Some movies make a difference, as Ganashree Kedlaya finds out
Some movies make a difference, as Ganashree Kedlaya finds out
When I watched the movie 'Into The Wild' a year ago, I was taken aback. The movie is fantastic, what makes it special is that it is based on a true story.
After a year, I still cannot get over the ideology that Christopher Johnson McCandless believed in. Chris grew up in Annandale, Virginia. After graduation, this kid decided to walk out on his family, gave away his savings of approximately $25,000 to Oxfam and abandoned his car and burnt all the money in his wallet.
Well, we might have met his kinds. I know few people who live in the wilderness and frown upon those who love city life. But he goes a little too far. He heads out alone, giving up on all the silly materialistic pleasures of life to follow his dream to live in Alsaka, the forbidden, god-forsaken hostile land, which is also the most beutlful place one could aspire to visit. This nature lover heads out alone, meeting many people on his way as he hitch rides, stops over at their homes and making many friends. He changes lives of those he meets, by his carefree and positive attitude.
He had no road map or compass, he just followed his heart and reached Alaska and witnessed his dream take shape. He died sometime in August 1992, and his body was found in early September by a group of moose hunters. He died of eating a wild potato root which had a poisonous fungus on it, leading to his starvation.
When I sit back and think, I know he is different. Its not another story about people getting tired of life, running away to a faraway hill and finding nirvana there. Nor is it about those who sell their Ferrari to be a monk. Nor is his life like those who show aversion to everything materialistic but cherish a life of solitude with hasish giving them company.
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Like author Henry David Therou said "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." I think everyone should dig deeper to find their true calling, and just do what they want to do. The distorted picture gets clearer when simplicity and truth reigns. Philosophical rap? Yes! I guess we all can harmlessly indulge in this tune once in a while.
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