Backroads
A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.
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"This movie reminded me of EASY RIDER. While not documenting the emergence of a freer counter-culture or revealing the shortcomings of contemporary society, it flowed on similarly as a thoroughly fluid road-movie that sought to uncover deeply-engrained prejudices that still persist, even latently, in attitude formation: black or white. The two protagonists are once again outcasts; Bill the itinerant, petty-thief rebel-rouser and Dave his good, clear-thinking, articulate Aboriginal friend. They pick up hitchhikers on their way across Northern New South Wales, stopping by Dave's reservation..."
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This is one of a handful of mid-late 1970s Australian feature films that were road movies. The pictures include High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977), Summer City (1977), Twentieth Century Oz (1976), Cosy Cool (1977), In Search of Anna (1978) and Backroads (1977).
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A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.