Walkabout

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Guayabito Bro, this movie is garbashhhh Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/23 Full Review Shioka O A pure 1970s gem dealing with the cultural complex in Australia. The director did cinematography as well and the result is superb than its context. I like the way to depict the small lives in desert... as if the two main character. Highly graphical, the director carefully placed the symbolic elements within the frame. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Not for the Marvel crowd. Slow and powerful. This, along with Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth make up the trio of films that made Roeg one of the best filmmakers of the 1970s... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review david b Some beautiful shots, but at times I feel that the film's art is detrimental to its plot (and our subsequent viewing pleasure). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Nicholas Roeg's Walkabout is a good movie that feels like it should have been great. A teenage girl and her young brother find themselves lost in the Australian outback, an inhospitable land filled with danger. When found by an Aboriginal boy conducting a rite of passage, they form a unique bond that ensures their survival but ultimately leads to tragedy. It's a film laden with important messages, beautifully shot and featuring strong performances from the young cast, especially Jenny Agutter in the lead role. However, Roeg's inconsistent and pretentious direction can be maddening at times. Whether it's unnecessary freeze frames, quick zooms, the inclusion of pointless scenes (the research team in the desert, for example), jarring juxtapositions, or a myriad of other issues, what should have been a cinematic classic is simply an intriguing and thought-provoking diversion. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review William L Yes, there are probably a thousand "man has lost touch with nature" films out there, to the point where even James Cameron co-opted the premise basically just to fill up empty space in the exlusively-visual glitterbomb that was Avatar. It's become safe and easily approachable territory, but that doesn't mean that films of that design are necessarily unoriginal or uninteresting, and Walkabout is solid proof of that. Shot with the intent to immerse the viewer in the landscape, Roeg isn't shy about introducing an environment that is equal parts beautiful and brutal, with an eye for capturing the diversity of color and forms of life in what many would assume to be a barren landscape, while also presenting death as an inalienable component of the cycle of existence. Characters find solace in some of the simple pleasures even after being threatened with death themselves, both by the effects of maddeningly disconnected modern society (a father who goes off despite presenting a 'resepctable' demeanor) and by the environment itself, though as their Aboriginal companion reveals the latter is more a result of their own inexperience and isolation. Yes, some of the scenes are a bit obvious in their "refrigerators bad, trees good" themes, but overall Roeg delivers a coming of age story with social commentary that is safely above the simplicity of idyllic content like a teenage girl painting with all the colors of the wind. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/21/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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