jay pettitt on 11/11/2007 at 00:10
Tells the story of a young college graduate who drops off the radar; and the people he leaves behind. My (
http://www.intothewild.com/) film of the year by a country mile, not least because I had to disappear for a while after I finished college, I made it back though. 2 1/2 hours of stunning and deeply affecting cinema, go see it.
heretic on 11/11/2007 at 02:39
Read the book a while back, been looking forward to the movie.
[SPOILER]Wonder how the movie dealt with Krakauer's somewhat contraversial theories on the cause of Mccandle's death. (Which has since been revised.)[/SPOILER]
jay pettitt on 11/11/2007 at 09:42
It doesn't really. I've not read the book, but I understand that the film is quite different, though it obviously has roots in character interviews, diary entries and such; in that it's less the telling of an investigative story. The film is about ascetic motivations, concepts of 'controversial theories' don't really belong.
Jepsen on 11/11/2007 at 23:58
Didn't he die of starvation, oh, a day's walk from where he could have gotten food?
heretic on 12/11/2007 at 00:42
Quote Posted by Jepsen
Didn't he die of starvation, oh, a day's walk from where he could have gotten food?
Perhaps,
But he still had a significant amount of bodyfat. This led to the theory (in Krakauer's essay) that he had ingested seeds which he may have had a reaction to. The theory became contraversial however after toxicology reports hinted otherwise, and has since been revised.
jay pettitt on 12/11/2007 at 01:17
Towards the end the film portrays him as being largely out of his depth trying to survive way out in the wilds of Fairbanks, Alaska and in a general downward spiral, but just about clinging on. Misidentifying a wild plant and resulting illness is kind of the last nail in the coffin from which he obviously never recovers. No mention is made of a possible broken arm, but it's not really relevant; for what ever reason, he didn't make it.
madwolf on 12/11/2007 at 08:07
I wasn't even aware of the film until just a week or two ago but I'll certainly go see it. I've a real interest in outdoorsy stuff and I've read the book a couple of times. Great read; only slightly less compelling than "Into Thin Air" Krakauer's book about the Everest tragedy in 1996 at which he was present.
