Yet Roeg sees through these storytelling conventions tosomething much darker.
Before Nolan there was…
In any other movie, this would be the moment when the two fall in love.
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What could possibly drive a person to act like this?
The easy answer is insanity, but the truth is perhaps more challenging.
Instead, he forces them to embrace the natural world that he left behind for the industrialized one.
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Depending on who you ask, one is considered civilized, and the other isn’t.
Roeg offers no easy answers, buthe does show the consequences of our inability to see our shared humanity.
If she only knew then what she knows now.
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Walkaboutis currently available to stream on Max in the U.S.
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Walkabout follows two city-bred children stranded in the Australian outback after a tragic turn of events. As they struggle to survive, they encounter an Aboriginal boy who aids them in navigating the harsh wilderness, highlighting the contrast between Indigenous knowledge and modern life’s disconnection from nature.
