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  1. In the film, The Last Wave, the director is trying to communicate the idea of a culture within a culture or sub culture. The dominant culture in the film is the white members of society living in Australia. The subculture in the film is the Aborigines who were natives to the land before the white.

  2. Jul 24, 2019 · Summary: David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is a corporate tax lawyer living in middle-class comfort in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two young daughters. His life is turned upside-down when he agrees to defend a group of young aboriginal men who have been accused of murder.

  3. Nov 26, 2001 · The Last Wave involves a Chinese box of mysteries—from the sudden death of a healthy Australian aboriginal to the conundrum of a white Australian’s dreams. The plot line follows a Sydney corporate tax lawyer, David, who takes on a legal aid case involving a group of aboriginals accused of murdering a man outside their tribe.

  4. Jul 24, 2020 · Peter Weir's The Last Wave (1977) Reveals the Eschatological Divide Between Settler and Indigenous Australia. “Why didn’t you tell me there were mysteries?” So asks our protagonist, the lawyer David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), of his father, Reverend Burton (Fred Parslow), midway through Peter Weir’s The Last Wave.

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  5. Aug 28, 2020 · “The Last Wave” Film and Its Theological Concepts Essay. Exclusively available on IvyPanda®. The Last Wave is rich in symbols and anticipations that are often connected with one of the most sacred elements – water. Water embodies the spiritual force of nature, which is ruthless and destructive.

  6. The Last Wave (also released in the United States as Black Rain) is a 1977 Australian mystery drama film directed by Peter Weir.

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  8. Jul 29, 2017 · SYNOPSIS: An Australian attorney defends a group of aborigines who are charged with killing one of their own for violating a tribal taboo. As the murder case progresses, he becomes plagued by apocalyptic visions of water that entwine him with the prophetical beliefs of his clients. REVIEW:

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