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Walkabout [1971]
from Uca
starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra
directed by Nicolas Roeg

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Very few films achieve subliminal greatness with cross-cultural impact, but Walkabout is one of those films--a visual tone poem that functions more as an allegory than a conventionally plotted adventure. Considered a cult favourite for years, Nicolas Roeg's 1971 film centres upon two British children who are rescued in the Australian outback by a young aborigine. Through exquisite cinematography and a story of subtle human complexity, the film continues to resonate on many thematic and artistic levels. Just as Roeg intended, it is a cautionary morality tale in which the limitations and restrictions of civilisation become painfully clear when the two children (played by Jenny Agutter and Roeg's young son, Lucien John) cannot survive without the aborigine's assistance. They become primitives themselves, if only temporarily, while the young aborigine proves ultimately and tragically unable to join the "family" of civilisation. With its story of two worlds colliding, Walkabout now seems like a film for the ages, hypnotic and open to several compelling levels of interpretation. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Haunting
  'Walkabout' is an incredibly beautiful film and haunts you in a way almost beyond comprehension. The fact it is so subjective means it is a film to be revisited time and again. The only thing I can liken it's effect to is poetry. The lyrical nature of it, the stunning cinematography...I'd like to think that the entire meaning of the film can be tied up in the final scene where the character of Jenny Agutter loses herself in recollection- it has all the sense of sorrow for something lost that can never be... more info

• perfect
  jenny agutter gets her kit off and swims in a pool in an extended and gratuitous scene. perfect.

• Beautiful...beautiful beautiful
  Yes a realy lovely and touching and unique movie.If youhavent seen this you must see it now you will never forget the experience.
  Kind Regards
  Jim Clark aka poetryanimations at youtube

• A poignant movie, very close to being a classic
  It's unsettling to find that something you've treasured, now seen or met again, leaves you feeling a little flat. Did you change for the worse...have you become jaded...less open about feeling emotion? Or perhaps what you liked so much then simply isn't the wonder you thought it was. Note that elements of the plot are discussed.
  A young girl (Jenny Agutter), 14, and her brother (billed as Lucien John, who actually was Nicolas Roeg's son, Luc) about 7, are driven far into the Australian outback by their... more info

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