Backroads (1977)

Directed by

Phillip Noyce

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two strangers, a white man and an Aboriginal man, steal a car in western New South Wales and take a road trip along the coast. They drift through small towns and encounter trouble along the way.

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What happens

Backroads is a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce. Two strangers – one white (Jack), one Aboriginal (Gary) – steal a car in western New South Wales and drive around the coast. The original characters came from a story by Adelaide writer John Emery, with whom Noyce had worked on a short film. Australian reviews of the film were mixed, and it opened commercially in only one cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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