{"id":86626,"date":"2022-09-01T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86626"},"modified":"2022-12-24T11:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T18:45:43","slug":"walkabout-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86626","title":{"rendered":"Walkabout (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You <em>must<\/em> understand &#8212; anyone can understand that! We want to drink.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Poster.png 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter her deeply troubled father (John Meillon) commits suicide in the desert, a teenager (Jenny Agutter) and her brother (Luc Roeg) survive with help from an Aboriginal teenager (David Gulpilil) engaged in a coming-of-age ritual known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walkabout\">&#8220;walkabout&#8221;<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian Films <em>(not really, but shot there)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Cultural Romance<\/li>\n<li>Deserts<\/li>\n<li>Jenny Agutter Films<\/li>\n<li>Native Peoples <\/li>\n<li>Nicolas Roeg Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn his review of this &#8220;wondrously photographed, haunting film by Nicolas Roeg&#8221; &#8212; a &#8220;fascinating, original movie [that] will stay with you&#8221; &#8212; Peary focuses primarily on &#8220;the boundary that separates two cultures,&#8221; writing that &#8220;neither Gumpilil nor Agutter can understand the other&#8221; and &#8220;the tragedy is that until it is too late, Agutter&#8221; &#8212; who is &#8220;young and sexually repressed&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;does not attempt to understand either him or herself.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out the &#8220;unbelievably gorgeous photography&#8230; of the outback, its creatures, its desert sands, its stump trees&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Trees.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the fact that &#8220;Roeg intercuts sensual images (naked skin, water, connecting tree branches) with others that are unexpectedly harsh (such as animals being killed)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Devouring.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; as well as &#8220;shots of the outback with those of impersonal [Western] civilization.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Brick-Desert.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary elaborates extensively upon his review and analysis of this film in his <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em> book, where he begins by noting how many &#8220;celebrated&#8221; films Roeg worked on as a DP before turning to directing &#8212; including Roger Corman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48194\"><em>Masque of the Red Death<\/em> (1964)<\/a>, Francois Truffaut&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=28036\"><em>Fahrenheit 451<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, John Schlesinger&#8217;s <em>Far From the Madding Crowd<\/em> (1967), and Richard Lester&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37828\"><em>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum<\/em> (1966)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86974\"><em>Petulia<\/em> (1968)<\/a>, which used the fragmentary narrative style that would later characterize his own films.&#8221; Roeg had clearly begun to develop a strong sense of personal visual style, which is manifested throughout <em>Walkabout<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Sleeping.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In describing the evolution and production of this film &#8212; based on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walkabout_(novel)\">a 1959 novel by &#8220;James Vance Marshall&#8221;<\/a> (actually Donald G. Payne) and turned into a 14-page outline by British playwright <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Bond\">Edward Bond<\/a> &#8212; Peary notes that Roeg &#8220;didn&#8217;t want the journey in the film to actually be possible,&#8221; and thus &#8220;crisscrossed 14,000 miles of the outback, filming such awesome locales as the Flinders mountain range, the red desert surrounding Alice Springs, and areas never traveled by white people.&#8221; He also apparently found &#8220;one of only 14&#8221; (at the time) rare <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santalum_acuminatum\">quandong<\/a> trees. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Quandong.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em>, Peary writes that this film is &#8220;fascinating because it contains enough familiar material (including lead characters) to be coherent (at least on one level) yet also contains intriguing mysteries we can ponder but never solve&#8230; <em>Walkabout<\/em> is about as &#8216;deep&#8217;, profound, and complex as the individual viewer cares to make it, for each time you come up with an interpretation, several unanswerable&#8230; questions arise.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I appreciate that about this film, too; it clearly lends itself to multiple viewings and analyses if one is so inclined &#8212; though it contains enough heartbreaking material to make it a serious downer. Within the first 12 minutes of the storyline, for instance, we see a father who &#8220;drives his kids to the desert for a picnic,&#8221; and, &#8220;crazed &#8212; probably from the dullness of his work and home life &#8212; he tries to kill them, then sets fire to the car and commits suicide.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Dad-Shooting2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Yes, that is a picture of a dad aiming a gun at his own child. It&#8217;s simply brutal.) Agutter&#8217;s response is one of pure pragmatism; we never see her responding with overt emotional depth, making it clear that this film really is (in part) about suppression and repression, even at life&#8217;s extremes. This scene is bookended near the end with another tragic death &#8212; when, once again, Agutter barely responds, and instead simply keeps heading to &#8220;civilization&#8221;. By the final moments of the movie, we see her reflecting back on a possible path she could have chosen, but didn&#8217;t; it&#8217;s all truly bleak. Be forewarned &#8212; but also be sure to watch this unique classic at least once. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jenny Agutter as Girl (nominated by Peary as one of the Best Actresses of the Year in Alternate Oscars)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Agutter.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>David Gulpilil as Black Boy<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Water-Stick.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many starkly unforgettable scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Walkabout-Makeup.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an intriguing classic. Nominated as one of the Best Pictures of the Year in Peary&#8217;s Alternate Oscars. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/reviews\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067959\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/walkabout\/review\/2000044908\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/95007\/walkabout#articles-reviews?articleId=535766\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/2378\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3951&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3199walk.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You must understand &#8212; anyone can understand that! We want to drink.&#8221; Synopsis: After her deeply troubled father (John Meillon) commits suicide in the desert, a teenager (Jenny Agutter) and her brother (Luc Roeg) survive with help from an Aboriginal teenager (David Gulpilil) engaged in a coming-of-age ritual known as a &#8220;walkabout&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Australian Films (not really, but shot there) Coming-of-Age Cross-Cultural Romance Deserts Jenny Agutter Films Native Peoples Nicolas Roeg Films Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86626\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;You must understand -- anyone can understand that! 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