Penn and Hirsch were keen to tell the story of Chris McCandless well and realistically, Penn to focus more on what he was journeying into rather than what he was escaping from. Rather like Vilmos Zsigmond's experiences in the USA in the seventies, Eric Gautier hadn't seen much of the inner America - and it is filmed all over the place, not just Alaska but as far south as Mexico - and that foreigner's view can be helpful to have in a film like this.
Had me thinking both of Wild (which I think I preferred) and The Revenant. There's too much voiceover for me, both from the boy and his sister, and it doesn't really add enough but has the effect of making it metaphysically sludgy. Liked the leather belt story, though.
Here's a question. How would he have lived if there was no fortuitous discovery of a 'magic bus'? In a tent, yes. And would he have been there as long if he had? Here's another question - did he explore up and down the bank of the river to find a crossing point?
'Happiness is only real when shared'. It's a tough way to find that out.
It's quite Roegish at times, particularly the very end. Jay Cassidy certainly is a great editor.
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder (who appears also in Roadies) supplies original songs.
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