Details

Release year: 2002

Storyline

Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.

Top credits

Directors

Rolf de Heer

Writers

Rolf de Heer

Cast

David Gulpilil — The Tracker
Gary Sweet — The Fanatic
Damon Gameau — The Follower
Grant Page — The Veteran

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Did you know

• The music for this film is performed by Archie Roach, a popular aboriginal country musician.

• During pre-production writer-director-producer Rolf de Heer explained that he had become increasingly concerned about "the nature of screen violence, and what it does to us". He was considering alternative ways of depicting violence when renowned Australian landscape artist Peter Coad came to visit. "I looked at Peter and thought, 'Here we go, that's what we're going to do, deal with the violence with paintings'," de Heer said.

• The neck chains were made for the film by a modern-day blacksmith who specialized in theatrical props but director Rolf de Heer was concerned about the discomfort both actors David Gulpilil and Gary Sweet might experience wearing them. "When David tried one on we shook our heads in a collective and belated 'sorry'," de Heer said.