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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas. F.W. Murnau, 1931.
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Edition screened: Eureka! Masters of Cinema Blu-ray #61, released 2013. English intertitles, no dialogue track. Runtime approximately 86 minutes.

Summary: Spear fishing.

Details: After some short expository intertitles, the following 70 seconds of Tabu (1:25-2:35) show a romantically staged spear-fishing vignette in which joyous young island men hurl tridents into the water and impale large fish.