Sean Pean’s film ‘Into the Wild’ (2007) is based on the book (same name) about life of a young adventurous student Christopher Mc Candless who undertook a journey to discover self by living alone in Alaska and tragically could not retrace his steps back to civilized world.
The film essentially explores darkness in the soul of the young man and what prompts him to destroy all his credit cards, give his savings away and walk away from all materialistic comforts showered on him by his parents. The story takes form from the notes maintained by Christopher as he hitchhiked his way to Alaska and is narrated by his sister.
The film captures pathos often seen in modern families where there is wealth but yet each person is lonely and disturbed. It also pans across different interesting individuals and families Christopher meets and bonds on his journey into the wild Alaska. It chronicles journey of a lonely soul to understand self and the world. It leaves disturbing images of tormented soul dying in the serene quiet Alaska.
The film won many awards and accolades. It will appeal to all those film lovers who seek more than entertainment – who seek a vision!
Posted by Mariza on January 20, 2009 in Art & Entertainment, Best Finds of the Day, Critic · 3 Comments
This movie was great, Emile really did an awesome job portraying the character. It makes you think a lot about how selfish our society really is and I would recommend this film to anyone who needs an eye opener
Hey MadKat, is this the same book written by the mountaineer Jon Krakauer? The guy who wrote Into Thin Air (which was also made into a movie)?
Yes, Rizmyn its the same book…