1971 was a very different era, clunkily musically scored in a way to tell the viewer how to perceive
the scenes and moments, some kind of placatory reference to the purity
and romance of tribalism being just a different mirror of our own
culture, The kangaroo butchery and cutting to an urban western butchers
shop cutting lamb chops, all just too heavy handed, Everything in this
film is dragging the viewer about by the nose.
Definitely some 70’s liberalist revert to nature romance agenda, intimating there is a
corruption at the core of western white culture, the nudity in this
film is seventies based and comes off as a little prurient, the scene
with the boy and the girl talking about whether the aboriginal teenager
should wear the boys shirt, and then the camera focussing in on the
aboriginals crotch, while she says no he should not wear a shirt ? >
Christ almighty director – somethings can be implied more subtly ? I mean I know your audience is mainly Australian but really ?
And the 70’s pervy obligatory nude swimming shots ? Christ its so ham-fisted and
awkward ! they way the film flirts with the idea of sexuality in this
film. The little white girl lost falling for the black male aboriginal
setup ? Its as old as the hills, and the feigned flashback to nude
swimming at the end with something more implied ? when she’s with her,
dull Aussie urban husband in the future? you could skim through this
film on 4 x speed and you could still pick out all stereotypical setups
? but compared to the crap thats out there, well, enough said I think
you get the jist of it.