I found that the hunting sequences in this film dwelt a little to much on the act of killing. It is hard enough to swallow Anthony Quinn as an eskimo, but to see him spear a polar bear or a seal and then to show a close up of the creature's blood-stained body on the ice is rather unpleasant, to say the least. It's also quite sad to hear the (generally tedious) narrator of this movie describing the 'plentiful' polar bears inhabiting the Arctic, now that this is tragically no longer the case.
Having looked forward to seeing Nicholas Ray's film for some time, I was quite disappointed. The first half is largely dull, although it does build to a lively last twenty minutes or so. The cinematography, I grant, is quite beautiful at times.
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Reply by Patrick E. Abe
on April 7, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Find "Eskimo" (1933), which (mostly) reveals the results of a hunt rather than going "all blood and guts." Even when Mala "returns the harpoon" to the corrupt sea captain who used his wife, all we see is the result, as well. Hipster Beware! This is a BLACK-AND-WHITE movie! (Color addicts keep your tinting software away from this film!) As for the "plentiful" game, even in 1933, game wasn't easy to find, and Polar Bears, like Caribou, were easier to hunt from a boat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjVr63uBeo