Alone in the Wilderness
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Movie Reviews of Alone in the Wilderness
Movie Review: Totally awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this adventure on PBS last evening and wished I had the courage and talent to do what this brave soul did. He did have a few things from the modern world: staple groceries (flour, salt, sugar), plastic lining for the roof of his hand made cabin, (which he laments using) cement for his cabin's chimney, and a gun for protection and food, but for the most part he is alone except for God and the wild animals.....he didn't even have a dog or cat for company! What a blessing to see that someone can live an ongoing dream for over 35 years. You must see this.Movie Review: The Zen of cabin building
Summary: 5 Stars
Join Richard Proenneke in this organic aesthetic autobiofilm, witnessing his zen mission. A meaningful meditation of one mans dream to build a spartan log cabin isolated in Alaska. With hand tools from scratch. Using the forest as his hardware/lumberyard. If I may borrow from his book: Today there is a loss of pride in one's work, the kind of pride the old craftsman felt when he finished a job stood back and admired it. I have learned to take my time and do a job right. A man doesn't know what he can do until he is challenged (pg 210-211).Movie Review: Feels like family
Summary: 5 Stars
I love watching this documentary over and over. I've only watched the clips on PBS, but I want this documentary and it's on my wish list. I love it, I feel as if it's my Grandfather's life. It's not, but I just love watching him build this cabin and the way he talks just makes it feel like I'm watching my Grandfather build this cabin. I never truly knew my Grandfather, but this is how I imagine him to be, if I truly knew him. It's one of those movies you can just pop in and it will captivate you in seconds.
Movie Review: Compelling story...
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this documentary on a local PBS station. A truly compelling story about a man, at age 47, who goes into the wilderness of Alaska and lives in solitude for the next 35 years. At age 82, he decides the 50 below degree winters are getting to be a bit hard on him. The DVD documents his life in the wilderness, his thoughts, his very innovative woodworking and much more. A very fascinating story for those interested in the human will to endure and face the challenges of nature.Movie Review: Real talent
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this on PBS in 2005 when they were somehow using it to grub for money, and I could record it there on dvd; however, this work done by Proenneke is magical and pure so I will buy it here. Watching this, we see a truly great man. He must have used one of the old 8mm cameras. I think in those days a person had to actually wind the camera like an alarm clock and the spring would turn and move the film.