A Shropshire Lad

Always loved this particular Housman verse. Thank you. And of course, perfectly in tune with (particularly) the final scene of the movie.

At the end of the closing credits the line "rien ne va plus" appears which I think roughly corresponds to the last line of the above A.E. Housman verse. What does all that mean? ... Qui sait?

Thanks for posting this. The combination of the wonderful Housman poem (No. XL of LXIII in A Shropshire Lad - Into my heart an air that kills...etc), John Barry's beautiful score (surely one of his absolute finest), and that incredible look of wistful longing for a childhood long gone as the camera lingers on the face of the now grown and married Jenny Agutter (though in real life she was of course still only 17) place that pre-end-leading-into-end-credits segment from Walkabout, for me, among the most nostalgic and memorable sequences set to film.
Indeed, the whole film is a beautiful composition. The late, great Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018) was originally a camera operator in early 50s British movies and then into the 60s for Truffaut & Schlesinger, and perhaps most notably, second unit director & cinematographer for David Lean on Lawrence of Arabia & Dr Zhivago respectively - both of course beautiful to look at, as well as being fine films. No doubt Nic Roeg honed and mastered his craft during this time. And that distinctive visual flair continued of course throughout his career in the director's chair, including arguably his two finest achievements, Walkabout (1971) - the second movie he directed (after Performance, co-directed with Donald Cammell) - and also the one that came next, Don't Look Now (1973); albeit I have to say as a lifelong fan of Bowie and of (Simon &) Garfunkel, I also have quite a soft spot for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Bad Timing (1980).
Anyway, I digress way off the track of the original posting ....but thanks again for the memory.