Walkabout: Landscapes of Memory
By May 18, 2010
Some years ago, I screened Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now for a group of international students who were learning English. Rarely have I seen an audience Read more »
SYNOPSIS: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope 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.
| Girl | Jenny Agutter |
| Boy | Lucien John |
| Aborigine | David Gulpilil |
| Director | Nicolas Roeg |
| Screenplay | Edward Bond |
| Producer | Si Litvinoff |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg |
| Music | John Barry |
| Production design | Brian Eatwell |
| Editing | Antony Gibbs and Alan Arkin |
By May 18, 2010
Some years ago, I screened Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now for a group of international students who were learning English. Rarely have I seen an audience Read more »
By May 05, 1998
For many years now, one legendary film has appeared on every list of fine movies that are missing from distribution and home video. That film is Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout, the 1971 drama Read more »
May 27, 2010
“We finally have nirvana,” exclaims legendary film restorer Robert Harris, writing for Home Theater Forum about the new Criterion Blu-ray special edition of Nicolas Roeg’s Read more »