Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Walkabout (film)" in English language version.
Official Selection 1971....Walkabout directed by Nicolas Roeg
Official Selection 1971....Walkabout directed by Nicolas Roeg
It has to be that particular age [adolescence of the European girl and the aboriginal boy] where the innocence is just going. Because of course what Nick Roeg... Nick Roeg is talking about many things – the film has lots of layers to it. There is the story about children lost in the Outback, finding their way. There is a story about society and the loss of innocence. And the film is about losing one's innocence and not being able to go back, once you have gone to a certain stage. And that is our Western society: we go to a certain place, and then we are spoiled, we are changed. Whatever it is, we cannot go back and have that Garden of Eden. We cannot go back and make it innocent again. We cannot go back once we have got to a certain stage.[time needed][excessive quote]