"Staged & manipulated", the director himself admitted. User "pyrocitor15" says, "Affectionately remembered as "the first real documentary" since the work of the Lumière brothers as well as arguably the first feature length film.."
No, its no where near being the first feature length film. Nosferatu (1922), Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921), Orphans of the Storm (1921), Phantom Carriage (1921), Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920), Way Down East (1920), Intolerance (1916), Cleopatra (1912), and what's considered to be the first documentary, "With Our King and Queen Through India" (1912).. Along with many others, are all feature length films.
In regards to this film itself, its not a bad one. One could say other documentaries are "staged and manipulated" one way or the other.. But when the director themselves says it, it makes you question everything it depicts. With that said, it does a fine job at showing how humans can survive almost anywhere they become adapted to, and makes one appreciate the littlest things we like to call necessities.
If you like silents.. specifically, silent documentaries set in cold landscapes, I highly recommend "The Great White Silence" (1924).
No, its no where near being the first feature length film. Nosferatu (1922), Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921), Orphans of the Storm (1921), Phantom Carriage (1921), Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920), Way Down East (1920), Intolerance (1916), Cleopatra (1912), and what's considered to be the first documentary, "With Our King and Queen Through India" (1912).. Along with many others, are all feature length films.
In regards to this film itself, its not a bad one. One could say other documentaries are "staged and manipulated" one way or the other.. But when the director themselves says it, it makes you question everything it depicts. With that said, it does a fine job at showing how humans can survive almost anywhere they become adapted to, and makes one appreciate the littlest things we like to call necessities.
If you like silents.. specifically, silent documentaries set in cold landscapes, I highly recommend "The Great White Silence" (1924).