My Name Is Gulpilil

2021
1h 41m

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7.0/10

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Early in 2017, Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors estimated six months for him but David, being David, was always likely to defy the odds. And he continues to do so with probably his last great work, My Name is Gulpilil.

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Early in 2017, Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors estimated six months for him but David, being David, was always likely to defy the odds. And he continues to do so with pr... Read allEarly in 2017, Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors estimated six months for him but David, being David, was always likely to defy the odds. And he continues to do so with probably his last great work, My Name is Gulpilil.Early in 2017, Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer. His doctors estimated six months for him but David, being David, was always likely to defy the odds. And he continues to do so with probably his last great work, My Name is Gulpilil.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

296

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Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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The documentary was filmed over a period of about four years.

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David Gulpilil: My name is Gulpilil. My skin group name Balang. My language is Mandhalpingu. My moiety is Dhuwa. My mother is same and my father side is same. My name is Gulpilil, you know that mean? Kingfisher. That's my name, that's my totem, that's what I sing, that's what I believe. My name is in the tree, in the fish, in the sky, in the star, in the earth, in the storm, day and night. If I forget, if I give up, if I stop, what will I have? Nothing.

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9/10

His charisma knows no bounds

A born performer in the truest sense. Gulpilil understood what it was to perform in his own, traditional dance as naturally as he did through the technologically sophisticated medium of cinema. That universal thing that is storytelling must have a rather select group of artful storytellers that can tap into the essence of performing whatever the media/platform. We get to see the traditional dance, stage work, and of course the film acting of Gulpilil in this gentle doco.

He's led something of a rockstar's life, it would seem. But the way he speaks of his life today, it is as if he's still riding that giant wave - always agile in thought & understanding, if not in body.

It's a handful of lightning in a bottle, this doco, from a man whose face has already illuminated so many cinema screens across the country and the decades, as well as internationally.