* making the coastal area they own a National park, stopping deforestation so that industries or parks could not be made; He. But theres a twist in the lead role. Connolly spent over 20 years developing the project, which he also co-wrote. Rob made a beautiful choice to make the fish real and mechanical, as opposed to just CGI. So yeah, I wasnt as familiar, but I knew Rob had been developing it for quite some time. Photo: Roadshow, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, InDaily uses cookies. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. you may be able to proceed without disturbance but I can't. A YouTube. Eric Bana: Theres definitely room for both, but I do agree what Robert said there, because I think theres so many serious issues that we are constantly being confronted with, and having to absorb, and feel like we have to take action on that it can be overwhelming. And I just knew something wasn't right.". Winton was the first member of his family to go to university, where he studied creative writing. a master of language who writes unadorned sentences that build in power and I was only there for two weeks, and maybe you were quite similar? childhood once available to us. Eric, you of course previously worked with Robert on The Dry which was a massive hit in Australia and has become something of an unsung cult favourite around the world, so theres going to be a lot of people excited for the sequel, if youre not forbidden from sharing any details on that. idyllic childhood, a strong matriarchal figure, deeply-held values amid a the kind of money most people toss aside for their drinks bill. Add to Goodreads. In the book, for example, Abby is a 10-year-old boy, Abel. So I think there is tactically, I think its a its a really good, really good way for a lot of people in that space to use. "It was a lovely experience to write. full-time writer since 1982, he has remained trenchantly suspicious of the Is that a sentiment you agree with, or are have you got a soft spot for the more direct approach if the occasion calls for it? Neither Mitchell and Wasikowska can do much to enliven dialogue that is more bound up with the life cycle of a groper than the shifting emotions involved in being human. commercially feted, from the first, An Open Swimmer, which was joint slight. It reaches a length of up to 1.7 meters and can weigh 40 kilograms. She meets ol mate Blueback as a youngster (played as a child by Ariel Donoghue and as a teenager by Ilsa Fogg) and, as an adult (Mia Wasikowska), becomes a marine biologist caring deeply about the state of the reef. Tim Winton on Blueback, Ningaloo, and 40 years of writing, Australian Defence Force personnel and aircraft will be involved in the evacuation of residents from remote communities in the NTexperiencing significant flooding, Former government services minister Stuart Robert is being questioned at theRobodebt inquiry, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news. three children have enjoyed the same, mainly because I was lucky enough to be "I feel very specifically that I benefited from growing up where I did, But once we were there, we were working on a normal film. 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 Wasikowska: Yeah, it was so crazy. 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. "There are accumulated losses we have suffered in Australia over If we change our ways, small or big, we can all collectively impact the environment. The tale revolves around Abby, a young West Australian child (Donoghue), who befriends a magnificent wild blue groper while diving. 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. If I had my way, I'd Mon 21 - Sun 27 Nov at Lotterywest Films, from $17 - $20. Theirs is a simple life. Bana and Wasikowska hadnt seen a Blue Groper prior to filming, in fact. While marine biologist Abby Jackson is out on a boat researching the heart-breaking destruction of coral reefs, she's called back home with the news that . . 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. Every day while fishing, Abel and his mother would go out and play and feed Blueback. Until the day he meets Blueback, the fish that changes his life. BLUEBACK A CONTEMPORARY FABLE by Tim Winton RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1998 The prolific Winton (The Riders, 1995; etc.) Between 2000 and 2003, he was famously instrumental in the campaign to save Ningaloo Reef from a resort development. He is also a strong supporter of marine and environmental conservation. Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. "We come from water," the mother whispers to her son. And I think it sort of sends a message that increasing your local biodiversity is almost one of the most powerful things you can do to contribute to the climate. Thanks for signing up to the InReview newsletter. Whats going on?. "I'm standing there in the water with my wife and my mother looking at each other like, 'Remind you of anything? Support independent 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. Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award, as did Cloudstreet The acting is mostly great, the underwater cinematography is superb and the selection of songs on the soundtrack suggest that Robert Connolly's record collection would be an agreeable place to spend a couple of hours. It's a beautiful piece of old school craft. If you live your life with your gaze vigorously averted, Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. I also feel the universality of it is beyond gender. Connolly and Winton have just found a brilliantly pacy and involving way to make the years pass quickly. Other visual effects came from Soundfirm (Peter Rabbit, Paper Plane) and Surreal World. 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. His religious - and social - faith sustains him, he admits, "although at that writing is (a) "essentially a tedious occupation I spend scads of time Eric Bana makes a regrettably brief appearance as a genial abalone diver who retains Doras friendship despite his delinquency in harvesting a few more molluscs than he should. We need beauty in our lives, so we don't go mad.". In one of the most moving scenes of Winton's 1997 novel Blueback, the protagonist Abel cradles his ageing mum in the water that she loves. "You find yourself living out things that you've already written; you find yourself inhabiting scenes that you've already imagined and published.". People can watch the film and go on an incredible journey to places we went and filmed in. Through the Western Australian Regional Film Fund and support of the State Government of Western Australia, Screenwest is contributing to the new feature film Blueback, based on Tim Winton's best-selling book. 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. Art is everywhere, as the ABC celebrates the first ever Arts Week, from Saturday August 6. Abby is played as a child by Ariel Donoghue.Credit:David Dare Parker. The family film will be produced by Arenamedia and directed by Robert Connolly as the follow up to his award-winning box office hit . It was really wonderful. Nor is there anything surprising in the fact that his workers are a callous bunch with a taste for illegal spearfishing. I mean, I feel like this book was written 30 years ago, I might be wrong with that, but I think it was written 30 years ago. 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). It was just I loved the film. Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. And the more that we take care of it, the more its a two-way street. Its her love, her cause and her reason for being. Winton says he was a little shocked when he learned the lead character was no longer a boy called Abel, but a girl. But the plots essential shape has been maintained by writer-director Robert Connolly (The Dry), whos worked with Winton before. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's . Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email. The joins feel fluid, sometimes seamless. I t's the end of the road for Tim Winton. 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. https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9. Gills and a set of fins could well arrive with puberty. moved by how moved they were by it.." Moved too by the money they offered, In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times. sometimes sulkily terse communiques. Once Bremer Bay was decided on as a film location, the magic started to unfold. We see that with the character of Abby and the amazing relationship she has with her mother and how she's bought up, continued Bana. Ahead of the release, We Got This Covered had the chance to talk to Bana and Wasikowska about the project, the difficulties of shooting on location during the pandemic, their own thoughts on the perils of climate change and much more, which you can check out below. The directors other family film, 2015s Paper Planes, reflects a similar commercial mindset as Blueback, providing a broadly appealing if a little indistinct experience that doesnt speak down to younger audiences but certainly hands them unambiguous moral lessons. Mia Wasikowska: Yeah, absolutely. South-East Asian section of the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Its an urge shared by Abby and her widowed mother, Dora (Radha Mitchell), who has taught her well. Please try again later. Mia Waskikowska: Yeah, this was my only pandemic film, actually. other way round. And I just thought the girls did an amazing job. Hes the developer who has plans to dredge the bay and set up a marine resort. awkward in that I don't know who it's for. Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Blueback was originally conceived as an animated film due to the "state of CGI technology" in the late 1990s, and the risks about "a big, wild fish" in the water with children. historic contract we have between ourselves and the future. lead a Pynchon or a Salinger existence and become completely anonymous. Blueback PG. She dubs her googly-eyed, big-lipped new friend "Blueback," promising her mom to. 37, the Fremantle-based author has always been an enigmatic figure in Ozlit. McGirr, Michael (1999)Tim Winton: The Writer and His Work, Macmillan Education. Radha Mitchell plays Dora, an environmental activist. "I reckon it took me ten years to not feel bad about doing well.". And theres a simplicity in that, that I think just, you know, works well. 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.. Our friends across Te Tai-o-Rhua are good at teen dramas and coming-of-age yarns. So it was it was a lot of fun. 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 And otherwise, the goal feels like its its not as achievable. A feature film adaptation of Tim Winton's 1997 novella Blueback (Penguin) has received production funding from Screen Australia in its latest funding round.. Writer/director Robert Connolly of Arenamedia will work with producers Liz Kearney and James Grandison on the adaptation, which follows a young girl (changed from a young boy in the novel) who befriends a wild groper while diving, and . I was He's written bestselling novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, essays and memoirs. At eight, shes already mastered the art of free diving. TIM WINTON Abel Jackson loves to dive. But then I've always hated the idea Winton: an affable, plain-speaking man of unaffected intelligence and deep A classically Western Australian story from Tim Winton comes to the big screen with a star-studded cast including Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana. each of my first three books, and that was for years and years of my life, for Eric Bana: I sort of knew Robert was developing it, because we have an office together. The changes that Abby sees in her personal life at the same time things are shifting on not just a local scale but a global one. 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? And then they were about to start theirs. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/tim-winton-blueback-ningaloo-and-40-years-of-writing/101297058, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app, Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article. However, the filmmakers didnt want little kids coming face-to-face with big creatures. Blueback / Tim Winton Children's novel published 1995. For Blueback, he agreed to And it was so emotional. So I guess it was a period when I was in my 20s when I wanted to try and capture that.". And Dora is no more convincing. disconcerting. The film crew on location at Bremer Bay in Western Australia. Tim Winton knew that humans were damaging the sea when he wrote his 1997 novel Blueback, even while he did nothing about it. We meet the pair when Abby is an eight-year-old, obsessed with diving, then again when she is a teen - ditto,. Eric Bana: Yeah, its really honest. An achingly beautiful story about family, belonging and living a life in tune with the environment, from one of Australia's best-loved authors, Tim Winton. is timeless. Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. Tim Winton. I think there are a lot of examples of incredible women leading the environmental movement at the moment and plenty of examples of men whove done some pretty catastrophic choices on the environment, including our political leaders in this country in the past. Bana and Wasikowska were fascinated by how the filmmakers used elements captured by a specialized team of underwater camera operators. When Abel first meets Blueback, Winton writes he was 'the biggest fish he had ever seen. As an adaptation comes to the silver screen, he reflects on how the book's protagonist has haunted him all the way to Ningaloo Reef. I have some ideals, even if these days Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning. We again assembled an incredible cast and showing off another very, very interesting part of part of Australia, in another thriller. It's just him and his mother in the house at Longboat Bay, but Abel has friends . It has been adapted, with Winton's input, by veteran Aussie safe-pair-of-hands Robert Connolly (The Dry, Balibo) who has the true storytellers art of bringing exactly what each film needs to the table and then trusting a perfectly assembled cast and crew to get on with it. Its also a story about family at the end of the day, and its hard to imagine theres anyone wholl watch the film that wont find at least one element they cant relate to on some level, which can sometimes be a difficult balance to strike when it comes to independent productions that also wear their localization as such a proud badge of honor like Blueback does, which is a testament to how the film turned out. 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. I loved its environmental messaging about saving the ocean, and that it took us to a world that is extraordinary Bremer Bay this little bay at the bottom of [Western] Australia, Connolly, who directed and wrote the screenplay, tells The New Daily. 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 . Three years later he won his first Miles Franklin Literary Award for Shallows (he's won the Miles four times to date, and shares the record for the most wins with the late Thea Astley). Blueback is a story about a young boy called Abel who lives in a bay called Longboat. Blueback sa prevodom| 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. "Our culture is obsessed about belonging, but people haven't grasped the We also wanted the audience to see the actors jump off boats and swim 20 metres down. 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. McPhee, Hilary (editor) Tim Winton: A Celebration, National Library of Australia. (A screen adaptation starring Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana is slated to hit cinemas in January). environment everything is about balancing the books, of looking after 'We are not the same, that's why you not understand': An interview with a mother accused of a terrible crime, 'I just sit here and chill now': Tasha used to hide in her tent when pedestrians passed by, Man shot dead outside martial arts gym in Sydney's west, 'At what point do you put people's lives at risk? "And I'm happy with that. Blueback by Tim Winton - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. 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. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was from the Waratah National Park, wherever that was, but it wasn't where we were.". Copyright (c) Murray Waldren 1997 He helps his mother each day and loves to dive. My Year 7 English teacher introduced us to Lochie Leonard and the rest as they say is history. We had to sort of quarantine because Sydney, or Western Australia, was locked off from the rest of Australia. Get InReview in your inbox free each Saturday. We did as best we could to made sure that didnt happen. 4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining read with solid message. something to the future, to define limits on what we'll exploit and how we'll You can email him here Tim WintonMessages to Tim Tim Winton was born on the 4th August 1960 in Western Australia is a famous Australian Author. Mia Wasikowska: No, no, no, no, no, you go first! Australian. Incredible actors at the beginning of epic careers who learnt how to do their own free diving, learnt how to swim in the ocean, Connolly says of the newcomers. Tim Winton recalls a recent moment when he led his elderly mother to the beach, to help her into the water. Despite this idyllic image they lead a hard, basic life. was younger and how badly I was paid for my labour - I got $1000 advance for times I'm not sure whether it's a balm or just another prickle under the Its very exciting to take the audience there.. Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Abby is played as a child by Ariel Donoghue. There was almost no rewriting, it just came out formed.". Winton spent so many years trying to find a way to finish the story, that some of his children had never seen him working on a different book. Macka is a small but pivotal role, and one that ends up having a massive influence on Abby throughout the story, but what was it like as performers and audience members to see that dynamic unfold onscreen given that you dont you dont directly cross paths? in later but at the time it was very, very hard. For them, its like, whatever, you're there. I love it. An optimistic Robert Connolly hopes his audience is as passionate as he is about these core issues. It can live up to 70 years. He's unabashed. Eric Bana: I got to meet the fish in its early gestation period, as a polystyrene cut-out while it was being developed, and saw all the work that was going in by the amazing company that brought Blueback to life. It made me very envious, actually, watching the film like, what an amazing place to have a childhood.. am who I am, and not an abstraction or a marketing tool. "I was brought up in the suburbs, but it seems in retrospect as if I spent I wasnt as taken in by Wasikowska, who is soft and sullen, reading her lines in a vacant sort of way as if shes mentally some place else. A new fisher also comes to the bay and he has no respect for the fish or being sustainable, allthis fisher cares about is getting the most fish. "It's a period of Winton is now a renowned author of adult and children's novels. 150 pages of deceptive subtlety, sentimental at times, sure, but never Wasikowska was blown away by the extraordinary locale, noting Bremer Bays coastal eye candy. But I fear my grandchildren and Years later, when Abel is older, he returns to the bay and plays with Blueback again, but when his mother passes away he returns to his studies about the ocean. Cloudstreet the Miles Franklin-winning novel about two families sharing a house in Perth between the 40s and 60s was also a "pleasure" to write. Blueback releases in select theaters, as well as on digital and on-demand, this coming Friday March 3. When she realizes that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mum, Dora (played by Mitchell), and vigilantly takes on poachers to save her friend. All of it sparks her life-long journey to save the world's coral reefs. After the ambition of paperback. and species have been eroded this century at an unimaginable rate. that people are seen as writing either for children or adults - and that If Cloudstreet and Blueback were a pleasure, Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music was something else altogether. If there's something ahead that So yeah, I hope people feel educated and inspired, and they want the natural world to be a bigger part of their life., Id love audiences to feel what I felt when I read the script, which was that sense of being really inspired and appreciating the connection we have to the environment, added Wasikowska. ", He holds little hope for a Canberra-led revival. Starring Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, Crimson Peak), Eric Bana (The Dry, Dirty John), Radha Mitchell (London Has Fallen, Pitch Black), Liz Alexander (The Secret She Keeps), and newcomers Ariel Donoghue, Ilsa Fogg, and Albert Mwangi, Blueback is a coming-of-age story, through and through. 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. And I love the dynamic between between Macka and Abby. When out fishing for some abalone with his mother Abel encounters a massive blue groper called Blueback and promises from then on to the protect this beautiful fish. Adapted from the critically acclaimed novella by Tim Winton, BLUEBACK is a heart-warming tale of family, friendship, and the power of one person to make a difference. he has been to various countries, but now resides back in Western Australia. As Winton and his wife held his mother in the ocean, they were both very aware that this was a scene that Winton had imagined, and committed to paper, more than 20 years earlier. their children will have to experience nature in a virtual sense - landscapes If you weren't aware of the realities of what you held to, Thank you Tim Winton. 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). When out fishing for some abalone with his mother Abel encounters a massive blue groper called Blueback and promises from then on to the protect this beautifulfish. 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"I had enormous pleasure writing He would have discovered an unpretentious The series will be narrated and written by renowned, award-winning Australian author and conservationist, Tim Winton. She asks him isn't he sick of never having money . It was gigantic. You were both obviously very committed to the project because a small film shooting during the restrictions caused by the pandemic cant have been an easy or straightforward for either yourselves as actors or the cast and crew, especially shooting on location where there are so many more variables than there are on a closed set. The news brings her back to Longboat Bay, the tiny cove off Ningaloo where shes been brought up, and the memories take over. 100% (1) 100% found this document useful (1 vote) 2K views. tough opposition. Winton's novel was created for the young adult market, and is therefore a lot more positive and simply written than his novels for adults. I feel like everything that is being explored here has been relevant for a really long time. notion that you have to earn belonging, to earn some kind of comfort and ease Were working to restore it. I wanted to make the film in an analogue way. It won and Winton has never looked back, can". Mia Wasikowska plays a marine biologist in the latest Australian film about interspecies mateship, which is broadly appealing if a little on the nose. Blueback is a love letter to Western Australias Ningaloo Reef and the sea creatures that make their home there. 162 Pages. Tim Winton is appearing as part of ABC RN's Big Weekend of Books. World War I and the Depression, but I don't believe we need some hideous (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 story of Abby, a young girl living with her environmentalist mother on Australia's pristine west coast. There, protagonist Bruce "Pikelet" Pike comes of age; especially important to this process is his complicated friendship with "Loonie," and later an older couple that he meets through his adventures with Loonie. Listen back to his conversation with The Book Show's Claire Nichols. give only this print interview. In the book, for example, Abby . it was while there that he began his first novel An Open Swimmer. When the film opens, the adult Abby (Mia Wasikowska), now a professor of marine biology, is at sea on a research boat when she receives word that her mother has suffered a stroke. And when it comes to the environment, it wears its environmental message on its on its heart and sleeve. "They had no idea Shooting of the 2021 movie adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Blueback is underway in Bremer Bay. 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