Walkabout

1.Title of the Film (2 points):

Walkabout

2.Runtime (2 points):

1hour 40minutes

3.Country or Countries of a co-production (2 points):

Australia, united states

4.Director (2 points):

Nicolas Roeg

5.Producer (2 points):

Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films

6.Screenplay/Writer (2 points):

Edward Bond

7.Cinematographer (2 points): 

Nicolas Roeg

8.Editor (2 points):

Antony Gibbs

Alan Pattillo

9.Release Date (2 points):

16^th May 1971

10.Company or Companies (2 points)

20^th Century-Fox Film Corp

11.Genre (2 points):

Adventure

Drama

12.Key Cast/Actors (2 points)

Jenny Agutter

Lucien John

David Gulpilil

Barry Donnelly

13.setting/Time & Place (2 points)

The movie is set in the Australian outback during the year 1971

14.Synopsis: Provide a direct quote from a reliable source and include a full reference at the end of the quote) (4 points)

"I'd love to have a proper warm bath with clean towels and eat with real plates and knives and forks and have proper sheets and records and cleaning my teeth properly and wear all my own clothes" (Roeg, 2022).

15.Reflection (70 points) (500 words):  Write your thoughts on how this film relates to the themes and issues addressed in the course, making reference to relevant readings and concepts.  Briefly evaluate the film using a mixture of personal opinion, specific quotes and content of the film, supported by scholarly works (including reviews, course readings and notes). Make sure you do not repeat any of the information you have used in answering your 'Synopsis' question. Remember if you have quoted directly or paraphrased from other reviews or scholarly writing include a list of references using the Harvard style. I am expecting most students to use two or three references.

Walkabout Film is among the most significant movies in the industry. The film presents two children lost in an Australian outback and seeking survival. While on their journey, the children find a young aborigine boy who helps them get back to civilization (Collins, 2013). The movie shows survival, cultural and racial contrast, and ways communication affect people's life. The film's opening sequences portray modern and big city life near an aboriginal area as viewed by the two children. This imagery helps strengthen the view on cultural contrast since individuals view the whiteness and aboriginality in the movie (Collins, 2013). The differences in culture and race provide a variety in lifestyles among individuals. After the children's father died, they had to find ways to survive. As a result, meeting the aboriginal boy was paramount in helping them back to civilization (Collins, 2013). This step shows the importance of cultural collaboration despite race. Therefore, the movie shows a juxtaposition between white and aboriginality.In subsequent scenes, the lives and troubles of the two children are presented. First, the movie shows the origin of the children's troubles which entail the father's suicide and attempt to kill them. The family initially travelled to the aboriginal area to set up a picnic. However, while the girl was setting the picnic, she turned and saw their father aiming the gun at them (Roeg, 2022). The children ran and hid; as they looked back, their father had set the car on fire and killed himself. This scene leaves the children in the aboriginal land looking vulnerable and confused. The attempt to escape death and seek refuge shows the children's survival instincts. The visuals of the children show the challenging moments in the place (Roeg, 2022). Surrounded by ants and facing the grief of almost dying, I believe the children needed a way out and help to survive their predicaments. The children walked across the area, climbing hills while looking for water and hoping to see modernized areas. Therefore, meeting the aboriginal boy was essential for the children's survival as he helped bring them back to civilization.

The film also develops the theme of communication and understanding. Communication and understanding is a significant aspect of people as it helps in people's interactions and culture. As the children keep wondering, they meet David Gulpilil, the aboriginal boy who was also wandering in the wild (Roeg, 2022). Gulpilil could not speak English, making it difficult to communicate with the children (Collins, 2013). However, Gulpilil managed to understand the children's water needs through gestures. This aspect shows the aspect of communication through other features that are not linguistic. The aboriginal boy hunted and cooked for the children as the three continued their journey. The three eventually find a farmhouse they choose to stay in. to gain the girl's attention, Gulpilil paints his boy and does silent dances (Roeg, 2022). All these instances show the importance of communication among individuals despite the differences in culture and race. The movie, therefore, shows the different lifestyles led by white and aborigine people through the experiences in the wild aborigine area.

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Collins, F., 2013. Rachel Perkins: Creating Change Through Blackfella Films – Senses of

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Roeg, N., 2022. Walkabout (1971) - IMDb. [online] IMDb. Available at:

<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067959/characters/nm0000256> [Accessed 24 August 2022].