Cinema: Into the Wild, 2007

Evento pasado

Director: Sean Penn
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierke, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn

Screenplay: Sean Penn; based on the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.

Production: Sean Penn, Art Linson and Bill Pohlad.

Music: Eddie Vedder, Michael Brook and Kaki King.

Photography: Eric Gautier.
Year: 2007
Duration: 140 minutes.
Not recommended for children under 13 years of age.

In the early 1990s, Christopher McCandless abandons his city life, changes his name to Alexander Supertramp, sells all his possessions and donates his savings to Alaska, where he hopes to encounter true nature and the truth of his existence.

Based on Jon Krakauer's best-selling book about the diary notes Christopher wrote during his travels.

The film is developed with flashbacks (jumps to the past that visually remind us of some moments of the protagonist's existence) and flashforwards (a narrative line similar to the flashback but referring to the future) that are interspersed throughout the film, thus offering us more details about Christopher McCandless' life.
The film's setting, made in real exteriors that take us all over Alaska, and its excellent soundtrack, composed almost entirely by Eddie Vedder, the leader of Pearl Jam, stand out.