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Walkabout

On the shelf next to my desk is the tome ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ by Stephen Schneider. I’ve long since consumed a fair proportion of them, but I’ve long been slightly embarrassed by never having seen the iconic Australian (kind of) movie Walkabout. Umbrella Entertainment’s announcement of its release for the “first time on Blu-ray in Australia” allowed me to eliminate this deficiency.

I quibble about the Australian-ness because although it is shot here, the director, writer and two of the three

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