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8 February 1985 (USA) morePlot:
The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A Neglected and Unknown Classic moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce Spence | ... | Lance Hackett | |
| Wandjuk Marika | ... | Miliritbi | |
| Roy Marika | ... | Dayipu | |
| Ray Barrett | ... | Cole | |
| Norman Kaye | ... | Baldwin Ferguson | |
| Ralph Cotterill | ... | Fletcher | |
| Nick Lathouris | ... | Arnold | |
| Basil Clarke | ... | Judge Blackburn | |
| Ray Marshall | ... | Solicitor General Coulthard | |
| Dhungala I. Makika | |||
| Gary Williams | ... | Watson | |
| Tony Llewellyn-Jones | ... | Fitzsimmons | |
| Robert Brissenden | |||
| Michael Edols | ... | Young attorney | |
| Bob Ellis | ... | Supermarket manager |
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The whole story of the green ants was made up by Werner Herzog, it's not a part of genuine Aboriginal folklore. However the courtroom incident where a secret artifact is revealed, to the bemusement of the judge, is based on a real incident. moreMovie Connections:
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I'm invariably surprised when I mention this film to friends that they say they've never seen it. Werner Herzog in Australia? C'mon. How could the great German director of Wozzeck, Nosferatu and other Gothic classics concern himself with a very oblique tale of a development project impeded by Aboriginal Australians who contend that disturbing the green ants dreams by ripping up their habitat will likewise rip the fabric of the universe? The government solution is to give them an airplane which one of the younger members of their tribe eventually manages to take off with a number of the elders on board. Looking over the cast, you likely not recognize names that most of us who don't follow Aussie films know; some of us may know Bruce Spence from the Mad Max films who plays a geologist, but there are many Australian Aborigines. A poignant moment is seen in the court room scene where one Aborigine rises to speak and the judge asks for a translation, only to be told the men is called "the Mute" because there's no one left who understands his tribal language.
The overall effect of the film is wonderfully Herzog with a surrealistic portrayal of the clash of old and new, progress versus conservation and fraught with cultural miscommunication. I really recommend this film for your viewing.