Ten Canoes
by Rolf de Heer
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Actor: David Gulpilil; Crusoe Kurddal; Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu; Richard Birrinbirrin; Peter Minygululu; Frances Djulibing; Sonia Djarrabarlminym; Cassandra Malangarri Baker; Philip Gudthaykudthay; Jamie GulpililDirector: Rolf de Heer
Brand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Palm Pictures
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Movie Review: Aboriginal Magic
Summary: 4 Stars
"Ten Canoes" is an extraordinary movie about the indigenous Aboriginal natives from the Arnhem region of Australia. Learning is often passed along through instructional story-telling and at the heart of this tale is the story of an unmarried younger brother's lust for for one of the wives of his elder brother.
As the men of the tribe hunt for goose eggs in a remote swamp, having to team-build canoes to carry them, they boast about their sexual prowess. The elder brother uses this opportunity to explain what happened to some of their ancestors when a younger brother also coveted an older brother's wife. So, this is a story within a story, filled with mystery, tribal rites, revenge, sorcery, and a beautiful untrammeled background.
The bonus features are not to be missed. The movie was 2 years in pre-production and that they managed to make it is almost a miracle. For example as filming was about to start, one of the key actors disappeared; scenes between husbands and wives had to use actual married people and there were cultural norms and relationships that had to be honored. Even the skills required to make the canoes, once the province of every tribesman, had long been forgotten and only one cast member actually knew how to make the canoes (shown in detail as part of the movie).
This will be a classic, remembered Australian movie. It is for those who value the unique and unusual, and not typical Hollywood fare.
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Bonus Features:Balanda and the Bark Canoes: The Making of Ten Canoes (12min)
Aerial Map of Arnhem Land
Interview with Peter Djigirr
Interview with Director Rolf de Heer
Photo Gallery: Thomson Photographs Revisited
US Theatrical Trailer
Study Guide (DVD-Rom)
An art-house film filled with more humor and skilled acting than most Hollywood blockbusters, Ten Canoes is a wry story within a story. The tone of the film is set when narrator David Gulpilil (Crocodile Dundee) says, "Once upon a time in a land far, far away...." He stops himself with a warm, hearty chuckle and adds, "I'm only joking." Director Rolf de Heer does a fine job with his cast of novice actors, who depict a life most moviegoers are unfamiliar with. Set in Australia's far northern Arnhem Land, the film--which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival--tells the tale of friendship, deception, and forbidden love. Ten tribesmen venture on a trip where they will build canoes, gather food, and gossip about their sexual prowess and their wives. During the trip, Minygululu (Peter Minygululu) regales his younger brother Dayindi (played by David Gulpilil's son, Jamie Gulpilil) with stories of a man who lusts after his older sibling's wife. It is giving nothing away to reveal that Dayindi has a crush on Minygululu's youngest bride. Handled differently, the film could've been saddled with the ick factor of siblings chasing after the same young woman. But the way de Heer presents it, it is a parable that distinguishes between right and wrong, in an entertaining and non-judgmental way. Cinematographer Ian Jones is to be commended for his amazing work. He frames the shots in a superb fashion and showcases the raw beauty of the land--and the people--that time has forgotten. --Jae-Ha Kim
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