Australian Cinema Circa 2006

[Jan Tucker]

Phil, I just bought Walk About, a film I haven't been able to 
get out of my mind since I first saw it. Hadn't realized there were other films
also [The Tracker with David Gulpilil and Gary Sweet]
that David Gulpilil and now his son Jamie is part of such a feature
film shot entirely in aboriginal language. I can't wait to
see it. 

This is one of the many highlights of belonging to this list server, The
great news about projects like this one.

Jan


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excerpt from "Australian Cinema Circa 2006"
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-1-1/36398.html

Ten Canoes – tragi-comedy/drama. Jamie Gulpilil (son of David Gulpilil)
stars in this Australian Indigenous film. Great lengths have been taken
to produce a set for the Ganalbingu mythical past, and to portray life
as accurately as possible in northeast Arnhem Land (Northern Territory)
centuries before the influence of western culture. Ten Canoes is a
cautionary tale of love, lust and revenge gone wrong that, incidental
to its central story line, also explores something of the "old ways".

Written/Directed/Produced by Rolf de Heer, the film has a budget of just
$A2.2 million. Rolf de Heer has written and directed many highly
acclaimed award-winning feature films such as, The Tracker with David
Gulpilil and Gary Sweet, Bad Boy Bubby, The Old Man Who Read Love
Stories, and Alexandra's Project.

Extraordinarily, this is the first feature film to be shot entirely in
Aboriginal language (predominantly Ganalbingu) and local Indigenous
people have been involved in most of levels of production. It features
English storytelling work by David Gulpilil and is subtitled in
Ganalbingu language.

This film has a uniquely remarkable production background and, above
all, is my most eagerly awaited release of the year.