#The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)

[kaccvcate]

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) is based on Inuit oral history, and is the first movie filmed in Inuktitut. A period piece set roughly 1000-2000 years ago, everything about this movie is phenomenal - the costumes, props, sets, acting, music, cinematography - even the sex scenes are hot. You can tell the care and passion that went into every detail of the production, from start to finish.

The best thing about this movie is how un-American it feels (or maybe I should say un-Canadian.) There's no hesitation to break the colonialist, puritanical taboos that Hollywood industry control has normalized throughout mainstream cinema. We get plenty of animal violence, we see women processing carcasses to be eaten, there's full frontal male nudity, even tits. There's no catering to a colonial audience whatsoever. I wish there were a thousand movies like this.

[liquidstar]

another request from cohost! my friend asked for traditional inuk hairstyle like qilliqti, which is what i ended up going with! looking up the hairstyles sent me on a sidequest of looking at a bunch of fashion designers with modern takes on traditional clothes, so i also used some of those! so credits for that under the cut vv

jacket- https://www.instagram.com/p/C3QiKIdO0Jp/?img_index=5 jacket 2 (full fashion show with more angles, and a lot of super cool designs, also really cool music)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_eAzDu8xU patch- https://www.bradorfabrics.com/products/inukchic-iron-on-patches-celestial-narwhal hair originally from the film atanarjuat the fast runner, but the specific screenshot is here https://www.pinterest.com/pin/53480314313400875/

[custer-died-for-your-sins]

btw the ndn media must watch list for this sideblog is:

smoke signals

powwow highway (u can find this on facebook actually lol)

dreamkeeper (this one is on youtube)

lakota woman

dance me outside

rhymes for young ghouls

edge of the knife/sgaawaay k’uuna

atanarjuat the fast runner

[hividsmarttv]

Title: 10 Remarkable Films to Celebrate Indigenous People's Day

Introduction: Indigenous People's Day is a time to honor and recognize the rich history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous communities around the world. As we reflect on their resilience and celebrate their unique traditions, what better way to engage with their stories than through the power of cinema? This list of 10 remarkable films sheds light on the diverse experiences, struggles, and triumphs of Indigenous people, offering a window into their lives and fostering understanding and appreciation.

1. Smoke Signals (1998): Explore the complexities of identity and family dynamics in "Smoke Signals." This film follows two young Native American men on a road trip as they confront their pasts and come to terms with their relationships with their fathers. A poignant and humorous exploration of heritage and reconciliation.

2. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001): Immerse yourself in Inuit mythology and culture with "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner." Set in the Arctic, this visually stunning film tells the epic tale of a community torn apart by jealousy and betrayal, ultimately demonstrating the strength of tradition and the human spirit.

3. Windtalkers (2002): Step into the harrowing world of World War II with "Windtalkers." This film sheds light on the critical role Navajo code talkers played in the conflict, using their native language to create an unbreakable code that helped secure victory for the Allies.

4. The Fast Runner (2002): Delve into the lives of the Sami people in "The Fast Runner." Set against the backdrop of the Nordic tundra, this film weaves a captivating narrative about love, betrayal, and survival within an Indigenous community.

5. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002): Embark on a heart-wrenching journey with "Rabbit-Proof Fence." Based on a true story, the film follows three Aboriginal girls as they escape a government settlement and embark on an incredible trek across the Australian outback, showcasing the strength and resilience of Indigenous people.

6. Ten Canoes (2006): Travel back in time with "Ten Canoes," an Australian film that offers a glimpse into the lives, customs, and traditions of the Yolngu people. The film intertwines two parallel stories, one set in the present and the other in the distant past, providing a unique perspective on Indigenous culture.

7. Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013): Uncover a hidden chapter of Canadian history in "Rhymes for Young Ghouls." Set in the 1970s, this film follows a young Indigenous girl as she navigates the impact of the Canadian residential school system while seeking to maintain her cultural identity and freedom.

8. Sweet Country (2017): Journey to the Australian Outback with "Sweet Country," a powerful drama that explores themes of justice, racism, and survival. The film centers around an Indigenous man accused of murder and his struggle for fairness within a prejudiced legal system.

9. The Grizzlies (2018): Experience the transformative power of sports and mentorship in "The Grizzlies." Based on a true story, this film follows a young teacher who introduces lacrosse to a remote Inuit community, inspiring hope and positive change among its residents.

10. Te Ata (2016): Celebrate the life and legacy of Mary Thompson Fisher, a Chickasaw storyteller, in "Te Ata." This biographical film follows her journey as she uses her talent for storytelling to bridge cultural gaps and share the rich traditions of her people.

Conclusion: Indigenous People's Day is an opportunity to honor the wisdom, resilience, and cultural richness of Indigenous communities. Through these 10 remarkable films, you can gain insight into the diverse experiences, struggles, and triumphs of Indigenous people from around the world. As you immerse yourself in these stories, take a moment to reflect on the importance of preserving and celebrating Indigenous heritage and contributions.

[ignitingthesky]

tagged by @sydmarch!

rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better

last song: failure by swans

last show: not completed but the last thing I watched before falling down assignments hole was The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady. I just have a bunch of incomplete shows.

currently watching: rewatching Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner over and over again for school (it's really cool though and free on archive.org)

currently reading: school readings. :( not supposed to read anything else until I'm done with them but sometimes I get detoured into. a lot of fanfic. and I also have a list of books I've started and yet to finish (the angel tiger and other stories, the song of achilles, trials of apollo series etc)

current obsession: disco elysium! <- called out for DE brainrot yesterday visible in non DE work to my non DE friend

now don't be obligated, I'm tagging some of my new mutuals and some of my old ones okay?

@nailgun-nali @palms-upturned @stressfulsloth @lastwave @roxyandelsewhere @suncaptor @moonsun2010 @iheardyourprayer @deliciousvulpana

[spectrumtacular]

8, 21 and 26 for the movie ask?

8. A film from the year you were born

But I'm a Cheerleader! Incredibly funny satire + I looooooooove the colour palette, it's so nice to look at.

21. A film with a great needledrop/soundtrack/score

The Big Gundown!!!!! The western remix of Fur Elise in the third act is absolutely lifechanging!!!! Ennio Morricone you absolute legend!!!!

26. A film that is more than two and a half hours long

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, a beautifully shot Inuit epic with a compelling story and a jaw-dropping chase scene at the climax. Cannot emphasize enough how sexy all the tundra shots are.

[omophagias]

decided to do a thing i saw on letterboxd called “modular film festival” (original post here), putting the list up here b/c i’m very likely to lose the physical copy

self-imposed rule was it had to be something i either haven’t seen or literally can’t remember seeing. there’s no way i watch all of these in 30 days but i want to finish it by the end of the year.

✅ a winner of op’s moviebowl tournament -- metropolis (1927), fritz lang

✅ two movies thematically linked somehow -- theme: napoleonic era -- the duellists (1977), ridley scott

✅ see above -- the ashes (popioły) (1965), andrzej wajda

✅ a movie from eastern europe -- stalker (Сталкер) (1979), andrei tarkovsky

✅ a movie from the middle east -- death of yazdgerd (مرگ یزدگرد) (1982), bahram beyzai

✅ a movie from southeast asia -- a land imagined (幻土) (2018), yeo siew hua

✅ a movie from north africa -- wanderers of the desert (الهائمون) (1984), nacer khemir

✅ a movie from sub-saharan africa -- double-header: kwaku ananse (2013), akosua adoma owusu & touki bouki (1979), djibril diop mambéty

✅ a movie starring nicolas cage -- mandy (2018), panos cosmatos

✅ a kaiju movie -- shin godzilla (シン・ゴジラ) (2016), hideaki anno & shinji higuchi

✅ a movie based on a video game -- werewolves within (2021), josh ruben

✅ three movies by the same director i haven’t seen -- director: alfred hitchcock -- rebecca (1940)

✅ see above -- vertigo (1958)

✅ see above -- north by northwest (1959)

✅ a black and white horror movie -- the witch (häxan) (1922), benjamin christensen

✅ a non-english-language action movie -- samurai assassin (侍) (1965), kihachi okamoto

✅ a movie by an lgbtq+ director -- big eden (2000), thomas bezucha

✅ a movie by an indigenous director -- atanarjuat: the fast runner (ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ) (2001), zacharias kunuk

✅ a movie by a director neither white nor a man -- atlantics (atlantique) (2019), mati diop

✅ a movie from op’s list “the hundred” -- the third man (1949), carol reed

✅ a movie from roger ebert’s top 10 of my birth year -- maborosi (幻の光) (1997), hirokazu kore-eda

✅ two movies i have not seen whose directors were nominated at the 2022 cannes festival -- oldboy (올드보이) (2003), park chan-wook

✅ see above -- beau travail (1999), claire denis

✅ a movie from the “hideo kojima canon” -- blade runner (1982), ridley scott

✅ a movie that won best picture in the 1970s -- the french connection (1971), william friedkin

✅ an animated movie not made in the usa or by studio ghibli -- azur et asmar (2006), michel ocelot

✅ a movie 150 minutes or longer -- dwelling in the fuchun mountains (春江水暖) (2019), gu xiaogang

✅ a movie 90 minutes or shorter -- another double-header -- ruddigore (1967), joy batchelor & nezha conquers the dragon king (哪吒闹海) (1979), wang shuchen, yang dingxian, & xu jingda

✅ a niche documentary -- what counts as niche? -- cave of forgotten dreams (2010), werner herzog

✅ a black and white non-english-language movie from before 1970 -- snow trail (銀嶺の果て) (1947), senkichi taniguchi

[voluptuarian]

An expansion for my 365(ish) Days watch list featuring 100+ more movies from 100+ years of film, offering increasingly obscure titles and focus on world cinema.

The link above goes to the Letterboxd list, while the text list can be found below the cut. Happy viewing!

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Un Chiene Andalou (1929)

Bambi (1942)

Ivan the Terrible pt. I and II (1944, 1958)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

The White Reindeer (1952)

House of Wax (1953)

Carmen Jones (1954)

Night of the Hunter (1955)

Sayonara (1957)

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

The Innocents (1961)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

The Leopard (1963)

The Great Escape (1963)

The Ipcress File (1965)

Persona (1966)

Le Samouraï (1967)

Witchfinder General (1968)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

La Piscine (1969)

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Satyricon (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Donkey Skin (1970)

Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Immoral Tales (1973)

Penda's Fen (1974)

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Salo (1975)

Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)

The Mirror (1975)

Marie Poupee (1976)

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

The Black Stallion (1979)

The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Heavy Metal (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Son of the White Mare (1981)

The Nine-Colored Deer (1981)

Evil Dead trilogy (1981- )

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)

Possession (1981)

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

The Living Dead Girl/La Morte Vivante (1982)

Top Gun (1986)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (1986- )

Maurice (1987)

Hellraiser (1987)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Jan Švankmajer's Alice (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Heathers (1988)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer (1989, 1992)

The Juniper Tree (1990)

Daughters of the Dust (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

The Lover (1992)

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

Sankofa (1993)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

La Reine Margot (1994)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Empire Records (1995)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

Hackers (1995)

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Event Horizon (1997)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Chocolat (2000)

Pitch Black (2000)

American Psycho (2000)

Memento (2000)

Ghost World (2001)

Irreversible (2002)

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

Russian Ark (2002)

Hero (2002)

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Blood Tea and Red String (2006)

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Mongol (2007)

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Thirst (2009)

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Kick-Ass (2010)

American Mary (2012)

Skyfall (2012)

The Lobster (2015)

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Loving Vincent (2017)

Annihilation (2018)

Mandy (2018)

Mad God (2021)

Hatching (2022)

[toxioinc]

Top 100 Films

I made this list a few days ago after feeling irritated at the predictability and staleness of the Sight & Sound list, but really I think this a good moment for me to make this list for myself. As you will see from my end of year list in a month, the emergence of a continuous type of filmmaking - Tiktok and Douyin filmmakers posting every day, Youtubers posting every few days - presents a new kind of problem for me who actually wants to make lists that do justice to beautiful filmmaking movements. So this may be the last time to even really want to make an all time list that focuses on the indvidual works rather than the directors filmographies as continuous entities. Although I couldn’t make a normal top 10 poll, and it was better in the end to have a 100 poll as an alternative to the full list, I have put in bold 7 films which I would definitely put in a top 10.

Hypocrites (dir. Lois Weber, 1915)

7th Heaven (dir. Frank Borzage, 1927)

Themes and Variations (dir. Germaine Dulac, 1928)

The Seashell and the Clergyman (dir. Germaine Dulac, 1928)

City Lights (dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1931)

Le métro (dir. Georges Franju & Henri Langlois, 1934)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939)

Bambi (dir. David Hand, 1942)

Now, Voyager (dir. Irving Rapper, 1942)

Meet Me in St. Louis (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1944)

Spring in a Small Town (dir. Fei Mu, 1948)

Song of Love (dir. Jean Genet, 1950)

Awaara (dir. Raj Kapoor, 1951)

Gate of Hell (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1953)

Sansho the Bailiff (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)

The Night of the Hunter (dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)

Pyaasa (dir. Guru Dutt, 1957)

The Cranes are Flying (dir. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957)

Vertigo (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Gertrud (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)

The Young Girls of Rochefort (dir. Jacques Demy, 1967)

For My Crushed Right Eye (dir. Toshio Matsumoto, 1969)

Everything Visible is Empty (dir. Toshio Matsumoto, 1975)

Atman (dir. Toshio Matsumoto, 1975)

In the Realm of the Senses (dir. Nagisa Oshima, 1976)

House (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

¡Que viva México! (dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1979)

Spacy (dir. Takashi Ito, 1981)

Drill (dir. Takashi Ito, 1983)

Ghost (dir. Takashi Ito, 1984)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)

Sabishinbou (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1985)

Alice (dir. Jan Svankmajer, 1988)

Gang of Four (dir. Jacques Rivette, 1989)

The Stranger (dir. Satyajit Ray, 1991)

A Scene at the Sea (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 1991)

Cardiogram (dir. Darezhan Omirbaev, 1995)

The Neon Bible (dir. Terence Davies, 1995)

Kids Return (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 1996)

The River (dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 1997)

Monochrome Head (dir. Takashi Ito, 1997)

April Story (dir. Shunji Iwai, 1998)

The Silence (dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1998)

Histoire(s) du cinéma (dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1998)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (dir. George Lucas, 1999)

OH! Super Milk Chan (dir. Kiyohiro Omori, 2000)

Brother (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 2000)

Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

Mulholland Drive (dir. David Lynch, 2001)

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (dir. Zacharias Kunuk, 2001)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2001)

Avalon (dir. Mamoru Oshii, 2001)

Dolls (dir. Takeshi Kitano, 2002)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (dir. George Lucas, 2002)

Father and Son (dir. Aleksandr Sokurov, 2003)

Waiting for Happiness (dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2003)

3-iron (dir. Kim Ki-duk, 2004)

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (dir. Wang Bing, 2004)

Tropical Malady (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)

Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (dir. Ken Jacobs, 2005)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (dir. George Lucas, 2005)

Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest, Part III (dir. Yang Fudong, 2006)

Fantascope 'Tylostoma' (dir. Yoshitaka Amano, 2006)

Lady in the Water (dir. M. Night Shyamalan, 2006)

Inland Empire (dir. David Lynch, 2006)

United Red Army (dir. Koji Wakamatsu, 2007)

Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant, 2007)

City of Ember (dir. Gil Kenan, 2008)

Assault Girls (dir. Mamoru Oshii, 2009)

AKB48 - Heavy Rotation (dir. Mika Ninagawa, 2010)

Jewelpet Twinkle (dir. Takashi Yamamoto, 2011)

Spring Breakers (dir. Harmony Korine, 2013)

'Til Madness Do Us Part (dir. Wang Bing, 2013)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (dir. Isao Takahata, 2013)

EXID - UP&DOWN (dir. Digipedi, 2014)

Tokyo Tribe (dir. Sion Sono, 2014)

Garm Wars: The Last Druid (dir. Mamoru Oshii, 2014)

88:88 (dir. Isiah Medina, 2015)

Creepy (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2016)

Daguerreotype (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2016)

Before We Vanish (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2017)

Idizwadidiz (dir. Isiah Medina, 2017)

Ending (dir. Isiah Medina & Philip Hoffman, 2017)

TWICE - LIKEY (dir. NAIVE, 2017)

Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2017)

Ready Player One (dir. Steven Spielberg, 2018)

The Grand Bizarre (dir. Jodie Mack, 2018)

Eden is a Cave (dir. Alexandre Galmard, 2019)

OH MY GIRL - The Fifth Season (dir. Yoo Sung-kyun, 2019)

TWICE - FANCY (dir. NAIVE, 2019)

Alita: Battle Angel (dir. Robert Rodriguez, 2019)

OH MY GIRL - Nonstop (dir. Yoo Sung-kyun, 2020)

IZ*ONE - Secret Story of the Swan (dir. Ziyong Kim, 2020)

s01e03 (dir. Kurt Walker, 2020)

The Last of Us Part II (dir. Neil Druckmann, Anthony Newman & Kurt Margenau, 2020)

Eternal Love of Dream (dir. Yang Xuan, 2020)

おはようございます～ (dir. 小柔SeeU, 2020)

bande fucking annonce (dir. Rafael Cavallini, 2021)

高能来袭～准备好了吗？ (dir. 小柔SeeU, 2021)

NewJeans - Hurt (dir. Shin Hee-won, 2022)

[eohachu]

watchlist for 2023

Thought I'd try something new and post everything that's on my watchlist - at the end of 2023 I will see how many I'll be able to tick off the list!

I will make a second post for tv shows bc there's just too many hahsbdhdja

Films:

Mama Rainbow (2012)

Sueño En Otro Idioma (2017)

Even the Rain (2010) rewatch

Hija de la Laguna (2015)

More Than Blue (2018)

Ceddo (1977)

Hero (2002)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

The Banquet (2006)

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (2009)

Canvas (2020)

Lionheart (2018)

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020)

Chungking Express (1994)

A Escondidas (2014)

Fireflies (2018)

Sorry Angel (2018)

Sodom (2017)

Being 17 (2016)

Esteros (2016)

Blackbird (2014)

Tattoo (2013)

Tell No One (2012)

Children of God (2009)

Gewoon vrienden (2018)

Front Cover (2015)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Flying Witch (2016)

Moonlight Whispers (1999)

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) rewatch

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Corrina, Corrina (1994)

Wish You (2021)

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Diarios de Motocicleta (2004) rewatch

Rurangi (2020)

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

Two Cars, One Night (2004)

Boy (2010)

Samson and Delilah (2009)

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005)

In Pursuit of Venus

Drunktown's Finest (2014)

Fire Song (2015)

Same But Different (2019)

Cousins (2021)

Uvanga (2013)

Before Tomorrow (2008)

Caged Birds (2020)

Paris, 13th District (2021)

Fire Island (2022)

Gabbeh (1996)

The Helicopter (2022)

We Are Not Dead Yet (2020)

Fast & Feel Love (2022)

Altiplano (2009)

Yuni (2021)

Western (2017)

K'na, The Dreamweaver (2014)

Lunana (2019)

Drive My Car (2021)

Better Days (2019)

A Separation (2011)

Omar (2013)

Theeb (2014)

The Salesman (2016)

Shoplifters (2018)

Lagaan (2001)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Paradise Now (2005)

Departures (2008)

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Himalaya (1999)

Our Lady of the Nile (2019)

Daisies (1966)

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

In the Absence of the Sun (2014)

Happy Together (1997)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

Taekwondo (2016)

Long Time No See (2017)

Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere (2014)

Ukamau (1966)

Wara Wara (1930)

Pakucha (2021)

A Letter for My Grandson

Utama (2022)

Rafiki (2018)

Charlatan (2020)

Inabitáveis (2020)

La Hamaca Paraguaya (2006)

The Silence (1998)

[farcillesbian]

I am watching atanarjuat: the fast runner with some friends :) just started but it's very good so far. I love the tundra scenery

[roselightfairy]

Time for Nicole Nolette again:

“Translation as a telling is dynamic, destabilized, unregulated, unfixed. The goal of neither translation nor storytelling is to be final, the last telling, the penultimate interpretation. Rather, they both seem to generate further iterations, further incomplete understandings.” (from "Partial Translation, Affect and Reception: The Case of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner")

Posting only a snippet to protect the person's identity and because I don't want to attack them personally but comment on the many similar opinions I have seen:

[ID: a screenshot of a tumblr post reading "Don't get me wrong. But translating a poem loses it's meaning and soul."]

No one is as aware of translation loss as translators themselves. No one is as aware of translation gains as translators themselves either.

On tumblr, there are many posts about how reading something in translation "can't make you grasp the original" or how subtitles or dubs are "inaccurate". This is incredibly unkind to translators who work very hard and usually get paid very little to make books or audiovisual media accessible to you at all (not even to mention all the other areas of translation you're not even aware of).

Of course, some translators make mistakes. But writers make typos too and some make it into published books. Of course, there are cases of manipulation or censorship, I wrote my thesis on this, but more often than not these cases were caused by outside forces not the translators themselves. There are bad translations like there are bad novels or films.

I want more people to think of translation as a creative process that has nearly infinite strategies and choices. Translations differ because they are made by humans. They differ because there are as many ways to translate something as there are to write something. A translation will always necessarily differ from its source because, and it sounds really silly saying this out loud, it's in a different language. And at the same time, the translator is in a constant dialogue with the author and audience, trying to bridge a gap between them.

Translation is not meaningless and not soulless. It adds to the original the soul of the translator.

[laresearchette]

Friday, December 01, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: FROG AND TOAD: CHRISTMAS EVE (Apple TV+) SHAPE ISLAND: THE WINTER BLUES (HGTV Canada) THE SNOOPY SHOW: HAPPINESS IS HOLIDAY TRADITIONS (Apple TV +) SPIRITED - SING ALONG VERSION (Apple TV+) IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE (Shudder) MY NORWEGIAN HOLIDAY (W Network) 8:00pm POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (Starz Canada) 9:00pm THE UNBELIEVABLE WITH DAN AYKROYD (History Canada) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? SEXIEST SPLASH PADS (TBD - HGTV Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA CANDY CANE LANE MY MAN IS CUPID

CBC GEM CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 12 holiday specials) DAS BOOT (Season 4) THE NEXT STEP(Season 5) ODD SQUAD (Season 2B)

CRAVE TV THE ART OF WOO ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER BAD BOYS BAD BOYS II CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING (Season 3) CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR JOY RIDE KILL BILL VOL. 1 KILL BILL VOL. 2 THE KILLING KIND (Season 1) MUCH ADO ABOUT CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR’S EVE – STARZ NURSE FIGHTER BOY – STARZ THE O.C. (Seasons 1 - 4) A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (Season 3, Episode 1) SLEEPLESS IN SEATLE STORIES WE TELL THE TAKE BACK (SPECIAL PREMIERE)

DISNEY + STAR EXPLORER: LAKE OF FIRE INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY THE MILL THE SHEPHERD SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE TIMELESS HEROES: INDIANA JONES & HARRISON FORD

NETFLIX CANADA BAD BOYS II CHRONICLE CONFESS, FETCH THE CRAFT HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS IT’S COMPLICATED JULIE & JULIA MAY DECEMBER OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY PRIDE & PREJUDICE SHREK SWEET HOME (Season 2) (KR) TRANSPLANT (Seasons 1-3)

2023 FIFA MEN'S U17 WORLD CUP (TSN3) 6:48am: Third Place Match - Argentina vs. Mali

G LEAGUE BASKETBALL (TSN4) 11:00am: Maine vs. Raptors 905

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Sharks vs. Devils (TSN5) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Blue Jackets

NLL LACROSSE (TSN) 7:00pm: Rush vs. Thunderbirds (TSN/TSN5) 10:00pm: Panther City vs. Warriors

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:30pm: 76ers vs. Celtics (TSN3/TSN4) 7:30pm: Knicks vs. Raptors (TSN3) 10:00pm: Nuggets vs. Suns

AMPLIFY (APTN) 7:30pm: Cree spoken word artist Zoey Roy meets with legendary Métis artist and activist Maria Campbell, who inspires a piece about the power of celebration. Zoey shares stories about her childhood and how her struggles helped inspire a rich creative spirit.

MARKETPLACE (CBC) 8:00pm: A Montreal lawyer discusses taking on the fight against Ticketmaster over its handling of concert ticket sales; a Canadian reseller shares how he scores tickets and resells them for a profit; the company's former CEO speaks out.

7TH GEN (APTN) 8:00pm: Melissa Brown is an Anishinaabe-Jamaican woman from Winnipeg who grew up in the inner city. Learn about how this entrepreneur, chef and mother is creating the change she wants to see in her community.

MY CHRISTMAS HERO (CTV Life) 8:00pm: An army reserve doctor tracks down her family's military history with the help of a new romance.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm: Raising the Stakes

A PRINCE AND PAUPER CHRISTMAS (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: When a down-on-his luck confidential informant in a criminal investigation suddenly goes missing, a desperate young federal agent recruits his doppelgänger to play the role.

PLANET WONDER (CBC) 8:30pm: From farm to fork, petri dish to plate, Johanna seeks sustainability in food.

FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER (APTN) 8:30pm: Alex Hill has been out all season struggling with anxiety, but she decides to try one race before the season ends. With the help of her team and family, she overcomes her fears and gets in a night of racing at Devil's Bowl Speedway in Texas.

THE FIFTH ESTATE (CBC) 9:00pm

CHRISTMAS UNFILTERED (CTV2) 9:00pm: On Christmas Eve, Becky wishes that her family would truly hear her. All of her thoughts and frustrations begin to spill out as she inadvertently starts telling everyone what she really thinks.

JUSTICE LEAGUE X RWBY: SUPER HEROES & HUNTSMEN PART ONE (adult swim) 9:00pm: Members of the Justice League are transported to the world of Remnant and find themselves turned into teenagers. The Remnant heroes combine forces with the Justice League to uncover why their planet has been mysteriously altered.

CHRISTMAS IN PARADISE (Crave) 9:00pm: Three quirky sisters enjoy some fun in the sun when they reunite with their estranged father in the Caribbean during the holidays.

W5 (CTV) 10:00pm: Searching for Sam; Boom Boom Chuvalo

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: The Deadly Night Shift

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La première québécoise de ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᕗᒃ Tautuktavuk (Sous nos yeux) un film primé de Lucy Tulugarjuk et Carol Kunnuk – le lundi 11 décembre 2023 à 19h

Isuma Productions, Isuma Distribution International et Kingulliit Productions,en collaboration avec Cinema Politica, ont le plaisir d’annoncer que le long métrage dramatique primé TAUTUKTAVUK (SOUS NOS YEUX), coréalisé par Lucy Tulugarjuk (Tia and Piujuq, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Atanarjuat : The Fast Runner) et Carol Kunnuk (Welcome to my Qammaq, Being Prepared, Attagatuluk), sera présenté en première québécoise comme film de clôture de la saison d’automne de Cinema Politica Concordia le lundi 11 décembre 2023 à 19h à l’Université Concordia (salle H-110).

La première québécoise sera suivie d’une séance de questions et réponses et d’une conversation avec Lucy Tulugarjuk et la documentariste Alanis Obomsawin (Incident at Restigouche, Kanehsatake : 270 Years of Resistance, Our People Will Be Healed). La table ronde sera animée par l’artiste multidisciplinaire, cinéaste et conservateur d’art Asinnajaq (Upinnaqusittik, Three Thousand). Tous les détails sont disponibles ici.

TAUTUKTAVUK (SOUS NOS YEUX) a été présenté en première mondiale au Festival international du film de Toronto (TIFF) en septembre 2023, où il a remporté le prix Amplify Voices BIPOC & Canadian First Feature Award, ainsi que le Sun Jury Award au 2023 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival.

Après sa première québécoise au Cinema Politica, TAUTUKTAVUK (SOUS NOS YEUX) sortira en salle à Montréal le 12 janvier 2024, avec des projections du film sous-titré en français et en anglais au Cinéma Moderne.Ce film inuit contemplatif, à la fois provocateur et subtilement intersectionnel, explore les points de convergence entre les mesures pandémiques, la violence domestique, la famille et les traumatismes intergénérationnels. Brouillant la frontière entre fiction et non-fiction, après un événement traumatisant, Uyarak et sa sœur aînée Saqpinak entreprennent un difficile voyage de guérison qui leur rappelle l’importance de la communauté, de la culture et de la famille. TAUTUKTAVUK (SOUS NOS YEUX) explore les questions de violence domestique et de toxicomanie du point de vue de deux femmes inuites.

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a t a n a r j u a t : t h e f a s t r u n n e r, 2001 🎬 dir. Zacharias Kunuk 

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2000) dir. Zacharius Kunuk