WARWICK THORNTON
Making movies here is just so bloody difficult, it won’t stop for you. You have to close your eyes and listen to the landscape – it’s trying to communicate.
ANYONE WHO HAS VISITED THE TJORITJA RANGES west of Alice Springs is struck by the ever-shifting colours, the rocks seguing from green to purple to crimson without warning, like viewing the Aurora Australis in stone. This is a delight for Balanda (white people) who know the area as the MacDonnell Ranges and who take happy snaps of the surreal changes. For the Aranda, the traditional owners, Tjoritja (pronounced choor-it-ja), is a complex realm of culture and belief.
