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Mulkurul

posted 11 years ago by dutch-waterman
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In the film, the Mulkurul is an ancient legendary character of Aborigine folklore. I do not know if this is an actual Aborigine legend or a device invented for the film. I have been unable to find any reference to Mulkurul on the Web, other than a band of that name. The Aborigine legend in the film is that Mulkurul is a white man who comes from the sunrise (east) and is a harbinger of the Apocalypse. Events in the film expose more and more evidence that Burton (Chamberlain) is the Mulkurul and that the Apocalypse (The Last Wave) is at hand. Australia is the flattest and lowest altitude continent on the planet. Being swamped by a gigantic wave is a real possibility for Australia's destruction.

[–] MelancholyPonyAndTheCircusBoy 11 years ago

I admit I didn't really get the film and I think I missed what Weir was trying to say, but when David is in the sacred place he discovers that the 'last wave' is in fact a second wave. I thought that the first wave must have been the arrival of the whites in Australia, which, for many Aborigine at least, was of apocalyptic proportions.

Perhaps the Last Wave really is a tidal wave, I have no idea, but I think that the wave is a well known metaphor for catastrophe or change.

[–] Degree7 8 years ago

Apparently they just made up the term for the film, which is quite cool.

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[–] nikkiweir 8 years ago

To me, sounds like what a drowning person might "say," as the last breath escapes.

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[–] Lava-Rocks 8 years ago

It sounds like a bastardisation of the phrase "Multicultural".