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Posted by tommangan on April 17, 2008 at 2:05:48 am EDT
In reply to Into the Wild posted by Trailspace on April 7, 2008 at 12:48:00 pm EDT

One of the things I wrote about the movie on my web site was that I was reacting to the story -- which is an artificial construction gathering certain facts into a certain pattern which creates a narrative. Life doesn't really happen that way, we just tell stories because they are more efficient ways to convey how something happened.

I don't have any idea what really happened in Chris McCandless' life, or what was in his head, or even the consequences of his demise. So I can't really judge whether what he did was right or wrong.

Any story that generates so much interpretation must rise to the level of art/legend ... you can't take that away from McCandless. He left something that lasted long after his passing. Not much more you can ask from the inevitable shedding of this earthly coil.

He still should've called his mom, though.

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