Eskimo

A prurient look at life among the Inuit, presumably intended to evoke such classic slices of exotic life as TABU (1931) and, most conspicuously, NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922). But ESKIMO's emphasis on the sex lives of Arctic dwellers struck reviewers as a bit dubious. Mala, a respected tribal leader, and his wives live a hardscrabble existence in the frozen North. A skilled hunter, Mala tracks down walrus, caribou and whales, and leads his villagers in battling wolves and the inhospitable elements. The film is particularly interested in the way they while away the cold winter nights, freely trading wives. The Inuit have little contact with white men, though they engag...