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Great film. I hate that his understanding of the Christian religion is so wrong. I understand how this could happen but that’s sad. I wish he could see that Jesus is the only way. But this was a beautiful surf film
I saw Morning of the Earth at The Manly Silver Screen with all my mates. I was about 13 or 14. It was the greatest thing I had ever seen and still holds its own.
So many memories. Thanks Alby. I grew up in Collaroy. Steven Cooney, Fitz, and all those guys were a few years older. I went for a 3 week surf trip to the Gold Coast in 76 and came back just over 12 months later lol. I got to know MP a little, had one of his boards. Some of the best days of my life and all came flooding back watching this.
Oh my God.. makes me feel old..I was a few years younger than these guys.. but that movie did it for me and many of my mates...surfing all over Australia fo :74 to 80 ..then moved to Indo ..and Europe.... lived like that for many years...
Great/excellent job! Thank you! Some might like to know that there are a lot of details about the Wesak festival (p. 285-297) in "The Masters & the Path", by C. W. Leadbeater, 1925 + PDF book that is very easy to find on a web search.
Thanks! I saw this at the Pix Theatre in Geelong when it came out, after a surf on the West Coast somewhere. Magic times and magnificent movie! I eventually surfed at Ulu Watu in the late 70s, with only THREE other guys out, one of them Jeff Hakman.
Yea he definitely has no idea alright thats an under statement...I've never heard so much BS in my life when you know this guy he is full of crap and a full blown Narcissist
I love the perspective you receive of surfing from whating this film. Surfing always was and is about having connection to nature and experiencing its raw power.
I loved this little doco, just saw it 2023. But back in the day after MOTE , jumped in a car with bunch of mates got out of Sydney and lived in one of those dilapidated farm houses and went surfing at Scott's head, when not surfing, played guitars or ate simple food , yep, what a life, Thanks Alby and Tracks and Go-Set
Just found a VHS copy in a street book exchange in Redfern! Couldn't believe my luck! Got home, put it on, some Philistime had recorded SBS news over the entire tape. Glad it was remastered recently.
Wonderful memories of that time. As Albe said, “he wanted to make a beautiful film… “well he certainly did! It’s stood the test of time. Captured surfing life as it was. Thanks Albe
Wonderful guy. Thank you for your spirit. I saw Morning of the Earth in my late teens on the floor of a junior high that hosted surfing films. We didn't have money and it was a sellout so the doorman let us in for free. That sweep of Uluwatu still sends shivers down my spine.
Thanks for posting that. The only thing I knew about Alby Falzon was that he made Morning of the Earth. It was really inspiring to see all the other stuff he's done.
Thanks Alby you documented the time and put the huge effort in to preserve that period of the surfing evolution for the generations beyond our lifetime to experience what we did. You can tell it was a passion not profit driven enterprise how the world has changed you have left us with the memories of what I would say were simpler and better times🏄
“Just paddle out. Don’t go in competitions. Steer clear of corporate branding, and give the best wave in the water to yer friend” . That’s a helluva mantra 🤙
An artful, profound, free and inspiring film/person/life/worldview. Bravo. Lot's of great wisdom in his stories - Mr. Falzon is timeless DUDE for ALL SEASONS.
I remember an early misty morning in 1972/3? at Crescent Head, walking out to the point past the line up of vans and combi's nearly all of which were playing Morning of the Earth on the old 8 track. Magic times;)
Insane, so good! I saw it when it was doing its rounds initially on the east coast at Waverley College in the hall. A packed house was in awe and it changed my life forever, I have never conformed and have been surfing waves all over the planet since. I now live in a remote tropical paradise and still go missing from here to find new waves. RIP Baddy my old mate, my good friends the Webbers bought Witzig's little abode among the swamp oaks a few doors down from the point. I was living in a tent between Anga and Spookies for a while mid 70's, so happy to have been a young grom thru all of this... found Bali in 1979 and never looked back...
I met Kim. The aussie in denpasar..treated me like family ..he was the guy there. .he passed away few years ago. He and maury close were my first to guys I met in Bali. Amazing experience...and I was a yank from Virginia..
My friend richard and I would watch this movie before a surf.then I came across 2 Gordon and Smith single fins 8ft.3in thick...we called them the morning of the earth boards as they kinda looked like m.p. s boards.
So glad this documentary on Alby was made. His impact on the surfing culture with the release of "Morning of the Earth" was profound. It was his film and the Forgotten Island of Santosha that inspired my travels and film pursuits. In some ways he reminded me of one of my mentors - Bill Delaney. But then Alby took things to a much higher level with his travels to India, Burma and Tibet, and truly travelled the Golden Road to an amazing life and career.
Albe Falzon spot on. By 1974 back in Sydney, had a mortgage, 77 got married, kid on the way and surfing went out the window. MP would still pop in, stay over sometimes, on the way to Bells or whatever and we'd catch up and even have a few surfs which eventually dwindled into all work and zero surfing. Strangely the short trip to the Goldie, saying with Tommy, catching up with Michael at his book launch in 2004, was when I started surfing again after a dry 30 year hiatus. 😎🏄♂🌊🌴😍
