Into the Wild

Erämaan armoille / Ute i vildmarken. US (c) 2007 River Road Entertainment / Paramount Vantage. P: Art Linson, Sean Penn. D+SC: Sean Penn - based on the book by Jon Krakauer (1996). DP: Eric Gautier. LOC: Alaska, Arizona, Canada, Mexico, California, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota. Starring Emile Hirsch (Chris McCandless), Marcia Gay Harden (Billie McCandless), William Hurt (Walt McCandless), Jena Malone (Carine McCandless / additional narrator), Brian H. Dierker (Rainey), Catherine Keener (Jan Burres), Vince Vaughn (Wayne Westerberg), Kristen Stewart (Tracy Tatro), Hal Holbrook (Ron Franz). 148 min. Released in Finland by Finnkino (Paramount) with Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Timo Porri / Saliven Gustavson. Viewed at Kinopalatsi 7, Helsinki, 5 April 2008. - A digital intermediate look, the sublime of the nature lost. - Sean Penn's best film. A masterpiece. - Fine handling of different time dimensions. There is a different imagery to each episode in Chris's quest. - It is a coming-of-age story, the young man's journey to find the world and oneself, also a modern commentary on Thoreau. He's a wanderer, a train tramp, a drifter, a hobo, a farmer, a hunter, a hitch-hiker. Getting rid of money he sees the world of plenty with the eyes of the have-not. In the end he is at the mercy of nature in Canada. Qf. The Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog). "Happiness is real only when shared". - Growing apart from his childhood family he meets (more) affectionate quasi-families, and even a potential girlfriend.