Nothing much really happens in "Traveling North" in the sense of large events to move the plot ahead. It is about every-day life, and all the more moving for it. Ultimately, it is a film about the search for meaning in a life shortly to end.
It has been one of my favourite movies ever since its release in 1987, and become something of a substitute for my own 'Travelling North' which may never happen now and therefore all the more reason to watch again on a miserably cool and grey and rainy day like today!
And have a got a surprise for you! You, too, can watch the full-length movie here, courtesy of www.archive.org, who also stored the original screen play by David Williamson here (he also wrote "The Removalists" and "Don's Party" and many others, some of which were made into movies, including "Petersen" and the little-known comedy "Stork")
The play ends - as does Frank - with the radio playing the G Minor Quintet, Kochel five-one-six by Mozart - click here. What a way to go!
How much you enjoy "Travelling North" may depend on how much you enjoy crusty old codgers who waddle around in their shorts with their ample guts hanging over their waistbands, bellowing out their general disdain for life and the living to all within earshot. Me? I love it!
