Where'd this info come from?

Some info (even that outside the info sub-heading) was collected from the interview, e.g. the dotpoints under the character to actor matchups.

Actors §

Gary Sweet = The Fanatic

• never thought he’d work with gary sweet Damon Gameau = The follower
• Brand new actor Grant Page = The Veteran
  • Originally going to be the fanatic David Gulpilli = The Tracker “Felt that david was dancing with the landscape”

Song by: Archie Roach

The Interview §

Quote The Interview Source

Damon had never made a film before, he grew in confidence in his acting skills as his character grew in confidence throughout the plot of the movie.

When the fanatic was hanged, the shot resembles the aboriginal flag. They had to shoot the shot 3 times as the sun does nto rise directly upwards.

Inspiration for violence in the tracker comes from gruesome stories about wha tehy wouldd do to aboriginal people, like an old practise in victoria where they nailed an aboriginals intestines to a tree and then wrapped it around the tree.

The director went up to share culture with david, he describes it as the most foreign country he’s ever seen.

Why did he choose 1922 - Directors Context §

1922 is the year the directors father was born, thus has a connection with his lisfetime.

Why is david from somewhere else, why can he track & speak to the locals §

It was common practise for trackers to come from somewhere else, this is so tey had less regard for the people they are amongst. Flynns ranges - David could not communicate at all with them Central Desert - David could half communicate He sort of mirrored this with

Seperate Interview §

Purpose of the Paintings §

The brutal scenes were basically shifted from the film itself to the paintings to make the viewer look at the death scenes and macabre scenes differently — to distance the audience. (source) similarily, the officer’s dialogue is volume decreased and replaced with music to distance the viewer, acting as “counterpoint” to the loud shouting

“a film about memory, sadness, tragedy and distance, not a film that dramatizes what it laments.”