2007 · drama · adventure · biography
Into the Wild
Directed by Sean Penn2h 28m2007
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Our read: Into the Wild (2007) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · adventure · biography entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / adventure, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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