Review of Walkabout (1971) by Dave J — 03 Apr 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
(1971) Walkabout.
PHILOSOPHICAL DRAMA.
Adapted from the book by James Vance Marshall, starting the movie with an introduction to describing the term "Walkabout", which is an aboriginal term some practice. The set up regards, an overweight man, after driving to the middle of an open desert, attempted to kill, I'm assuming his 10 year old son, Lucien (Luc Roeg), and his 17 year old daughter(Jenny Agutter) before blowing up his car, killing himself with his own gun. Instead of trying to tread back, the daughter then decides that the best way back to the city was to go through the desert. Without knowing where they're really going, they end up being saved by a 16 year old Australian aboriginal native (David Gulpilil), practicing the 'walkabout' custom of living off the land for a specific amount of months.
I think, there's much to be said about this movie than the characters treading through the desert, since director Nicolas Roeg does have the tendency to showcase scenes without explaining it, leaving it up to the viewers to draw up their own conclusions.
3 out of 4 stars.
This review of Walkabout (1971) was written by Dave J on 03 Apr 2014.
Walkabout has generally received very positive reviews.
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