Some things are like this, no one can tell the reason, and they don’t know why, but they must do it.

Barrett 2022-01-16 08:01:33

The original and magnificent natural scenery is always indispensable in Australian movies. There was "Australia" before; there is now "Camel Shadow in the Desert". But "Australia"'s sky full of loess, unrestrained cowboys and intricate love and hatred in it always have the illusion that one is in the American Western movie; it's just that the story has moved from the west to Australia. "Camel in the Desert" is not so dramatic, it is even too plain, so plain that the director feels that narrating a story in this way cannot constitute a movie, so in order to strengthen the drama of the whole story, childhood will continue to appear in the movie. Flashback. This kind of flashback is for the purpose of storytelling and commerciality. It is to force the motivation and purpose of the protagonist to start. It is not necessary in the narration of the entire journey.
A woman, for some reason she can't tell, chose to hike 2,000 miles alone from the central desert of Australia to the remote coastline. This is almost the simplest and most complicated story. The simplicity of the story is that this is just a walk, a walk that is harder and more distant than others walked thousands of times, and its essence is a connection between a starting point and an ending point. ; And the complexity of the story lies in the reason and persistence that no one can tell. The woman said that when someone asked me why I took this journey, my answer was "Why not?"
There was hesitation along the way. There are loneliness, confusion, and fatigue; sometimes there are even sudden dangers, but they still have to go on. Even if it is possible in reality, deep in my heart, this is a road that never looks back like the time passed in life. Looking back, she saw not just the path she had walked, she saw every minute of her life.
In fact, hiking is a very boring and plain thing. It is far less fresh and interesting than fantasy. What you see along the way may be extremely limited. What you feel most is the road under your feet and the changing weather.
However, some things are like this, no one can tell the reason, and I don't know why, but it must be done.
I don't want to compare him with "Survival in the Wilderness" because the road is the road. One person's road cannot be compared with another person, nor should it be compared. As far as the film is concerned, it can only be said that "Survival in the Wilderness" is more suitable to be expressed in the language of the film.

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  • Robyn: In the desert time is elusive. There were days when minutes dragged on for years, and the hours stretched for eons. It felt as if I was perfectly stationary, walking in place, pushing the world around under my feet. But time moves in one direction, always forward. So I decided to keep on walking no matter what.

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    Robyn: I'd pared my possessions down to almost nothing. I had a filthy old sarong for hot weather, and a jumper and woolly socks for cold weather. I had something to sleep on, and something to eat and drink out of. And that was all I needed. Like any journey, it's not what you carry, but what you leave behind.