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| Ten Canoes [2007] | ![Ten Canoes [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BpKCcgGtL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Peter Djigirr, Rolf De Heer
Actors: Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Djigirr, Peter Minygululu
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Running Time: 88 minutes
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Release Date: September 24, 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
An art-house film filled with more humour and skilled acting than most Hollywood blockbusters, iTen Canoes/i is a wry story within a story. The tone of the film is set when narrator David Gulpilil (iCrocodile Dundee/i) 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. --iJae-Ha Kim/i
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 History Craft April 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watched this film not knowing a lot about the Aborigine people. I loved rabbit proof fence but I don't have any special interest in them if the truth be told. I saw the film on a nice quiet evening and the film begins with some beautifully shot views of an Australian swamp and it begins as if being told a story by an old tribesman.br /br /I have never seen anything quite like it. It really does propel you backwards in time and is a fantastic snapshot of how Aborigines lived when they were living the traditional bushman's life. The story unfolds as it would have at a gentle pace and delivers on a number of levels (just don't expect any CGI or car chases). If you have an interest in culture or not the film is fascinating and is worthy of your time. br /br /If you get a chance, watch the bonus material as it explains how and why the story has been told an helps to remind us of how these people have lived for years with traditions and values such as our own. Surely the world would be a greyer place without them.
Simply beautiful January 19, 2008
Extrodinary film which provides a wonderful education to the veiwer about the culture of the aborigines, hopefully this film will help break down predjuces. One of my all time favorite films.
when a movie is unordinary December 30, 2007
I saw this film on the Qantas flight from Singapore to Perth for my second visit to Australia. It was a true pleasure to view the Arnhem swamplands, listen to the Ganalbingu language and learn what could matter in the small society when basics were important, at least mostly. The actors, each of them, do excellent studies of their parts. Then it also show how to perform, among several others, making of canoes with ancient technique. br /I wish it will reach out to a large unbiassed and unprejudiced audience with ability to realise it tells a story which touch on our origin as humans wherever we come from / which land we belong to.
 Well done, white subtitles over the top of BW film... December 13, 2007
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I only saw five minutes of this. Because the white subtitles are laid over the top of the bottom of the film of which most was sunbleached BW they were virtually impossible to read...
Fascinating film about ancient peoples October 21, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I saw this film at the cinema it is a wonderful film about aboriginal people in Australia a long time ago.br /br /Its a story within a story, as an elder brother is telling a tale to his younger brother about a younger brother who once eyed up one of his elder brothers wives and what happened to him as a consequence. br /br /The story is told as the men head off on a hunt, the story being told a bit at a time whilst the young brother learns the ways of his people.br /br /It's a fascinating film, with very serious and very funny bits within it like life. I wholeheartedly reccommend this film.
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