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Mon Nov 29, 2021, 06:33 PM Nov 2021

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 Roeg’s 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 Australia’s Premier Steven Marshall said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-david-gulpill-indigenous-australian-actor-dies-20211129-6xbytflth5f7zdr2yo2ebwrai4-story.html



“He was a man who loved his land and his culture, and he was a man who took it to the world,” South Australia’s Premier Steven Marshall said.

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Indigenous Australian actor David Gulpilil dies at 68 (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 OP
So sad . . . Richard D Nov 2021 #1
He was in Peter Weir's movie The Last Wave. I saw it on TCM a few months ago. Worth the watch. jalan48 Nov 2021 #2
The Last Wave Larissa Nov 2021 #3
OH NO!! I LOVED this man & had done since I saw "The Last Wave" .... The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 2021 #4
... littlemissmartypants Nov 2021 #5
OWWWW! I HATE THE BUSH! Skittles Dec 2021 #6

Larissa

(786 posts)
3. The Last Wave
Mon Nov 29, 2021, 08:19 PM
Nov 2021

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)
4. OH NO!! I LOVED this man & had done since I saw "The Last Wave" ....
Mon Nov 29, 2021, 08:44 PM
Nov 2021

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.

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