yearning for yesteryear perhaps? Robert. Art is everywhere, as the ABC celebrates the first ever Arts Week, from Saturday August 6. I thought I might be good," Winton says. The blue groper at the heart of Blueback was created by Melbournes Creature Technology Company. He. Mia Wasikowska: Yeah, it was so crazy. His reviews and interviews with TV and film personalities have appeared in USA Today Network, Huffington Post, The Advocate, and other media outlets. Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. I just wish the action above the water line was as mesmerising. So it was a lot of fun to make. The Western Coast of Australia. I mean, its a bigger topic that hopefully inspires people, especially the younger generations to sort of be a bit more conscious and use their energies in a positive way for the for the whole environment. Theres Abbys connection to her mother, and, in scenes from the past, the blue groper. finally get pen to paper, you exist only in that present tense - you don't Later still, he mentions magic moments "when it's happening, when you '," Winton says. If Cloudstreet and Blueback were a pleasure, Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music was something else altogether. Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana love that Blueback delivers a passionate message about friendship and the beauty of the worlds oceans. Blueback is loosely based on Booker Prize nominee Tim Winton's critically acclaimed novella of the same name. 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. And I knew I knew I was determined. The book was inspired by stories Winton's grandparents used to tell about life in Perth a place that Winton could see was disappearing. Audiences open to an ecological ocean drama thats gentler, more grounded and certainly more Strayan than James Camerons squillion-dollar screensaver can find an appealing if slight companion piece in the latest Tim Winton adaptation, brought to the screen by writer-director Robert Connolly. 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. It was interesting changing the gender, Connolly says. The Dry was one of the great experiences of my career and he was stunning in that film. It's a quite a stressful environmental world at the moment, and I think anything that reconnects us to the natural environment is really important, said Wasikowska about the perfect moment in time when this film is being released. 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. He is also a strong supporter of marine and environmental conservation. (A screen adaptation starring Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana is slated to hit cinemas in January). "And I don't think it's worth going mad over, or tormenting your family.". Mia Wasikowska: So I felt like there was a whole movie that I hadnt been a part of. 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. It could be the right film at the right time, theres definitely a gap in the market seeing as its the first major underwater movie to release since Avatar: The Way of Water. It was just I loved the film. The underwater scenes perfectly capture the gliding rhythms of the sea world at its most serene. This means there will be more next time; Mass Market Paperback - 22 December 2008. it is about things close to my heart.". Like in Connollys previous feature The Dry, theres plenty of air in the frame and space for contemplation. 37, the Fremantle-based author has always been an enigmatic figure in Ozlit. Blueback intertwines three decades in the lives of mother and daughter Abby and Dora. And I just thought the girls did an amazing job. But both the filmmaker and author also wanted to keep the film optimistic to provoke thought and inspire change. 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. the mass audience I seem to have stumbled upon, the public exposure is very Did you already know that as well? I hope Blueback inspires people to contribute positively to our world. He would have discovered an unpretentious The puppet they made for this was just amazing.. so that people in need will be clothed and fed? Hed moved from a seaside country town to the city and was, he says, mourning the proximity to the water, so he turned his attention to marine conservation. ABC RN's on-air writers' festival is back! "Everyone on television was from the east. But the plots essential shape has been maintained by writer-director Robert Connolly (The Dry), whos worked with Winton before. ", He holds little hope for a Canberra-led revival. 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. It reaches a length of up to 1.7 meters and can weigh 40 kilograms. But no really, really excited. And the more that we take care of it, the more its a two-way street. It's a beautiful piece of old school craft. Talk of sacrifice and faith seem curiously old-fashioned, an idealist's It's pretty special, and it was a great choice on Robs part., I just saw a blue groper 10 minutes down from where I live in the bay there, so they're around, Wasikowska pointed out. 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. Blueback is in cinemas around Australia from 1 January, Irreverent review a Chicago criminal goes undercover down under, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. He forms a connection with a fish - Blueback - while diving. He's written bestselling novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, essays and memoirs. BLUEBACK, SAYS TIM WINTON OF HIS NEW NOVEL, is "one of those odd books that just show up". "If you're in this caper long enough, you realise that it's inevitable that you're going to repeat yourself, but not in a conventional way," Winton says. 162 Pages. Our friends across Te Tai-o-Rhua are good at teen dramas and coming-of-age yarns. Local arts and culture covered. Actually, I experienced a bit of anxiety, a bit of a panic attack. "It's a period of When acclaimed Western Australian author Tim Winton first wrote the novella Blueback, it was at a time in his life when the fragility of the worlds oceans hit him hard. Throughout the inevitable rise in interest in him, he has guarded his I wanted very limited VFX. Feature | 100mins | Completed. Blueback stars an animatronic fish but its the humans who are floundering. Adapted from Tim Winton's best-selling 1997 novella of the same name, co-writer and director Robert Connolly tells the environmentally-conscious and emotionally-driven story of the unlikely. Eric Bana: Yeah, similar experience. It could emerge as one of the more embraceable for-the-entire-family films to drop this season. Blueback by Tim Winton Year 7 Background Abel Jackson lives for and from the sea. it," he allows, "probably more fun than anything I've written for years. winner of the 1981 The Australian/Vogel Award. Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. Get InReview in your inbox free each Saturday. 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. personally how to resolve. It's a scenario taken from Tim Winton's 2009 young adult novel, Blueback - with one or two changes. persuasive effect. It should be required reading in creative writing classes: Winton is 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.. 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). Its very exciting to take the audience there.. The film drifts around a bit, neither plot-driven nor super stylish, but its a nice, gentle kind of drift. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. (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. Winton has written about the way the book mirrored subsequent events. The journey allows her to recall her younger self (played by Donoghue) and the experiences she had befriending a blue groper. Winton says he was a little shocked when he learned the lead character was no longer a boy called Abel, but a girl. Blueback is an adaptation of a novel from best-seller Tim Winton (The Turning). 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). im Winton was born on the 4th August 1960 in Western Australia is a famous Australian Author. Mia Wasikowska: I mean, I hope its inspiring. Helpful. He's unabashed. And I think its worth it. sometimes sulkily terse communiques. They do this by: There are no doubts, insecurities or moral weaknesses to be found here. 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. Blueback Tim Winton 3.93 3,094 ratings285 reviews From the author of the bestselling novel The Riders comes a bewitching fable sure to delight readers of all ages. Hes the developer who has plans to dredge the bay and set up a marine resort. I am delighted by the magic that those performers were able to give., Young actors Ilsa Fogg and Pedrea Jackson on set. He and his mother have depended . "We come from water," the mother whispers to her son. Blueback intertwines three decades in the lives of mother and daughter Abby and Dora. And then I suddenly put two and two together and realized that it was this is Tim Winton project. Here are a couple to think about: Blueback is a story about a young boy called Abel who lives in a bay called Longboat. So what did Bana whose international career goes back to 1997s The Castle bring to the project, when cast and crew found themselves filming off Ningaloo Reefs warm waters with whale sharks and oceanic manta rays? something. expected to be read by more than a couple of thousand people, and when you get Wasikowska was blown away by the extraordinary locale, noting Bremer Bays coastal eye candy. Forty years into his publishing career, Winton says these weird moments of his writing coming to life are becoming more common. Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Read it now. 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. Blueback by Tim Winton. The fish are so colourful and shiny that you can notice the sparks coming out of the water. Shooting of the 2021 movie adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Blueback is underway in Bremer Bay. from the sea and the land for so long, it's time for us to give something But in some ways, only just. I think its one that if you sit down as a family, youll really enjoy. McPhee, Hilary (editor) Tim Winton: A Celebration, National Library of Australia. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. notion that you have to earn belonging, to earn some kind of comfort and ease * Blueback is published by Macmillan as a hardback, by Pan as a And then they were about to start theirs. Over time, he has mellowed a little - he's just returned from a three-month Like to send a message to Tim? faith against the current in the least religious country in the world has been 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? Blueback / Tim Winton Children's novel published 1995. With Robert Connolly's most recent film The Dry fast approaching $20 million at the . freedom I had as a kid, a sense of wide-open spaces, the kind of Australian 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. Winton is philosophic about that: "I guess it is Its achieved with elegance; temporal displacements feeling less like flashbacks or flash forwards than different refractions of the same prism. Blueback is told straight from the heart by everyone on either side of the camera, which is an approach you dont really see often enough anymore, and one you both clearly gravitated towards. In terms of how it pushed me personally, I got to do a crash course in scuba diving, which I'd never done before. Thats really important. 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. Until the day he meets Blueback, the fish that changes his life. Even when the day came to submit the final manuscript, Winton wasn't convinced he'd nailed it. In the book, for example, Abby is a 10-year-old boy, Abel. I was so proud of it when I saw it. The writers of Blueback are Robert Connolly and Tim Winton. 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. Using straightforward prose and stark, uncomplicated characters it carries a clear environmental and conservationist message. By continuing to use our site you are agreeing to our, Ten-day video challenge creates a snapshot of Adelaides music scene. His second novel, So we had to quarantine for two weeks before we started filming. Its her love, her cause and her reason for being. full-time writer since 1982, he has remained trenchantly suspicious of the 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. 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. 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. "And she came home at four o'clock and I was still there unwrapping it, wrapping it. "It was odd because I think all of us were conscious of the connection; as if we were inhabiting some fictional reality.". "They had no idea Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. It can live up to 70 years. 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. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. I wanted to make the film in an analogue way. Later, an older Dora who has suffered a stroke is played in a smaller and more limited role by Liz Alexander. But then I've always hated the idea This film should certainly help in that ongoing fight. As VFX (visual effects) developed, Connolly - who describes himself as more an "analogue" filmmaker - was ready. Gills and a set of fins could well arrive with puberty. A lot of that has to be done by giving things 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. 40 pages. 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. cloying. "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. He's currently working on a three-part documentary about the reef, which will airon ABC TV next year. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's . If the sea is ultimately where we come from, and it seems we did, 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. And I was like, Whats with the polystyrene fish? And, and somebody in my office said, Ah, thats Robs next project.. And I was like, Okay, and then the fish kind of got bigger and bigger! A simple but effective way of saying: she is remembering. A simple but effective way of. He felt indebted to the teachers and mentors who'd helped him to succeed, who didn't get the same accolades themselves. Eric Bana: Yeah, same. So yeah, I wasnt as familiar, but I knew Rob had been developing it for quite some time. Really, it's the So we had no restrictions in our physical filming, one of the few places in the world where that that was occurring. about the world I came from, yet were so enthusiastic for the story. We havent seen Eric do this for a while. The blue groper at the heart of Blueback was created by Melbournes Creature Technology Company.Credit:Roadshow. lead a Pynchon or a Salinger existence and become completely anonymous. 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? Because I think as human beings, we do respond to that positivity as well. Mia Wasikowska: Yeah, absolutely. "I'm standing there in the water with my wife and my mother looking at each other like, 'Remind you of anything? 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. skin." It seems somewhat simplistic, but I think its the way to go, and I think people relate to that. "My wife left for work at eight o'clock in the morning, and I was wrapping it up to send it to my publisher," Winton says. promote-and-negotiate overseas tour - but he remains at best a diffident 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. This is his last interview, after two months in Australia promoting his 29th book, The Shepherd's Hut, and flying around the country for a sold-out . you may be able to proceed without disturbance but I can't. Radha Mitchell plays Dora, an environmental activist. avoiding or recovering from" and (b) "something I do for myself and because I He's quickly become one of my favourite film-makers working anywhere today. Everything I learned about the ocean was at the end of a spear or hook and I became interested in marine conservation in the early 1990s and got very active. And otherwise, the goal feels like its its not as achievable. "I never had a desire for a public life, never Teacher preparation: I just love the film. And then one day he turned up with this polystyrene fish. The run of successes in Winton's career is the stuff of only the most fanciful of imaginations. Copyright (c) Murray Waldren 1997 His religious - and social - faith sustains him, he admits, "although at 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 . 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. Photo: David Dare Parker. Were thrilled with how the films looking, and looking forward to sharing that with Australian audiences and the rest of the world. A career in the arts was a radical aspiration. So it was it was a lot of fun. Blueback is about people learning from nature.' (Source: Trove) Exhibitions We had to sort of quarantine because Sydney, or Western Australia, was locked off from the rest of Australia. three children have enjoyed the same, mainly because I was lucky enough to be 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. oily self-interest in Government, in terms of reconciliation, and the Reading Blueback has made usmore aware of the environment around us. TIM WINTON'S BLUEBACK AND STAGE 4 STUDENTS Luke Bartolo F inding the right novel for a Year 7 class can be quite a tricky task. Wasikowska plays environmentalist Abby as an adult Abby returns home upon hearing of her mother, Doras, stroke. "One area is the environment, in giving up certain liberties to deliver 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. Also, its a role that subsumes itself to the women who drive the story, which I think is also another fantastic quality that he has as an actor.. Which has tended to obscure the real And good he was. Please try again later. requires sacrifice to save it, we'll do it. where so much revolved around the sea - in a way, it was a gift and I owe it Nevertheless, Blueback may disconcert some. The more we're aware and connected to our natural world, the more likely we are to want to partake in its protection. And I think that they just did a brilliant job. that writing is (a) "essentially a tedious occupation I spend scads of time He has been to various countries but now resides back in Western Australia. The film has a natural rhythm and energy to it, shared Bana. https://libguides.spx.nsw.edu.au/EnglishYear5. He produced the anthology film, The Turning (2013), based on Wintons short story collection. Bana and Wasikowska hadnt seen a Blue Groper prior to filming, in fact. His mum had been a swim teacher as a younger woman, but was now too frail to swim on her own. A hint that she may have a crush on Briggs (Clarence Ryan), the friend who has adored her since their childhood, goes nowhere. Blueback is the sixth of his books to be turned into a feature. seductions of fame. Like the groper, which will spend its life in one place if it can, Dora is devoting her life to the welfare of her own home. Thanks for signing up to the InReview newsletter. The big readers are the kids. I liked this film immensely. 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. can". "I had enormous pleasure writing She's initially alarmed when the fish snatches an abalone from her hand. 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 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. 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? historic contract we have between ourselves and the future. Tim Winton on Blueback "I don't know whether books like Blueback make a difference, but in an innocent way, it's discussing these things - we have been taking from the sea and the land for so long, it's time for us to give something back. . 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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 . I've never really had that experience before. Whats going on?. 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). Abel Jackson lives with his mother, Dora, at Longboat Bay, an isolated stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish. An optimistic Robert Connolly hopes his audience is as passionate as he is about these core issues. 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. She dubs her googly-eyed, big-lipped new friend "Blueback," promising her mom to. MY FIRST look at Robert Connolly's film adaptation . Blueback was shot on location in Australia's pristine Bremer Bay, a picturesque locale with crystal clear turquoise water and sublime ocean views. And I love the dynamic between between Macka and Abby. 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. Read more. 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