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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 23, 2017 2:52:03 GMT
A city man and his teenage daughter and young son take a drive in the Australian outback to have a picnic. Suddenly, for reasons that aren't exactly clear, the man goes nuts and pulls out a gun and shoots at his kids from a distance. After unsuccessfully trying to kill the kids, the man sets the car on fire then shoots himself. The girl and boy are left stranded in the outback. When survival becomes bleak, the kids come across a young aboriginal bushman who helps them survive during their journey back to civilization.
This Australian-British film is an engrossing study of city folk who come to terms with nature by embracing it, becoming one with it, and becoming uninhibited and free. Walkabout is nicely shot with beautiful cinematography, and contains many fascinating scenes of wildlife. And I must use the word beautiful again to describe John Barry's music score. Director Nicolas Roeg presents a compelling juxtaposition of the beauty of the wilderness and the invasion of it. Roeg's son Luc delivers an impressive performance as the intelligent boy who learns how to communicate with the aboriginal. The lovely Jenny Agutter and David Gulpilil also give good performances.
Walkabout is definitely recommended for those who are interested in the Australian New Wave of films that took off in the early 1970s.
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 23, 2017 3:03:21 GMT
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Post by barkingbaphomet on Sept 23, 2017 3:28:20 GMT
i love Jenny Agutter.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Sept 23, 2017 13:38:18 GMT
Walkabout is definitely recommended for those who are interested in the Australian New Wave of films that took off in the early 1970s. Interesting that you class this as an early example of Australian New Wave, as Nicholas Roeg and 2 of the three protagonists (and the production company and writers) are English. However its mood does fit with the style that was developing in Australia, and uses the Australian landscape as a major feature.
My take on the theme is of a clash of cultures, not just of indigenous vs western, but of male vs female teenagers from wildly different cultures unable to communicate their burgeoning adolescent sexual needs due to a lack of common emotional language.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 26, 2017 21:17:06 GMT
, I've seen it.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jun 14, 2022 23:26:06 GMT
Hell of a movie. I felt kind of underwhelmed by the ending though.
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