“Atanarjuat: the Fast Runner” is an epic, 172-minute film that has drawn enormous popular and critical praise. Roger Ebert has called it “passion, filtered through ritual and memory.” A.O. Scott of the New York Times deemed it “a masterpiece.” It retells a traditional Inuit tale of two brothers, combining romantic intrigue and, ultimately, murder in a way that “seems as real as a frozen fish,” in Ebert’s words. Atanarjuat was filmed in the Canadian Arctic on digital video, produced by an all-Inuit cast and crew. Atanarjuat is still opening at new theaters across the U.S. - check your local listings for a nearby theater.
