Movie "Alone In The Wilderness"

PhilL

PhilL

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I'm not an outdoors person and only post here once in a great while, when I find something that must be shared, and this would be the place to share it.
If there's a thread about this movie with a thousand responses please forgive me. If you haven't seen this movie, you don't know what you're missing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/

I caught this movie on PBS last night, and was immediately hooked, by the style and content of this documentary. It's an amazing documentary about a man (Dick Proenneke) who spent 30 years living in a tiny log cabin in the Alaskan wilderness. It's a step by step how-to-build your own log cabin. It would be hard for me to imagine a man with better skills to complete this task.

The cinematography is crude, like a home movie, but just as satisfying. The voice over by Bob Swerer Jr. in Dick Proenneke's words is just hypnotizing.
Despite a lumberjack lifestyle, Dick is about the gentlest person you could imagine, leaving peaceful thoughts in the minds of the fortunate viewers.

I'm not going to be building my own log cabin any time soon, but I've replayed this movie twice since first view, and I'm going to watch it again after posting this.

I have to watch it again, I know I watched him build the door, but I need to catch the part where he makes the windows. ;)
 
That door suspension and latch system was pretty cool.

He's been discussed here a lot, including recently. I think some materials (both print and video) have been passed around.

I camped at the other end of those lakes many years ago but never made it down to see the cabin (bad winds coming from that direction and only a raft). Pretty country.

DancesWithKnives
 
Thanks, I figured it had been discussed here before. I just couldn't Search for it.

I'd love to hear other comments on this film, could someone post a link to a related thread?

TIA
 
Yes we talk about him alot, but it never gets old!
I re-watch the movie every so often, my favorite parts are when he makes a lock and hinges for the door and whenever he goes out and glazes at the game.

The story is a good one to.
 
Yeah, but where do the windows come from?
I see him framing out the windows, but I'm sure I'm missing the part where he turns that pile of sand into glass. This I've got to see.
 
He had a lot of stuff flown into him, I presume that's how he got the windows ;) He mentions "cheating" by using poly material to help seal his roof, too.

It's a great movie, no question. I recently got my copy of the DVD from the "official" site. They delivered it very quickly :thumbup:
 
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Our local PBS station is in the middle of another pledge drive so this inevitably will get aired over and over for the next several weeks; saw it again the other night for the "ump-teenth" time....it just never gets old.

- regards
 
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