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My Name Is Gulpilil

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

Director

Molly Reynolds

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N/A

Production

Vertigo Productions,Screen Australia,South Australian Film Corporation,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage

https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/titles/106437

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Hangover, like got a grog
I been drinking 42 hours - My Name Is Gulpilil

Hangover, like got a grog I been drinking 42 hours

I can't rub it out,
and I can't wash my... - My Name Is Gulpilil

I can't rub it out, and I can't wash my...

..my body, inside, lungs. - My Name Is Gulpilil

..my body, inside, lungs.

Too black, and too much tobacco
I been smoking, and ganja. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Too black, and too much tobacco I been smoking, and ganja.

That's only white fella's magic
can fix it for me. - My Name Is Gulpilil

That's only white fella's magic can fix it for me.

You want a drink?
We need a drink, Mary. - My Name Is Gulpilil

You want a drink? We need a drink, Mary.

But I'm finished from party,
whiskey, caviar, champagne. - My Name Is Gulpilil

But I'm finished from party, whiskey, caviar, champagne...

Blow your candles out.
More puff. More puff! - My Name Is Gulpilil

Blow your candles out. More puff. More puff!

And so, the year 2003,
I return home again. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And so, the year 2003, I return home again.

So, those are days
when the ten canoes arrive - My Name Is Gulpilil

So, those are days when the ten canoes arrive

And that's how they live on,
close to the river mouth. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And that's how they live on, close to the river mouth.

Oh, place like this, nearby Gulpilil,
but they travelled through. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Oh, place like this, nearby Gulpilil, but they travelled thr...

That one is Djigirr. - My Name Is Gulpilil

That one is Djigirr.

Djigirr talk too much,
but maybe he heard something. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Djigirr talk too much, but maybe he heard something.

I remember being in the bush,
wandering around with my father, - My Name Is Gulpilil

I remember being in the bush, wandering around with my fathe...

We could swim for snake and turtle. - My Name Is Gulpilil

We could swim for snake and turtle.

Sometimes we go up the hills
and sit down. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Sometimes we go up the hills and sit down.

I look down to the valley,
down to the swampy areas. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I look down to the valley, down to the swampy areas.

Sometimes we're in the river
and fishing and we sing a song. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Sometimes we're in the river and fishing and we sing a ...

I bought this, ahh,
what is it, this one called? - My Name Is Gulpilil

I bought this, ahh, what is it, this one called?

Oxygen...
Concentrator. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Oxygen... Concentrator.

Oxygen concentrator. This one. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Oxygen concentrator. This one.

Never heard about it. (LAUGHS) - My Name Is Gulpilil

Never heard about it. (LAUGHS)

When chemo, I take chemo,
now this machine, - My Name Is Gulpilil

When chemo, I take chemo, now this machine,

And so I can able to sleep with it. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And so I can able to sleep with it.

And if I don't taking it this, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And if I don't taking it this,

Always it make me, I always, - My Name Is Gulpilil

Always it make me, I always,

Chemo, mate, it is true story, mate. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Chemo, mate, it is true story, mate.

And I am sick, mate. It's cancer. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And I am sick, mate. It's cancer.

This one here, chemo cancer,
and this one here, compressor, - My Name Is Gulpilil

This one here, chemo cancer, and this one here, compressor,

I made a lot of films - My Name Is Gulpilil

I made a lot of films

And then I see this man,
got a dreadlock. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And then I see this man, got a dreadlock.

What's that one you smoking?
Smoke tobacco, here. - My Name Is Gulpilil

What's that one you smoking? Smoke tobacco, here.

I will learn a lot
from the white fellas. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I will learn a lot from the white fellas.

I will learn a lot
from white fellas. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I will learn a lot from white fellas.

Burn it down. Burn it down. Burn it.
You know Dennis Hopper? - My Name Is Gulpilil

Burn it down. Burn it down. Burn it. You know Dennis Hopper?

Yeah. He's a mad bugger, that one,
I tell you, yeah. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Yeah. He's a mad bugger, that one, I tell you, yeah.

Yeah. He came down here
and, "G'day, man. How you goin'?" - My Name Is Gulpilil

Yeah. He came down here and, "G'day, man. How you ...

He drink whiskey,
he kiss the camera. - My Name Is Gulpilil

He drink whiskey, he kiss the camera.

(LAUGHS) - My Name Is Gulpilil

Cigarette with ganja, mate.
You can name it. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Cigarette with ganja, mate. You can name it.

You can name it, I just smoke
and marijuana man... - My Name Is Gulpilil

You can name it, I just smoke and marijuana man...

He's a mad one, that one, - My Name Is Gulpilil

He's a mad one, that one,

Every day, we was here for 24 days,
I tell you. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Every day, we was here for 24 days, I tell you.

You know how many times
him get locked up - My Name Is Gulpilil

You know how many times him get locked up

I really loved it all along,
Morgan film. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I really loved it all along, Morgan film.

If you're working with people
like Dennis Hopper and John Meillon, - My Name Is Gulpilil

If you're working with people like Dennis Hopper and Jo...

Well, I thought,
well, I gotta join in. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Well, I thought, well, I gotta join in.

I tell you what, though, - My Name Is Gulpilil

I tell you what, though,

Nice day today, beautiful day. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Nice day today, beautiful day.

I didn't know, I didn't know
until I hurt myself, - My Name Is Gulpilil

I didn't know, I didn't know until I hurt myself,

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) - My Name Is Gulpilil

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

Help me. Balanda help me. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Help me. Balanda help me.

Take me to white fella's medicine,
white fella's doctor, - My Name Is Gulpilil

Take me to white fella's medicine, white fella's d...

Come here, boy, we take your blood. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Come here, boy, we take your blood.

They take away that blood - My Name Is Gulpilil

They take away that blood

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) - My Name Is Gulpilil

(SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)

"Here." - My Name Is Gulpilil

"That mean there's a sickness
you got," doctor tell me. - My Name Is Gulpilil

"That mean there's a sickness you got," docto...

"The cancer can kill you." - My Name Is Gulpilil

"The cancer can kill you."

We were just talking about the bowel
motions, if they were regular - My Name Is Gulpilil

We were just talking about the bowel motions, if they were r...

And the only other one, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And the only other one,

Ah, Mary? Mary?
Sorry, Mary. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Ah, Mary? Mary? Sorry, Mary.

No, he's on a Norspan 40 patch, - My Name Is Gulpilil

No, he's on a Norspan 40 patch,

OK.
And Endone top-up. - My Name Is Gulpilil

OK. And Endone top-up.

Yeah, name David Gulpilil,
G-U-L-P-I-L-I-L. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Yeah, name David Gulpilil, G-U-L-P-I-L-I-L.

That cleverman, bushman, cleverman,
doctor, witch doctor, - My Name Is Gulpilil

That cleverman, bushman, cleverman, doctor, witch doctor,

This sickness makes lots of holes. - My Name Is Gulpilil

This sickness makes lots of holes.

Nothing can heal down,
nothing can heal back. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Nothing can heal down, nothing can heal back.

But right now I'm coping with it,
with this sickness. - My Name Is Gulpilil

But right now I'm coping with it, with this sickness.

I feel right now
and I can see it in my memory. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I feel right now and I can see it in my memory.

If you look through my brains,
what I'm thinking, my homeland. - My Name Is Gulpilil

If you look through my brains, what I'm thinking, my ho...

Half past three, about another
hour and a half to wait. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Half past three, about another hour and a half to wait.

I am here on my own, - My Name Is Gulpilil

I am here on my own,

I will be away,
in a wrong time and a wrong place... - My Name Is Gulpilil

I will be away, in a wrong time and a wrong place...

And my brother and my sisters,
when I gone, no-one knows. - My Name Is Gulpilil

And my brother and my sisters, when I gone, no-one knows.

Nobody, just me. - My Name Is Gulpilil

Nobody, just me.

My people, they will have
to build my shelter for me - My Name Is Gulpilil

My people, they will have to build my shelter for me

I want my own ceremony Junguan
to be there. - My Name Is Gulpilil

I want my own ceremony Junguan to be there.

And a platform built, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And a platform built,

And I'll be laying down in the
middle, middle of the shelter... - My Name Is Gulpilil

And I'll be laying down in the middle, middle of the sh...

When my father passed away, - My Name Is Gulpilil

When my father passed away,

And then his little brother, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And then his little brother,

They took my father's body
and they put it on the platform - My Name Is Gulpilil

They took my father's body and they put it on the platf...

And, my father-stepfather, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And, my father-stepfather,

And after initiation, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And after initiation,

It mean the totem pole. - My Name Is Gulpilil

It mean the totem pole.

The totem pole they been cut 'em - My Name Is Gulpilil

The totem pole they been cut 'em

And they said to me, - My Name Is Gulpilil

And they said to me,

12 years old, about 12 years old,
yeah. - My Name Is Gulpilil

12 years old, about 12 years old, yeah.

My Name Is Gulpilil poster

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Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

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Director: Molly Reynolds

Writer: Molly Reynolds, Rolf de Heer

Production: Vertigo Productions,Screen Australia,South Australian Film Corporation,Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 May 2021

Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/titles/106437