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| ACTORS: | Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Nicolas Roeg |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1971 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Criterion Collection |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 037429123225 |
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Customer Reviews of Walkabout - Criterion Collection
Coming of age in the outback of Australia A very unusual film for its time, Walkabout combines many themes in what is ostensibly a tale of survival in the Australian outback. I suppose it was a bit too racy for American audiences as Roeg focuses lovingly on a young nubile Jenny Augutter but that would be missing the point of this movie which contrasts the sterile life of a young British girl and boy with an Aborigine man-child.
The film depicts the initial bleakness of the Australian desert which the two children find themselves thrust into after the father mysteriously chooses to commit suicide, but eventually shows the immense diversity of the outback as the young Aborigine leads the lost children back to civilization. Roeg uses a variety of cinematic techniques to paste together his poetic vision, ultimately developing the sexual tension between Agutter and the Aborigine, culminating in a fateful courting ritual which Agutter appears oblivious too. However, the star of the movie is the little boy, Luc Roeg, who forms a very special bond with the Aborigine.
The film may be too much to handle for small children, but it is ideal for teenagers, as it will give them a very different experience from the run-of-the-mill teen movies that proliferate in the video stores. Don't fret over the R rating, as the nudity is fleeting and treated in a very respectful way. In Britain, the rating is 12 for young teenagers.
Superb film that transends time
This is a wonderful film about survival, love, tragedy and loss. Jenny Agutter, sensuous and delectable in her role as "the white girl" (The Railway Children) and her young brother played by Luc Roeg are alone and lost in the Australian outback. Rescued by David Gulpilil (The Last Wave, Crocodile Dundee, Rabbit Proof Fence) an Aborigine on walkabout they manage to survive with his help and support. However tragedy is looming in the distance, for despite everything Gulpilil has done for the children he can never enter "their" civilized "white" world, and though Jenny is fond of him she is unable to reciprocate his love and his suicide is a tragic consequence of their relationship.
This is a film about differences that can never be bridged. Black and White are forever condemned to inhabit different worlds, but the irony here is that without the Aborigine Agutter and Roeg would never have survived in the Outback alone.
I especially liked the ending when Agutter, now married to a boring white man, reminisces the past, slowly becoming aware of what she lost because of her prejudice and unyielding nature. Superb photography, a slow but elegant plot helps this film maintain its momentum from beginning to end. This is a wonderful film that has been lovingly restored to its original format. Available both on DVD and video, this is a film of exceptional beauty that will appeal especially to those with an eye for the unusual.
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DONT LET THE OTHER REVIEWS THROW YOU> I honestly thought that the end credits were the best part of this movie. I thought that the acting was bad, the sound was horrible,there was no plot and there were quite a few tasteless scenes.I felt ripped off as the Criterion Collection usually has GOOD movies. Im sorry to say but someone goofed in picking this movie for the collection.