This movie, “Walkabout,” is an artistic film centered on survival within the Australian Outback and a young person’s journey toward adulthood. A teenage girl (played by Jenny Agutter) and her younger brother become stranded in this remote region and are helped by an aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) who is participating in a ‘walkabout,’ which is a traditional ceremony marking his transition into manhood. Nicolas Roeg directed “Walkabout” in 1971, and it has the feel of a Terrence Malick film; its release clearly had an impact on Malick’s later work, as he debuted with "Badlands" just two years afterward. Jenny Agutter was sixteen during filming, while her character is fourteen, Roeg noted. The ideas explored—the contrast between natural beauty and human destruction, the collision of traditional ways of life with more “civilized” customs, and difficulties in understanding each other—felt new when the film came out but seem familiar now. "Dances With Wolves" addressed similar subjects nearly two decades later. Nevertheless, it remains an artistic work featuring striking nature photography, and it's fascinating to see Agutter as a young woman experiencing life in the wilderness. It’s essential viewing for those who enjoy films like “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975) or anything directed by Terrence Malick. David Gulpilil later had roles in well-known movies such as "Crocodile Dundee" (1986) and "Australia" (2008). The film’s length is one hour and forty minutes, and it was filmed in Sydney, the Finders mountain range, the red desert near Alice Springs, and supposedly in areas that had never been seen by Europeans before. GRADE: B

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