Dirkie (1969)

Wonderful character development!

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Strangely enough, I too saw this movie when I was really young but as I grew up wondered if it was just a dream. It gave me nightmares. A kid is in a plane crash in the desert and everyone dies except him and his dog (there may have only been the pilot in the plane because it was pretty small). I believe you see the dead pilot at some point which is very traumatizing to a kid. Later on he can't find his dog and is offered some soup from some desert nomad's. He, of course, assumes that the proffered fare is actually dog soup and throws rocks at the nomad's. Then he finds his dog has actually just wandered off to give birth to several puppies. These puppies of course die later on because there is no sustenance for them.Its not a kid's movie in any way shape or form. However, I would like to see it again if only so I understand the story through adult's eyes even though it might bring back the nightmares again.

You can find this at cvmc.net - I ordered one and it's an excellent copy. It's format 0 so it will work on most DVD players. It was $39.99 plus $5.00 s/h. It comes with a labeled case and is very professional looking. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the movie. I have been looking for this movie forever and this is the first professional copy I've found that works in U.S. players. I found a couple of people willing to make and send a copy but no one ever came through for me and the quality offered was questionable. I hope this helps everyone who loved this movie as a child and who has been looking for it. This was a great movie and I'm so happy that it's finally available.

I have searched for years for a reference to this film. I saw it when I was a very small girl and I have ALWAYS remembered it! I too remember the bushmen eating (or so we thought) the little boy's dog. The dog was a female and she had puppies which all died - I remember the boy putting them in his pocket - the dog's name was 'Lolly'. I also remember the boy finding the pilot's body and his father dropping leaflets all over the desert telling him that he was looking for him.I literally sobbed and sobbed! No other film in my whole lifetime has stayed with me like this one. I can't remember the the movie - which was the main feature - that my parents had originally taken me to see, but this movie, which was on before the main feature has stayed with me and I have never forgotten it. I am 39 years old and my parents STILL laugh about how they had to tell me to stop shouting out and crying in the movie theater! The boy was eventually rescued by his Dad. Not a dry eye in the house! I am so happy to have found a reference to it, and that others remember it as I do! I would dearly love to see it again.

I saw this beautiful movie 37 years ago, I was 12 at the time and still living in Mexico, it was still the time where you could see two or even three movies with one ticket, I happened to watch this movie along with " The Games " , I liked it also,I still remember a guy that did not like to run with shoes. I am giving Dirkie a 10 because that is how it felt to me at that young age. I am sure I would not see it or feel it the same way today if I saw it again, but the memory is still there, strong as a big beautiful scar. I am planning to buy this movie for my 9 year old hoping it has the same effect in him that it had in me. I have been trying to find this movie for a long time.