Into the Wild
Running into the danger that this blog morphs into one of a film critic, I will nevertheless write about and recommend the excellent movie ‘Into the Wild’ that I watched last night. ‘Into the Wild’, directed and screen play by Sean Penn, is inspired by the true story of 22 year old Christopher McCandless who in search of true happiness and an alternative lifestyle (in particular to that of his parents) starved to death in Alaska in 1992. The movie is based on the book by Jon Krakauer, published in 1996.
Apart from stunning photographic images (mainly landscapes and quirky people), the movie explores the themes wanderlust, pursuit of happiness, the search of what is important in life… and nature… Maybe you understand why this movie struck such a chord with me… and will most probably with most photographers…
In addition, Emile Hirsch is just brilliant in the main role and Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam) contributes an astonishing and very fitting soundtrack.
Too late, Christopher realises that ‘true happiness is found when shared with someone else…’ but at that stage he was – sadly - at the point of no return…
posted by rupert beagle at 8:02 pm
2 Comments:
Gaaah, you spoiled the end! Oh you damned artists always chosing the examination of the whole story over suspense. ;-)
It is not a linear narrative... the film actually starts in Alaska, so the suspense comes from how he got to where he ends up rather than from the end result... but I feel flattered by the label 'artist' :-)
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