Walkabout (1971)
Directed by Nicolas
Roeg this film based on the novel of the same name stars Jenny
Agutter, David Gulpill and Luc Roeg. A teenage school girl and her
younger brother from England become lost in the Australian outback.
This film is a classic
tale of the clash between Aboriginal Australia living with nature and
modern the urban preconceptions of white settler Australia. There are
a number of changes between the source material and the plot of this
film but it appears to keep the themes largely intact. You really get
the sense of culture clash between the English children and the
Aboriginal youth that helps them as well as there being a strong
sexual under current in the film. There are some good performance and
the editing which harks back to Soviet Montage really helps emphasise
the themes of the film.
5/5
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