Funny, I found that the book had a heavy emotional impact.
I've been reluctant to see the movie because I figure it will
inevitably be somewhat different, and I'm reluctant to see
the material used in another way. (Just my personal feeling
about it.)
Stephen
On 10/29/07,
vhend1234@aol.com <
vhend1234@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 10/28/2007 4:56:35 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
>
e_lynskey@yahoo.com <e_lynskey%40yahoo.com>
writes:
>
> Don't know if Sean Penn's new flick, IN THE WILD,
has been
> bandied about here, but my wife and I saw it this
morning, and
> liked it. Eddie Vedder's song tracks were an extra
bonus. I'd
> read the story in an Alaska magazine back in the
1990s and the
> flick pretty much follows the true story.
>
> Is it Alaskan noir? Beats me. But it's pretty
hardcore.
>
> Ed
>
> I loved the film. I had just read the book on the
way to Alaska for
> Bouchercon and saw the film three days after my
return, so I might be a
> little
> biased, but I was with him every moment. Sean Penn's
direction filled out
> what was
> lacking in the book, which was a little thin on
emotional impact by nature
> of
> the fact that it was reporting. The film certainly
qualifies as noir if
> you
> go for Jack's definition: screwed. It has a
character who works extremely
> hard to become a loser, and from the start we know
that's the only way his
>
> psychology will take him.
> Vicki
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