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Walkabout’s obvious concern is the relationship between two parties, separated by centuries of diverting societal behaviors, and thus, differentiated perceptions of sexual roles and etiquette. But what ensues is more ambiguous and interpretative.

Roeg creates in Walkabout a world of his own, a microcosmos that is at once beautiful, primitive, wild, familiar yet unfamiliar, thoughtful, and thought provoking.

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Roeg would go on to better films, but the basics of his approach are found in this landmark work of haunting beauty and ugliness.

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An innocent family picnic turns existential in Nicolas Roeg's brilliant Walkabout.

intensely felt film about the conflicts between civilization and nature, and the tragedy that can result when two people are unable to communicate

Roeg intercuts images of modern life with the lushness of nature -- offering a stunning fable about the importance of respecting the earth.

For the most part, Walkabout is an involving, occasionally hypnotic, motion picture.