Sammy and Andy are orphaned and discover that they will be separated, so they run away through the Australian wilderness hoping to travel to England and join the only family they have. This movie is pretty good, in fact very good. However the only problem I have with it is that it is about 30 minutes longer than it need be. The best aspect is the detailed development of friendship between the siblings and those they encounter along the way.
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Walkabout II
mark.waltz20 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The charming Ernie Dingo will win your heart as the aboriginal man who aides two children (Andre Jansen and Tina Kemp) to get to the other side of the Australian coast when their mother dies and they fear where they'll be sent to live, longing to get to England where their grandparents are. Uncle Dan O'Herlihy makes his own search as well.
While Kemp cries far too much (and none too convincingly), Jansen must lead her through bush country, and it is here where they encounter Dingo who shows them how to survive, risking his freedom because of racist treatments he's known all his life. Dingo introduces them to his loving mother (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) whose love of children shines from her eyes like a sky full of stars.
With the law on their trail, they have to outwit them, easy to do with Dingo aiding them. I enjoyed this film just as much as the classic "Walkabout", although Dingo is quite different than David Gulpilil. Both characters were beautifully spiritual and loyal and protective, yet Dingo is at least able to communicate easier, getting very angry at the children when they foul up, but in a very loving way.
This is beautifully filmed with some great landscapes and shots of some interesting bush creatures. You could watch both this and "Walkabout" together and really feel for the hardships of aboriginals, especially the prejudices they face simply through cultural ignorance, assumptions and misconceptions. Perhaps a tad overlong, it's still quite moving and in many ways, beautiful.
While Kemp cries far too much (and none too convincingly), Jansen must lead her through bush country, and it is here where they encounter Dingo who shows them how to survive, risking his freedom because of racist treatments he's known all his life. Dingo introduces them to his loving mother (Mawuyul Yanthalawuy) whose love of children shines from her eyes like a sky full of stars.
With the law on their trail, they have to outwit them, easy to do with Dingo aiding them. I enjoyed this film just as much as the classic "Walkabout", although Dingo is quite different than David Gulpilil. Both characters were beautifully spiritual and loyal and protective, yet Dingo is at least able to communicate easier, getting very angry at the children when they foul up, but in a very loving way.
This is beautifully filmed with some great landscapes and shots of some interesting bush creatures. You could watch both this and "Walkabout" together and really feel for the hardships of aboriginals, especially the prejudices they face simply through cultural ignorance, assumptions and misconceptions. Perhaps a tad overlong, it's still quite moving and in many ways, beautiful.
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