Alone in the Wilderness
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Movie Reviews of Alone in the Wilderness
Movie Review: AMAZING builder!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this DVD for my Dad for Father's Day. Dad build our 4-bedroom home, his dry cleaning business, a camp, and several other beautifully built structures during my childhood. At 70 years old, he built a small house for mom & himself, getting help only with the really heavy stuff. Building was his hobby and he has build so many beautiful things. This is the reason I bought this for him. I knew he would be awed at the simplistic building skills of this simple man living a simple life. He was amazed, as were Mom & I. He LOVES it!! This is by far one of the greatest gifts I have ever gotten him.
Having lived in Alaska myself for 2 years, I can tell you that its a hard life, especially during the winter with bitter cold temperatures and darkness. To go out into the real depth of Alaska is a wicked challenge, but this guy seemed to do it with ease. A thousand stars for him!!
A great film for any outdoorsman, builder and/or adventurer!!
Movie Review: amazing...
Summary: 5 Stars
how do you describe it? all i can say is that if you've found this film, then it will interest you. nobody really knows it exists, and it's probably best that way, what with some rich producer slobbering at the mouth to get ahold of something like this to create into a huge bloated completely unreal film. anyway, i first saw this on PBS, as many others did. I was able to tape it, but telethons just detract from the experience :), so went out and bought it. I showed it to my enviro science class in high school and they loved it, even inspired one kid to make his own cabin. for those who heard there is more film from Proenneke, there certainly is, thousands and thousands of feet of it, true some was lost but unbeknownst to many an entire 3rd documentary is available from Swerer's website entitled The Frozen North. This was shot entirely by Dick and features his own commentary and was his own idea of a documentary about himself. this is a fabulous film!Movie Review: great, great documentary...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen this film during PBS pledge drives, and it's a great story. Couldn't be happier with it. It's beautifully shot, the narration is great and slightly quirky. It seems like a little piece of the 50's, and very authentic. However, DO NOT BUY the companion DVD: "THE FROZEN NORTH." It's much the same video from Alone in the Wilderness, with much of the exact same narration, but the narration is entirely unintelligible. It's Dick Proenneke's own narration, I believe, but save yourself the disappointment--his microphone, and his delivery make him sound almost retarded--and most of it is literally unintelligible. It was a colossal disappointment, and I love the first film. To say the second DVD is a rip-off is an understatement: Bob Swerer Productions should be ashamed to sell it. It was probably a working copy that led to the first film.Movie Review: nature, the mountains and the simple life of an outdoors man
Summary: 5 Stars
Every time this is on WHYY, channel 12 I always make it a policy to watch "Alone in the Wilderness." When I first watched it I had no idea that it was just home videos that were shot to document this fascinating man's odyssey. This is true reality TV and like one of the campaign relations hosts said on WHYY recently, "reality TV on broadcast TV is about as real as a $3 bill."
Mr. Richard Proenneke was an extraordinary hunter, camper, farmer and all-around outdoors man. I could never imagine how even a group of men could do half of what he did. What I also enjoy and take from this film is the simple element of it. There were no bells and whistles, it's just an educational film that is also very entertaining because Mr. Proenneke did all the things that most of us wish we could do but never have the opportunity.
Movie Review: A Beautiful Short Film...
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the DVD because when I saw this on PBS I was simply mesmerized by it's simple and calm beauty. True, the skills Dick had and the way he built tools and his cabin was very cool, but I thought the greatest part of the film was his love for nature. Even though he had to shoot and eat a Ram, he still felt bad for the old guy. The little clip of the wolverine rolling down the snowy hill was unreal. I love wolverines!!! The only part I did not like was the ending narration by the woman, who said something to the effect that his spirit will live on in the perfect notches of his logs. Wrong! It lives on in that beautiful Alaskan boreal wilderness called Twin Lakes...the moss, the spruce trees, the blueberry bushes, all the mountains and lakes, and the animals.