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Actors: Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Walkabout |
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This 1971 film opens in the concrete jungle and canyons of Sydney, where people are crowded into apartment buildings. Then a man takes his 14-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son to the outback for what seems like a picnic -- but then starts shooting at them, sets the car afire, and kills himself. The two kids wander in the dry wilderness until they encounter a young aborigine male in the middle of his "walkabout" -- the six-month ritualistic banishment from the tribe which tests his ability to survive and achieve manhood. The native helps the kids manage in the wild, and sexual/emotional sparks fly between the two older characters, but they have no way to communicate their needs, interests, and dreams. Though the white kids eventually return to "civilization," all three protagonists remain "lost." Nicolas Roeg directed this mostly dialogue-free, beautifully shot, but deeply pessimistic film based on a novel by James Vance Marshall. Jenny Agutter makes a deep impression as the white girl (although she was a little more proper 18-19 when the film was made).
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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WALKABOUT is a movie directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1970.
A teenage girl and her young kid brother are stranded in the australian desert after their father has committed suicide. Almost exhausted, they meet an aborigenes on "walkabout", a ritual followed by the 16 years old male aborigenes just before becoming adults. The three of them will cross fabulous landscapes and try to understand each other. But the girl feels a strange unspoken attraction towards their new friend.
Rousseau in Australia. Nature versus Civilization.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Walkabout |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Wandering in wilderness
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- British
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- Australian
Lover is...
- of another race (interracial loving!)
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
- funny heat-delusions
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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