in both inuktitut and an english translation and notes on the culture and time period where the movie is set. This adaptation of an ancient inuit legend was filmed in inuktitut and directed by inuit filmmakers making atanarjuat the first feature film of its kind. The fast runner is a 2001 canadian epic film directed by inuit filmmaker zacharias kunuk, produced by his company isuma igloolik productions, and written by paul apak angalaaq. Filming the legend of atanarjuat indigenous films read online.
The fast runner by francesca on march 2, 2018 march 16, 2018 atanarjuat. A criticallyacclaimed commercial success, it won numerous awards worldwide, including the camera dor for best first feature at the cannes film festival and five genie awards, including best screenplay, best direction and best motion picture, as well as the claude jutra. I can only sing this song to someone who understands it. She disrupts atanarjuats family from within while oki plans his revenge. Jan 24, 2017 based on an ancient inuit folktale, atanarjuat the fast runner is the first inuktitutlanguage feature film ever made. The fast runner by 2001 by zacharias kunuk is a moving reenactment of an inuit oral legend touching on issues of power, intrigue, love, jealousy, murder and revenge raheja 2007, 1172 through the lens of spiritual duality and a circular timecontinuum. There are some sites that use the colon but not enough to convince me that the colon version is the most common. The score by chris crilly is a quite striking part of the films ambience, just so.
It includes the script in both inuktitut and an english translation and. It gives movie audiences a glimpse of an old culture for the first time, in a story that is fresh yet familiar, because it touches on such basic human emotions as love, hatred, jealousy, and revenge. Atarnarjuat wins the hand of the lovely atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, oki, who vows to get even. However, she loves the goodnatured atanarjuat ungalaaq, a fast runner and excellent hunter. Critical historiography in atanarjuat the fast runner and ten. The beautiful atuat ivalu has been promised to the shortfused oki arnatsiaq, the son of the tribes leader.
Atanarjuat the fast runner atanarjuat, the first film ever filmed in the inuit language of canada, is a stunning achievement. This volume is a fantastic companion to the awardwinning movie atanarjuat. Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Canadas topgrossing release of 2002, the film became an international. Another problem i have with the colon is that gives me the impression that the fast runner is a translation. Pic captures an epic story rife with rivalries, evil spirits. The first allinuitlanguage feature, made by a mostly inuit cast and crew, atanarjuat. The story in lyons journal was only a couple of pages long, so writer paul apak angilirq added many characters and events. Natar ungalaaq stars as a young inuit who falls for a woman. But beyond the nanook of the northtype, docudrama fascination with seeing how to really build an igloo, this first inuit production is a gripping epic. Three unique awardwinning inuit films express the dramatic history of one of the worlds oldest oral cultures from its own point of view.
Atuats and okis fathers agreed early on that their kids should get married, though only sauri seems to still be around to enforce it. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing amaqjuaq, as atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. It was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in the inuktitut language. The fast runner by nunavut director zacharias kunuk is the number 1 canadian film of all time, according to the fourth edition of canadas alltime top ten list atanarjuat. Based on an ancient inuit folktale, atanarjuat the fast runner is the first inuktitutlanguage feature film ever made. Best picture, best director, best screenplay, best original score, best editing, claude jutra best canadian feature film 2001 toronto. It gives movie audiences a glimpse of an old culture for the first time, in a story that is fresh yet familiar, because it touches on such basic. Robustly acted by its inuit cast, atanarjuat the fast runner succeeds as a mythic drama of good versus evil, in which the desires of an individual have to take secondary importance to the. The fast runner is a 2001 canadian epic film directed by inuit filmmaker zacharias kunuk and produced by his company isuma igloolik productions. The telling of an inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warriors endurance and battle of its menace. This sweeping epic features a cast of inuit actors and is based on one of their ancient legends. Zacharias kunuk 1 and the australianyolngu ten canoes 2006, dir.
It is based on a story that is at least 1,000 years old. Jun 07, 2002 atanarjuat the fast runner synopsis an inuk natar ungalaaq seeks revenge against his brothers killer peterhenry arnatsiaq. The fast runner 2002 bpht0g from alamys library of millions of. Set in the ancient past, the film retells an inuit legend passed down through centuries of oral tradition. Direct from the inuit producers, dowload bestquality version sin sd, 720p or 1080p hd, all paywhatyoucan. The poster also uses atanarjuat the fast runner without the colon. Enjoy the art for a new understanding exhibition film screening of atanarjuat.
Atanarjuat, the fast runner is an epic film made by and about the inuit peoples of the canadian arctic, telling a story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely knit group, and how. The fast runner, atanarjuat, the fast runner atanarjuat, atanarjuat the fast runner, usa the fast runner atanarjuat. Atanarjuat was also a commercial success, becoming canadas topgrossing release of 2002, outperforming the mainstream comedy men with brooms. Atanarjuat, the fast runner hardcover december 20, 2002. Natar ungalaaq stars as a young inuit who falls for a woman sylvia ivalu who has been promised to. Atarnarjuat wins the hand of the lovely atuat away from the boastful son. For some reason the nfb uses atanarjuat the fast runner. Jul 18, 20 trailer for the award winning feature film produced by isuma 2001 atanarjuat. With natar ungalaaq, sylvia ivalu, peterhenry arnatsiaq, lucy tulugarjuk. It is the first film shot in inuktitut, the language of the inuit peoples who live within the arctic circle. The film premiered at the 54th cannes film festival in may 2001, and was released in canada on 12 april 2002. What follows, over the next three hours, contains murder, gang rape, naked running, and enough meat butchery to qualify. Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit.