Has anyone seen or even heard of this film?
Ten Canoes - four stars, reviewed by Stuart McGurk
"Anthropology and Hollywood - together at last! To say that Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes
is not your average film is an understatement. Set more than 1,000 years ago in
Northern Australia and notable for being the first film to be shot entirely in Aboriginal
languages, it manages to mix European and Yolngu expectations of narrative."
"A tale within a tale, Ten Canoes begins with a goose-egg hunt (shot in a black and
white reminiscent of the famous Arnhem Land photographs by anthropologist Donald
Thomson) where an elder tells his younger brother a tale of jealousy."
"not a lot happens (very slowly)"
"Ten Canoes is a witty, warm parable that's part-morality play, part campfire tale.
Highly recommended."
Film's website:
http://www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes/info.htm
The press kit contains a 22 page synopsis!
http://www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes/pdf/Background.pdf
Ten Canoes - four stars, reviewed by Stuart McGurk
"Anthropology and Hollywood - together at last! To say that Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes
is not your average film is an understatement. Set more than 1,000 years ago in
Northern Australia and notable for being the first film to be shot entirely in Aboriginal
languages, it manages to mix European and Yolngu expectations of narrative."
"A tale within a tale, Ten Canoes begins with a goose-egg hunt (shot in a black and
white reminiscent of the famous Arnhem Land photographs by anthropologist Donald
Thomson) where an elder tells his younger brother a tale of jealousy."
"not a lot happens (very slowly)"
"Ten Canoes is a witty, warm parable that's part-morality play, part campfire tale.
Highly recommended."
Film's website:
http://www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes/info.htm
The press kit contains a 22 page synopsis!
http://www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes/pdf/Background.pdf