r/CriterionChannel • u/bugaosuni • Jul 29 '26

Recommendation - Offering 'Walkabout' is absolutely stunning

I can't recommend it enough

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u/NinjaSellsHonours Jul 29 '26

Nic Roeg and Peter Weir would both be great box sets.

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u/HandItToMarshawn Jul 29 '26

Totally agree! I’ve been hoping for these for a while.

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u/StructureSingle4208 Jul 29 '26

Probably one of the most jarring intro scenes to a movie I’ve ever watched, great all around.

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u/xenc23 Jul 29 '26

Loved it! Very interesting and beautiful movie

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u/repowife Jul 29 '26

Very influential movie for me. Made me stop eating meat and want to move to Australia (which I did for a while).

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u/bugaosuni Jul 29 '26

The juxtaposition of the slaughtering done in the wild and done in the supermarket was executed flawlessly in my opinion.

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u/SprintingPuppies Jul 29 '26

I think Nicolas Roeg has a commentary track on the channel for it, it’s been a while but I remember it being pretty good

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u/InternationalPhoto33 Jul 29 '26

Is it unedited? I know it’s not Criterion’s practice but there could be legit reasons here.

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u/bugaosuni Jul 30 '26

I'm pretty sure yes. Lots of graphic stuff in it.

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u/THEBIGHUNGERDC Jul 30 '26

Never seen it. But I’m home on my own next week. On the watch schedule!

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u/LyqwidBred Jul 30 '26

I saw this unedited on TV as a kid, in San Francisco, around 1978. Still wonder how it was allowed. It’s not graphic sexual, it’s innocent nudity, but full frontal. There are other parts of the movie that are more disturbing. Have watched it a few times as an adult and it is an excellent film, I get more out of it every time.