Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:17:06 -0600
From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@superiway.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: filmy stuff
Hello Wayne,
I was over at Gary Rose's house last night to watch the Greenland
Kayak rolling film. Just simply fabulous. Tim Ingram ought to have
a lead weight tied to his yak. The premise of the film was "Your
Kayak is your life preserver...never leave it. Having watched this
fellow in Kodiak Alaska in the cold ocean waters, roll upon roll
upon roll, I am convinced. One should stay with their yak and
should be skilled at all possible scenerios.
Anyway, now I want to see more. I won't have time until I get back
from Vancouver Island (think I mentioned, I'm doing the West Coast
Trail again 78km). However, can you send me the E-mail address and
names of those film titles. Gary Rose bought the Kayak Rolling Video
from someone in Texas off the Wavelength List server. The film was
such good quality. Have you seen it??
Do you live that close to Chicago?
Best Regards,
Philip
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wayne steffens wrote:
>
> Went to the Chicago Field Museum last week and noticed they were
> showing
> some Netsilik Eskimo footage at the TV screen near the kayak display,
> including some of the kayak building tape. I also noticed some footage
> which I didnt recognize from the purchased tape, although it was
> definitley
> the same people. All of which leads me to believe what Ive thought all
> along-theres more footage of that kayak being built than appears on
> the 2
> tapes we bought. ( I didnt stick around to see how much of the
> Netsilik
> series they show, but Chicagoans may want to check it out-they did
> have
> english narration which is not in the originals and I dont think it
> improved the viewing experience)
>
> I also stumbled across someone who has the "Tuktu and the Big Kayak"
> films
> which were also made by National Film Board of Canada. Ive been
> wanting to
> see these as I suspect from the description that the Tuktu films
> contain
> additional footage of the Netsilik kayak being built. I will get to
> see the
> Tuktu films in a couple weeks and will know for sure then.
>
> On that note, dont get too excited about buying the whole Netsilik
> series
> anytime soon. Only 6 people have expressed interest in doing so at the
> 100
> dollar price tag, which is about 20 people shy. But there are some
> people
> who havent seen the first films yet who may become interested later.
> Dont
> hold your breath though.
>
> Wayne