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    S.O.S. Eisberg versus S.O.S. Iceberg - two nations' visualizations of arctic landscapes

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    Author
    Aloia, Kerstin Anne
    Chair
    Schell, Jennifer
    Committee
    Stanley, Sarah
    Carr, Rich
    Keyword
    motion pictures
    Germany
    Criticism and interpretation
    socialism
    Arctic regions
    popular culture
    Tay Garnett
    Arnold Franck
    S.O.S. Eisberg
    S.O.S. Iceberg
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10257
    Abstract
    This project is a comparison of the perspectives on Arctic nature that are featured in the 1933 films S.O.S. Eisberg and S.O.S. Iceberg. I am arguing that the director of each version was influenced by his cultural background in visualizing the relationship between Arctic nature and the white explorers that encounter it in their films. Both Arnold Fanck, who created S.O.S. Eisberg, and Tay Garnett, who created S.O.S. Iceberg, worked with the same documentary footage that was filmed at Greenland's Arctic shores, but turned it into two different films. S.O.S. Eisberg turns the Arctic into a space whose hostile forces have to be confronted with the iron will of a leader who demands utmost loyalty from his followers, thus anticipating the leadership cult of the Nazi era. S.O.S. Iceberg portrays the Arctic as an alternative Western frontier that humans have to encounter as a collective who collaborates and facilitates a sense of community, which perpetuates the American self-identification as a frontier nation of explorers. Being aware of the backgrounds of these culture-specific visualizations not only explains the differences between the two films, but, on a larger scale, will teach us to understand the extend of the influence that our cultural background has on our understanding of and interaction with nature.
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    Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018
    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction -- 2. "The Impossible Comes to the Screen!" -- The production of S.O.S Iceberg/S.O.S. Eisberg -- 3. The U.S. Relationship with the Arctic: Expeditions and Frontier Heroes -- 4. The German Relationship with the Arctic: The Wegener Expedition and the Bergfilm challenge seekers -- 5. The films -- 5.1 Ties to the Land -- 5.2 The Relationships Between the Protagonists -- 5.3 The Representation of the Marginalized: Indigenous People and Women -- 5.4 Bears and Dogs -- The Functions of Wild and Domesticated Animals -- 5.5 The Closing Image -- Conclusion -- Works cited.
    Date
    2018-12
    Type
    Thesis
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    English

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