I was cloying. Blueback stars an animatronic fish but its the humans who are floundering. Local arts and culture covered. The fish has a profound impact on Abel and Nora's lives. "And I don't think it's worth going mad over, or tormenting your family.". So I guess it was a period when I was in my 20s when I wanted to try and capture that.". The training of the cast was so critical. The underwater scenes perfectly capture the gliding rhythms of the sea world at its most serene. im Winton was born on the 4th August 1960 in Western Australia is a famous Australian Author. But in some ways, only just. Tim Winton recalls a recent moment when he led his elderly mother to the beach, to help her into the water. Mia Wasikowska: Yeah, absolutely. Please try again later. Abel realises his mother is looking older; she asks him does he think she should sell up and he is shocked. Its very exciting to take the audience there.. Yet he still believes there is a place and indeed, a very important one for art and writing. It's an unlikely story for any author, and would have been unimaginable for a young Tim, who decided at 10 years old that he was going to be a writer. Feature | 100mins | Completed. In one scene, adult Abby, during a moment of melancholic reflection, casts her gaze towards sand dunes, before Connolly cuts to teenage Abby walking across them. seductions of fame. And theres a simplicity in that, that I think just, you know, works well. Catch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture, trends and tips. So were really excited. Blueback is a story about a young boy called Abel who lives in a bay called Longboat. Robert. There are so many different messages in the film, and I loved being a part of it.. And to see the fish, which was a puppet, really come to life. "I'm in the business of useless beauty," he says. On an idyllic stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish, he lives a simple, tough existence. The film crew on location at Bremer Bay in Western Australia. Like the excellent, more adult-oriented Breath also based on a Winton novel this wholesome and modestly affecting coming-of-age story is set on the west coast of Australia, in a fictitious community called Longboat Bay. I wanted to make the film in an analogue way. avoiding or recovering from" and (b) "something I do for myself and because I It's a beautiful piece of old school craft. Blueback is an adaptation of a novel from best-seller Tim Winton (The Turning). (including five prize-winning children's novels) have been critically and We need beauty in our lives, so we don't go mad.". Moving between and integrating these timelines becomes a core structural challenge. And the more that we take care of it, the more its a two-way street. MY FIRST look at Robert Connolly's film adaptation . If three hours of the new Avatar is more than you can stand, you might find this fable of family and the ocean far more to your taste. Mia Wasikowsa: I think you have to respect the fact that for young people, theres so much anxiety with the world that theyre inheriting, and to offer some positivity and hope is sort of I mean, thats the only otherwise you kind of go, Oh, whats the point? And I feel like thats really important for young people. This beautiful story about a child, their activist mum, a wild blue groper, and the fight to save a reef from commercial fishing operators and developers has now been adapted by filmmaker Robert Connolly (director of Balibo, Three Dollars and The Dry, and producer of Romulus, My Father and The Boys) into a coming-of-age family film for the big screen. but in an innocent way, it's discussing these things - we have been taking So getting in was a bit of an ordeal. We meet the pair when Abby is an eight-year-old, obsessed with diving, then again when she is a teen ditto, just deeper and then with Abby in her 30s or so, working as a marine biologist, when she learns Dora has fallen in ill. McPhee, Hilary (editor) Tim Winton: A Celebration, National Library of Australia. from the sea and the land for so long, it's time for us to give something persuasive effect. Between 2000 and 2003, he was famously instrumental in the campaign to save Ningaloo Reef from a resort development. On an idyllic stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish, he lives a simple, tough existence. But the plots essential shape has been maintained by writer-director Robert Connolly (The Dry), whos worked with Winton before. Much of the story is told in flashback. My Your support will help us continue the important work of InReview in publishing free professional journalism that celebrates, interrogates and amplifies arts and culture in South Australia. Ningaloo with Tim Winton will reveal a bewildering diversity of wildlife, including one of the only whale shark aggregation sites, the world's largest humpback whale nursery, a sea snake hotspot, and a refuge . And I just knew something wasn't right.". Winton has written about the way the book mirrored subsequent events. mobile and not have to get into a working rut. Fogg is particularly impressive as teenage Abby, delivering a quietly commanding performance thats utterly convincing in its presentation of a decent, caring young person with (like all teenagers) some hard life lessons ahead. "We come from water," the mother whispers to her son. Star of this marine parade is a huge western blue groper christened Blueback by eight-year-old Abby (Ariel Donoghue) who befriends the fish after being persuaded its not about to swallow her whole. something. lead a Pynchon or a Salinger existence and become completely anonymous. udiences open to an ecological ocean drama thats gentler, more grounded and certainly more Strayan than James Camerons. Bluebacks tone is warm and earnest, with a meditative vibe helped by Nigel Westlakes ruminative orchestral score and Andrew Commiss uncluttered cinematography. Blueback is the sixth of his books to be turned into a feature. BLUEBACK Review January 5, 2023 Written by Dave Griffiths My love affair with the work of Australian author Tim Winton began way back in my first year in High School. It's just him and his mother in the house at Longboat Bay, but Abel has friends . The puppet they made for this was just amazing.. "It's certainly a celebration of all that feral His second novel, The waters and land of the Bay both sustain and enrich their lives. Which has tended to obscure the real Blueback is a Young Adult novel by Tim Winton, published in 1997. The journey allows her to recall her younger self (played by Donoghue) and the experiences she had befriending a blue groper. I just wish the action above the water line was as mesmerising. Blueback intertwines three decades in the lives of mother and daughter Abby and Dora. can". She's initially alarmed when the fish snatches an abalone from her hand. The Riders, which itself disconcerted many, it looks somewhat We had to sort of quarantine because Sydney, or Western Australia, was locked off from the rest of Australia. On land, Connollys touch isnt so sure. Winton is philosophic about that: "I guess it is Read more. And then I suddenly put two and two together and realized that it was this is Tim Winton project. It was interesting changing the gender, Connolly says. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). Bana and Wasikowska hadnt seen a Blue Groper prior to filming, in fact. childhood once available to us. Blueback is an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors.. Abel Jackson lives with his mother, Dora, at Longboat Bay, an isolated stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish. Winton says he was a little shocked when he learned the lead character was no longer a boy called Abel, but a girl. "I reckon it took me ten years to not feel bad about doing well.". "I'm standing there in the water with my wife and my mother looking at each other like, 'Remind you of anything? he has been to various countries, but now resides back in Western Australia. And the messaging is very subtle, very organic. Blueback is an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors.Abel Jackson's boyhood belongs to a vanishing world. Local arts needs local journalism. disconcerting. Radha Mitchell plays Dora, an environmental activist. later. Throwing plastics or other rubbish on the ground leaving them to make their way to the ocean, Using water to clean the drive way and other paths around the house, Throwing things that could be recycled into the dump, Pouring chemicals or paints down the drain. Ilsa Fogg plays the teenage Abby in Blueback. If you could recommend just one film from your careers that you want people to see above any others, what would it be and why would it be that? I wanted very limited VFX. He helps his mother each day and loves to dive. Photo: David Dare Parker. Blueback PG. Connolly and Winton stay close to the original book, which was released both as a childrens book and a novel several decades ago. "Australians became connected to their country and to each other after has stooped to the mawkish in this tale about world ecology that as message is indisputable but that as fiction is inane. The series will be narrated and written by renowned, award-winning Australian author and conservationist, Tim Winton. and species have been eroded this century at an unimaginable rate. And otherwise, the goal feels like its its not as achievable. 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Copyright (c) Murray Waldren 1997 I t's the end of the road for Tim Winton. the kind of money most people toss aside for their drinks bill. Tim Winton (based on the book 'Blueback' by) Stars Mia Wasikowska Albert Mwangi Ariel Donoghue See production, box office & company info Coming soon Releases March 3, 2023 Add to Watchlist Added by 2.1K users 6 User reviews 24 Critic reviews 57 Metascore Videos 4 Trailer 1:03 Watch Teaser Trailer Trailer 2:00 Watch Official Trailer Featurette 3:36 (A screen adaptation starring Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana is slated to hit cinemas in January). am who I am, and not an abstraction or a marketing tool. [As Jacques] Cousteau said: If you can make people fall in love with something, theyll care for it., I hope the film can inspire an activism about the health of our oceans.. Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award, as did Cloudstreet A 4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining read with solid message. We have an An optimistic Robert Connolly hopes his audience is as passionate as he is about these core issues. Whether it's the majesty of the ocean in Breath, or sparse salt lakes of The Shepherd's Hut, Tim Winton is recognised as one of the most lyrical observers of the Western Australian landscape. Mia Wasikowska: Yeah, Blueback is quite a classic here in Australia. moved by how moved they were by it.." Moved too by the money they offered, The most successful was Breath (2017), a coming-of-age story which united Wintons passion for the sea with a poignant examination of the emotional damage casually inflicted on two teenagers by a pair of charismatic but unthinking adults. For them, its like, whatever, you're there. I love it. While diving, Abby forms a bond with a. Eric, did you meet the star of the show Blueback at all during your time on set, or was he being a diva and refusing to interact with people who werent direct scene partners? Thanks for signing up to the InReview newsletter. And we all got together, and we didnt really sort of to intentionally talk much about Abby because you dont want to set limitations on their sort of sense of freedom. "It was odd because I think all of us were conscious of the connection; as if we were inhabiting some fictional reality.". Connolly describes him as a wonderful man to work with. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Winton draws his main inspiration from the landscape he knows well. Its a film about young people having great agency for change, [and] the inspiration they get from their parents, so even though I changed the gender I feel its a film for all young people., Melbourne-based actor Eric Bana on a mission. Oh, this one! emotions. Interview: Tim Winton, 27 Oct 2012; The Guardian - Waiting for the new wave: an interview with Tim Winton, 28 Jun 2008; The Age - The sea side of Tim Winton, 26 Apr 2008 . Blueback is a love letter to Western Australias Ningaloo Reef and the sea creatures that make their home there. Some Blueback fodder that should pique audience interest: Creating Blueback, the hero of the film, was an undertaking. It gives to us, and we give to it. If the sea is ultimately where we come from, and it seems we did, sometimes sulkily terse communiques. And The Riders, a finalist for the 1995 Booker Prize, won the And then they were about to start theirs. It's just him and his mother in the house at Longboat Bay, but Abel has friends . (Supplied: Screenwest) Story puts environment before economics Blueback will be a family-focused film that follows the story of Abby, a child who befriends a wild groper while diving in the ocean. The plot is driven by just one desire an overwhelming urge to save the wonders of the marine world from climate change and over-fishing. Why indeed? 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The storytelling came via stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Eric Bana (The Dry, The Forgiven), and a young cast including Ilsa Fogg, Pedra Jackson and Ariel Donoghue. He. something to the future, to define limits on what we'll exploit and how we'll Even as Abby is played by three different actors (Mia Wasikowska, Ilsa Fogg and Ariel Donoghue), the storytelling remains easy to follow and most importantly we understand there is purpose in constructing the film this way. You can email him here Tim WintonMessages to Tim Crusty fisherman Macka (played by Bana) is part of Abbys memories as the film floats back and forth through time. Robert said not too long ago that the environmental movement has really embraced the idea of activism through optimism, which is a fascinating way of looking at it, and something Blueback deals in from start to finish. ", He holds little hope for a Canberra-led revival. * only taking a few abolone from each area, leaving the rest to bread and grow. I was only there for two weeks, and maybe you were quite similar? If Cloudstreet and Blueback were a pleasure, Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music was something else altogether. However, the filmmakers didnt want little kids coming face-to-face with big creatures. Winton's first novel, an open swimmer won an award and it marked the beginning of Winton's literary career. 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They said, Youve got two daughters, Dad! It can live up to 70 years. Tim Winton knew that humans were damaging the sea when he wrote his 1997 novel Blueback, even while he did nothing about it. And good he was. His boks have been published around the world. He was particularly surprised by the American interest. I think [author] Tim Winton has a theory that if you show, and make people care about the world, they're more likely to want to take care of it. I dont think Dora and her daughter ever have a conversation that doesnt centre on the reef. It was another one of those strange life-imitating-art moments: in Blueback, published in 1997, Abel and his mum successfully protect their patch of coast from developers. With the always superb Radha Mitchell doing the heavy lifting as Dora and a deeply likeable Eric Bana, as local rogue and ally Macka, Blueback has talent to burn on screen. Add to Goodreads. cover-awkward-bases tactic. A hint that she may have a crush on Briggs (Clarence Ryan), the friend who has adored her since their childhood, goes nowhere. The teenage Abby (Ilsa Fogg) is the perfect child, intellectually gifted, uncannily calm in a crisis and free of all the stroppiness that punctuates the adolescent years of more credible beings. [The bay] is beautiful one day, muscular and tough and visceral another day I didnt want the film to be set in a sweet, nostalgic fishing village, Connolly says. In the book, for example, Abby is a 10-year-old boy, Abel. Related: Best Mia Wasikowska Movies, Ranked. The joins feel fluid, sometimes seamless. 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As VFX (visual effects) developed, Connolly who describes himself as more an analogue filmmaker was ready. . Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. It was just I loved the film. After it was published, he became part of a real-life campaign to save the reef. Longboat Bay is like a paradise because of the crystal clear water, the way that the sun is always up and the different and the unique types of fish that are there. Forty years into his publishing career, Winton says these weird moments of his writing coming to life are becoming more common. People can watch the film and go on an incredible journey to places we went and filmed in. When I look back and see how hard I worked when I I also feel the universality of it is beyond gender. Winton: an affable, plain-speaking man of unaffected intelligence and deep children's literature is the little league, adults the big. then it's our source, our ancestral life and we are obliged to nourish it.". , Exclusive: Blueback's Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana Open Up About Their Heartwarming New Film, Two Planned DCU Projects Remain a Mystery, Including James Gunn's Favorite, 10 Gut-Wrenching Movies That Are Too Sad to Rewatch, The Little Mermaid's Live-Action Sebastian Design Revealed in Merchandise - and Continues a Disappointing Disney Trend. 150 pages of deceptive subtlety, sentimental at times, sure, but never Mia Waskikowska: Yeah, this was my only pandemic film, actually. There are no doubts, insecurities or moral weaknesses to be found here. Cameras have started rolling on Robert Connolly's new film Blueback, starring Mia Wasikowska, Radha Mitchell, Eric Bana and Clarence Ryan.. Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl's power to change the world. So we had no restrictions in our physical filming, one of the few places in the world where that that was occurring. She said shed never spent time in Western Australia before and the experience, overall, was wonderful, if not incredibly rare. Wasikowska plays environmentalist Abby as an adult Abby returns home upon hearing of her mother, Doras, stroke. Connollys production has notes of the Oscar-winning 2020 documentary My Octopus Teacher, with a protagonist (in the novel a boy named Abel, now a girl named Abby) developing a friendship with the titular character: a wild blue groper who profoundly influences her worldview. Blueback puts a very eloquent case for the care of this marine paradise. I wanted it to be somewhere that had a scale; what an amazing place for a mother to bring up a daughter and teach her about the environment and to introduce her to Blueback, this amazing fish.. paid $50,000 for second books ", That's the professional shaking his head in disbelief. idyllic childhood, a strong matriarchal figure, deeply-held values amid a he'd better have another look at it. * Blueback is published by Macmillan as a hardback, by Pan as a I have a need for a fairly big margin of privacy to feel that I And so seeing the film for the first time is like being a normal audience member, but I really love working with young actresses, the young cast were fantastic. Tim Winton is appearing as part of ABC RN's Big Weekend of Books. each of my first three books, and that was for years and years of my life, for I think that they teach it in a lot of school curriculums at the moment, actually. And its just, I think its a real triumph, and I think the audience can tell when things are CGI, and theres something really special about about our fish, because its so physically real, and for the cast to be able to interact with it. Then, curious, she hand-feeds it another. ourselves. She dubs her googly-eyed, big-lipped new friend "Blueback," promising her mom to. Like in Connollys previous feature The Dry, theres plenty of air in the frame and space for contemplation. have an age, a heartbeat, you're just in this squeezed-down narrow focus which Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Nor is there anything surprising in the fact that his workers are a callous bunch with a taste for illegal spearfishing. So we had to quarantine for two weeks before we started filming. In the book, for example, Abby . I mean, its one of the great things about when you really come in and do a supporting role is you dont get to see the rest of the film. The latest film from The Dry director Robert Connolly, starring Mia Wasikowska . Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). Once Bremer Bay was decided on as a film location, the magic started to unfold. Tim Winton's narrative 'Blueback' is set in Longboat Bay, Robber's Head. Every day while fishing, Abel and his mother would go out and play and feed Blueback. His books have been adapted to the stage and screen, and he's been named a National Living Treasure. Its clear that the impact on the environment is something you both feel strongly about, and even though its a uniquely Australian tale in terms of setting and story that speaks to the feelings a lot of people in the country have and have had for some time, the themes and messages are universal, so what do you hope audiences take away from the film by the time the credits come up? An ecological novel on a boy who protects a fish from property developers and rapacious fishermen. "I feel very specifically that I benefited from growing up where I did, where so much revolved around the sea - in a way, it was a gift and I owe it something. Two jam-packed days of conversations with writers you love and others you're going to love, on August 6 and 7 on your radio, online and ABC listen. Were working to restore it. Snatches an abalone from her hand ) Murray Waldren 1997 I t & # x27 s... Connolly ( the Dry ), whos worked with Winton before novel a. 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