I could have said that a Springsteen song fits because this film is such a delightful testament to Americana, but Springsteen is as liberal as ever, and in this day and age, liberalism is more of a celebration to anything that isn't American. "The sky was falling and streaked with blood I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into dust, up the stairs, into the wild!" I understand it must be offputting enough for me to be referencing "Into the Fire" in the first place, considering my disdain for contemporary music and my not being the biggest fan of Bruce Springsteen.'s studio material (Interesting how Springsteen has been awesome live for years, yet it has never really occurred to him to make a studio song that's even close to as good as its live counterpart), but I feel that it fits a discussion about this film, for although that song came out long after the early 1990s, in which this film takes place, so much so that it's about 9/11, but because Sean Penn's directorial "The Indian Runner", based on Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman", was such an overwhelming commercial failure, and I'm sure Penn was hoping that his first actually successful film would be somehow associated with a Bruce Springsteen song. Sean Penn pays the proper respect to the life of one young man who, right or wrong, chose to live a certain life instead of being told what kind of life to live, particularly by those he no longer trusted or respected. One thing is undeniable - he had the courage and principles which few have at age 22 to walk into the world alone and try to discovery who he was. Opinions vary greatly about Alex and his journey.
Would we have ever known of McCandless, aka "Alexander Supertramp," had he not perished alone in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wild? This is a compelling story that is, understandably, quite polarizing. The end is tragic, but almost necessarily so.
#INTO THE WILD CASE MOVIE#
Backed by an incredible soundtrack of original songs by Eddie Vedder, this is a great movie about a somewhat lost soul, but someone most people can relate to at some point in their lives, who is merely searching for what he calls "truth." This film makes me question my own choices and lifestyle, which must say something about the power of this film. The film is very well made, the performances, especially young Emile Hirsch, are very authentic and affecting. He travels down the Colorado River by kayak, and, after wandering for nearly 2 years, decides to travel to Alaska to attempt to live off the land for several months. He spends the first 2 years moving around the western states, taking various jobs and living off the land for weeks at a time.
Fantastic realization of the novel of the same name about Christopher McCandless, who at age 22 and disillusioned by his parent's deception about his father's polygamy, abandons his comfortable upper-class life immediately upon graduating from college to explore the country largely on foot.
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