This is a peaceful, gripping film about a man's desire to live life to the fullest in the midst of nature. I remember watching this as a kid around ten years old and being amazed. I had never really seen what it meant to be in tune with the wilderness. Growing up in a rural, but still civilized, small city I didn't realize there was a world like what Richard Proenneke displays in this film. Fourteen years later, I have joined a mountain climbing group and gone on several remote trips in the wild. I wonder if watching this movie was what sparked my interest in nature.
Review of Alone in the Wilderness
