Although the setting is exotic, the language is foreign and the clothing primitive, "Atanarjuat" -- filmed in a Canadian Arctic island community -- is a snapshot of all humanity, as embodied by one ...

A filmmaker once said that a true epic must contain the elements of tragedy, romance and comedy with some action. “Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner” has all these and much more, being based on an ancient ...

"Atanarjuat the Fast Runner" is the first-ever screenplay written in the Inuit language, Inuktitut -- and the first time's a charm. Pic captures an epic story rife with rivalries, evil spirits, sex, ...

"We never knew what he was or why it happened. Evil just came to us." "The Fast Runner" (also known as "Atanarjuat"), inspired by an ancient Inuit myth of evil spirits and human greed, is an ...

"THE FAST RUNNER," or "Atanarjuat" as it's also known, is the kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of. Based on the collected narrative of eight elders of the Inuit of the ...

Do yourself a favor and ignore the running time and that thing about subtitles above. Yes, it's almost three hours long, and yes, it's in probably the most foreign of languages. But "The Fast Runner ...

"Storytelling" is a big buzz in Hollywood these days, with nearly every actor, writer, director and even gaffer saying that stories are what their work is all about. It's a glib line that often erases ...

Centuries ago, in what would become the Canadian Arctic, Atuat is promised to the malevolent Oki, son of the leader of their tribe. But Atuat loves the good-natured Atanarjuat, who ultimately finds a ...

The hot art-house ticket this summer is for one cool movie. Atanarjuat–The Fast Runner has won festival prizes and critics’ raves, and not only because it’s the first fiction feature made about the ...

The first all-Inuit-language feature, made by a mostly Inuit cast and crew, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner makes no attempt to ease outsiders into the world of Inuit film. It even begins with the line, ...