Indigenous Australian actor David Gulpilil dies at 68
Source: NY Daily News
David Gulpilil, the indigenous Australian actor whose career spanned six decades, has died at 68. Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer four years ago.
Gulpilil first caught the attention of filmmakers worldwide after a breakthrough performance in Nicolas Roegs 1971 classic Walkabout, in which he played a boy in the Outback who encounters and protects a pair of city kids who have been left for dead in the harsh terrain.
He went on to appear in a number of international film and TV productions including The Last Wave, Crocodile Dundee, The Right Stuff, The Leftovers, The Proposition and Rabbit-Proof Fence.
It is with deep sadness that I share with the people of South Australia the passing of an iconic, once-in-a-generation artist who shaped the history of Australian film and Aboriginal representation on screen David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu (AM), South Australias Premier Steven Marshall said in a statement.
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He was a man who loved his land and his culture, and he was a man who took it to the world, South Australias Premier Steven Marshall said.
Richard D
(8,692 posts)Watching Walkabout changed my life.
Rest in Natural Great Peace
jalan48
(13,797 posts)Larissa
(786 posts)This film had such a haunting effect on me that I bought the DVD. David Gulpilil played the role of "Chris," an Aboriginal accused of a ritualized taboo murder. Richard Chamberlain played the role of the legal representative of Chris and the other men accused of the crime. Eventually, Chamberlain begins to experience seemingly supernatural experiences in his interactions with his clients, such as powerful dreams, hallucinations, hypnosis, while the environment -- the weather -- develops disturbing manifestations.
The_REAL_Ecumenist
(713 posts)Damn, Damn DAMN! The planet is a poorer place now that his soul has left it. Why couldn't the cantaloupe caligula be swept away?
Every morning, I awake hoping to hear that it has been found tits up SMDH Cross gently, David..May the Ancestors welcome you with love, healing and peace.
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)he had such a limited role in Crocodile Dundee but was so memorable