A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. Along the way, they meet a young aborigine on his “walkabout,” a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone. Walkabout is a thrilling adventure as well as a provocative rumination on time and civilization. —The Criterion Collection
London-born Nicolas Roeg served in the military as a projectionist, and entered the movie industry immediately after World War II as a gofer and apprentice editor. He joined MGM’s British studios in 1950, and eventually became a cinematographer in 1959, working on a multitude of films of all types, from second unit work on Lawrence of Arabia (1962) to primary photography on the rock & roll exploitation films Just for Fun (1963), Every Day’s a Holiday (1965), and The System (1966). He moved into the director’s chair with Performance (1970), which he co-directed with Donald Cammell, and made a major impression with the low-keyed, eerily compelling drama Walkabout (1971). By the mid-‘70s, Roeg was one of England’s most respected filmmakers, responsible for the unsettling thriller Don’t Look Now (1973), and the sci-fi drama The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). With the possible exception Insignificance (1985) and the compellingly obscure Track 29 (1988) Roeg’s output throughout the 1980s… read more
A truly captivating and all entrancing film, beautifully naturalist and gorgeously shot, this is a film to see.
A desolate beauty full of vibrant imagery and powerful messages lying within. It was remarkable to see how the film flowed from one small occurance to the next which creates an inviting spiral of curiosity for the viewer as they're sucked into the walkabout with the charecters. It lacked honest human emotions-deaths dealt with no remorse, but it's part of the 'stiff upper lip' i suppose-still a great film though 4/5.
The cinematography reflects the photogenic nature of the landscape. The message is profound. The images confident. The only gripe is that whether due to perhaps the dated style, at points it simply feels a little overwrought with meaning. The stylistic inter-cut of images is done with skill but it seems to lack all sense of sublimity. Added the strange increase in underage nudity as the film length increases. I gripe
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