excerpting from Halliwell's Film Guide..... Walkabout (2 stars) Australia 1970 100m Eastmancolor Max L. Raab/Si Litvinoff A man kills himself in the desert & his small children trek among the aborigines to safety. (Eerily effective contrast of city w/ native life, a director's & photographer's experimental success.) writer Edward bond, novel James Vance Marshall dir/photographer Nicolas Roeg music John Barry actors: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gumpilil 'The film is rich enuff esp. at a second look, to make u forget the flaws. U are left w/ the impression of a flesh, powerful & humane imagination.'--Dilys Powell