so it was another trip to hoyts in less than 24 hours to see the new film from sean penn. carol's first time into the half-pipe cinema and 10 minutes in she says, "this is a really long trailer" HA! she didn't know we were seeing it.
anyways, the movie was great. inspiring and tragic. sad and joyous. moving... and selfish. this film is a weird little machine.
it's the true story of christopher mccandless who has just graduated from college and then decides to donate his trust fund ($ 24,000) to oxfam and go out driving and explore the land- ultimately ending up in alaska.
emile hirsch (who i have had a boy crush on since girl next door) is incredible as the young "supertramp" and by the end is absolutely scary how into the role he get's. the scene with the moose... YIKES!
the cinematography by eric gautier is breath-taking. he captures the whole grand beauty of the land so intimately and when accompanied by the music of eddie vedder (the first time he has written a film soundtrack) it is pretty up there.
i haven't seen penn's other directorial efforts, but i am extremely keen on watching them, esp. the pledge, which apparently has one of jack nicholsons greatest performances from his career of late. anyways, the direction is all there and you can totally see that he milked every little thing out of his actors. catherine keener and vince vaughn and the heart-breaking scene with hal holbrook who plays ron. ohhhh. the tears!
ANYWAYS... this film as i said was weird. it left me soo inspired and then totally shattered at the end. i dunno. definately worth watching. but prepare for some emo.
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I've got the book here at work if you want to read it.
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