into the wild
Into the wild
Summary:
Into the Wild tells the story of a Emory University graduate, Christopher McCandless, who leaves his middle class life in "pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation" (Anderson-Urriola). On this journey, he gives up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carries on his back. He donates, what would've been his Harvard Law School tuition ($24,000) to charity and embarks on the search to find himself. McCandless embodies a true transcendentalist throughout his journey.
Emerson and Thoreau both believe that you can find yourself in nature and you can almost fix all of your problems when travelling in nature and without possession of any materialistic things. Christopher abandons society and all of the materialistic things that famous transcendentalists go against.
During the film, McCandless even quotes Thoreau, he says, "I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here...rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness....give me truth," (Penn) and constantly we see McCandless embody this theory of Thoreau's, all he wants is truth.
When McCandless finds out that his mom and dad had an affair and that is how he was born, he never confronts them, but he does want them to tell him the truth and they haven't. His parents solely care about love, money, faith, fame and fairness, but they forget about truth and that is what Christopher's journey is all about, truth.
Techniques:
In this movie trailer of Into The Wild by Sean Penn he uses multiple cinematic techniques to explore the transcendentalism aspects throughout this movie.
In this particular clip, Sean Penn amplifies the back round noise, such as the crunching of the snow, chipping of the wood, or banging a stick against the mattress. This is so the watcher can share all the senses that Chris is taking in. through all the adventures he is living ruggedly, and with so much back round noise, Penn creates a story in which you are along for the journey with Chris
Summary:
Into the Wild tells the story of a Emory University graduate, Christopher McCandless, who leaves his middle class life in "pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation" (Anderson-Urriola). On this journey, he gives up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carries on his back. He donates, what would've been his Harvard Law School tuition ($24,000) to charity and embarks on the search to find himself. McCandless embodies a true transcendentalist throughout his journey.
Emerson and Thoreau both believe that you can find yourself in nature and you can almost fix all of your problems when travelling in nature and without possession of any materialistic things. Christopher abandons society and all of the materialistic things that famous transcendentalists go against.
During the film, McCandless even quotes Thoreau, he says, "I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here...rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness....give me truth," (Penn) and constantly we see McCandless embody this theory of Thoreau's, all he wants is truth.
When McCandless finds out that his mom and dad had an affair and that is how he was born, he never confronts them, but he does want them to tell him the truth and they haven't. His parents solely care about love, money, faith, fame and fairness, but they forget about truth and that is what Christopher's journey is all about, truth.
Techniques:
In this movie trailer of Into The Wild by Sean Penn he uses multiple cinematic techniques to explore the transcendentalism aspects throughout this movie.
In this particular clip, Sean Penn amplifies the back round noise, such as the crunching of the snow, chipping of the wood, or banging a stick against the mattress. This is so the watcher can share all the senses that Chris is taking in. through all the adventures he is living ruggedly, and with so much back round noise, Penn creates a story in which you are along for the journey with Chris