Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter

Réalisé par Alma Duncan

Canada, 1953 (animation / pour enfants, 13 minutes, couleurs, anglais)

Description du film [en anglais] :
« An Inuit legend about a hunter who is too sleepy to hunt, told with puppets. Despite all efforts to change him he remains sleepy until the day when, following a great adventure, he attains success as a hunter. But then he foolishly tells the secret of his success to his nagging wife. »
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Description du film :
« Une légende esquimaude racontée par des marionnettes, au sujet d'un chasseur trop endormi pour chasser. »
-- Jana Vosikovska (source)

Générique (partiel) :
Produit par :	Audrey McLaren, Alma Duncan
Narrateur :	Moira Dunbar
Animation :	Alma Duncan
Musique :	Frederick Karam
Société de production :	Dunclaren Productions

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Notes sur Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter

A reçu une 'Mention spéciale' au Palmarès du film canadien [Canadian Film Awards] de 1954.

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Citations sur Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter [en anglais]

« Audrey [McLaren] and Alma [Duncan] did every scrap of work themselves, from writing the script and making the puppets to doing the photography and finishing [...]. Aside from enough money to meet the costs of film and technical equipment and to keep the wolf from the door day to day, their main contribution was boundless enthusiasm and unflagging determination. They also contributed the technical 'know how' they had acquired as employees of the National Film Board prior to the day, over a year and a half ago, that they resigned their jobs and formed themselves into Dunclaren Productions of Ottawa, Canada. »
-- Reginald Hardy (source)

« In [Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter], [Alma] Duncan used masks to animate her puppets. By creating papier mâché masks, Duncan was able to alter facial expressions simply by changing masks when necessary. Such a device created a fast and efficient way to alter the characters' moods. »
-- Jaclyn Meloche (source)

Bibliographie sur Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter

Articles de journaux, de revues grand public ou de sites d'information en ligne

HARDY, Reginald. « Ottawa girls' puppet film wins acceptance by Edinburgh Festival », Ottawa Citizen, 1 octobre 1953. [en anglais]

Brèves parties de thèses

MELOCHE, Jaclyn. Braiding the Boundaries: A Dialogical Study of Alma Duncan's Art from the 1940s and 1950s, 2004. Thèse de maîtrise, Carleton University. (pp. 64-67) [en anglais]