| Reference Type |
chapter
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| Title |
The New Australian Cinema |
| Chapter/Web article title |
Chapter 9: Loneliness and Alienation |
| Author(s) | Rod Bishop,Fiona Mackie |
| Editor(s) | Scott Murray,Peter Beilby |
| Town |
West Melbourne |
| State |
VIC |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1980 |
| Citation Date |
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| Page Number |
153-166 |
| Comments |
Bishop and Mackie claim that Walkabout delves deeper into the 'white man as alienated from nature' versus the 'black man's affinity with the land' theme, than other Aussie films like Picnic at Hanging Rock or The Last Wave which also utilise the natural landscape to foreground cultural distinctions between indigenous and colonial Australia. Ultimately, Walkabout is connected with a pessimism about white man's progress: "The erosion of black culture is contrasted with concrete cities and their ultimate product, concrete minds(162). |
| Synopsis |
The films discussed expose both individual and groups deal with these issues of loneliness an alienation. Themes emerge from discrimination by sex, class, generation gap and ethnic differences. |
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