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More deep thoughts from the genius.

[dfwgator]

the subject of Penn's latest movie, "Into the Wild," a young man who died of starvation there in 1992 after four months of trying to live off the land.

Sounds like a real Darwin Award Candidate, figures Penn would make a movie about this loser.

[1rudeboy]

I recommend Krakauer’s book. Don’t skip the introduction.

[jim_trent]

Was the guy a vegetarian?

[theDentist]

Perhaps ol’ Spicoli can next entertain us by following in the footsteps of Timothy Treadwell...?

[weegee]

“...somebody hungering to have an eBay item,”

It will be easy enough to determine if they actually turn up on ebay.

Would it constitute theft or were they located on public property?

And what is it called when someone makes a commerical film about a dead person? Will his family receive payments or not?

[SIDENET]

"Somebody took off their own boots and replaced them with Chris' boots,"

"The boots that were left behind were better

Hey, free boot upgrade!

[spinestein]

His death followed a two-year trek around North America in which McCandless sought to divest himself of the trappings of the material world and live life at its simplest.

Starving to death is one of those natural things that happens to hunter-gatherers who “live life at its simplest”.

Especially when the hunter-gatherer is a naive, new age city dweller, who doesn’t know how to hunt or gather, and thinks all that’s required to live off the land is shedding your clothes and hanging out in the woods with the squirrels.

[xJones]

Christopher McCandless

Excepts:
"Some Alaskans have negative views of both McCandless and those who romanticize his fate. McCandless was unaware that a hand-operated tram crossed the river a quarter mile from the Stampede Trail, while a nearby shelter was stocked with emergency supplies, as described in Krakauer's book.

Judith Kleinfeld wrote in the Anchorage Daily News, that "many Alaskans react with rage to his stupidity. You'd have to be a complete idiot, they say, to die of starvation in summer 20 miles off the Parks Highway."

[Rummyfan]

The bus had become something of a shrine for Christopher McCandless, the subject of Penn's latest movie, "Into the Wild," a young man who died of starvation there in 1992 after four months of trying to live off the land.

Next Penn can do a flick about the man who got himself eaten by bears..... (unfortunately for her, he also got his girlfriend killed).