Walkabout ( 1971 )
4 stars
i expected a cheesy movie about how aboriginals are better than white people and only wanted to watch it because the girl was pretty and nude in multiple scenes.
the movie exceeded my expectations - surprisingly it was neither cheesy nor anti-white, instead it’s an art film that is moderately romantic / erotic but never soppy or vulgar. very tasteful.
this movie contrasts tradition with modernity, nature with cities, reality with fantasy, beauty with ugliness, cruelty with kindness and so on …
apparently it won the Cannes Film Festival in 1971 and i think that’s well deserved.
