Nu•tka• utilizes image bifurcation to explore the history of colonialization on Vancouver Island, where English and Spanish fleets battled over trade routes in the 18th century. Films of the landscape—the only imagery shown—are superimposed on one screen so that the footage appears doubled. This formal effect is echoed by the soundtrack, which includes excerpts from the sea captains’ diaries, which become increasingly paranoid and irrational. At key moments in the narrative all visual and verbal elements meld together in exquisite clarity.
Stan Douglas
Director
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
McQueen74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
180° South72%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
The Captains63%
My Mom Jayne80%
Report61%
The Class of ‘9271%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Directed by John Ford70%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Sherman's March67%
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey77%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Elstree 197661%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Above Majestic73%
