It is actually difficult to make "walking" itself into a movie, because the process itself is very boring, its process is almost the same, dull and silent, all things changed by walking actually happen in the heart. Inner drama can only be reflected in the subtle changes of monologues and life, but you will not meet anyone in the wilderness for you to present the conflict of the story. For the director and the actors, this kind of work is too risky.
It is precisely because of this difficulty that starring Reese Witherspoon was nominated for best actress by this year's Oscar. She basically held up a scene alone—with a backpack as tall as hers. "Into the Wilderness" walks through the wilderness and mountains, flashing back and forth almost all the heroine Sheryl Strider has experienced. This film is based on Sheryl Strider’s autobiography. She used to be ridiculous, drug-addicted, promiscuous, pregnant but didn’t know who the child’s father was. She was poor and helpless, had an alcoholic father, and her mother died of She tried to change cancer, but nothing seemed to improve. She divorced her husband and lost a lot of life she didn't have. Finally, she decided to go on the road.
To some extent, unlike urban white-collar workers' hypocritical "find themselves", Sheryl Strider was on the road because she wanted to forget herself. She herself didn't quite understand why she had been in such a chaotic life, and she didn't expect the pain of this walk to really find her way in the second half of her life. All she can get is walking itself. This is very pure, and purity itself is meaning.
Unlike "road movies," those experiences that are ridiculous or unforgettable on the road are completely unavailable on this road through the wilderness. The most difficult experience of the heroine described in the film is nothing more than not being able to eat hot food, or encountering a snake, and then occasionally encountering a wretched uncle. While she needs help from the other party, she has to figure out not to be bullied by the other party. Overall, the road is very peaceful, but too hard. Sheryl Thredder bruised her shoulder and got off her toenails. Sometimes she was anxious and frustrated, and sometimes she felt a kind of almost holy joy.
The soundtrack of this movie is very characteristic, or rather old. "I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail, I would rather be a hammer than a nail." The heroine walked while humming the song "Song of the Eagles," Paul Simon once sang it. On the way, the heroine just cheered for herself, accompanied by swear words.
Sometimes, in order to emphasize the cruelty or drama of the life of the hitherto, works of this kind of theme will deliberately exaggerate the previous experience of the protagonist. But this film is very plain, whether flashing back to Sheryl Strand’s past or aiming at the current walking. The movie did not beautify walking as a surely successful redemption. Confusion always accompanies her every step of the way. And persistence itself gradually revealed its true meaning. "You can give up at any time," her friend said to her before leaving. This sentence echoed in her mind every minute. But she still only moved forward. Hikers more experienced than her have given up, she hasn't. She didn't think this was so great, but she felt that she could continue to take a look, and what else could she bring to herself by taking a step forward.
The lead actor Reese Witherspoon did not play Amy in "The Lost Lovers" as usual, and instead encountered this movie-a work also adapted from a best-selling book. Compared with the ups and downs of suspense in "Disappearing Lover", the story of "Into the Wilderness" is too gentle. In fact, this is the real test of acting skills. Reese Witherspoon is thin and pale in the movie. At first, she tried to carry a backpack in the hotel, but fell in embarrassment. Later, she was able to cope with all the problems that she encountered.
In the end, this woman who had crossed the wilderness stood on the bridge, muttering in her heart, "My life is as mysterious as everyone's life, irreversible and almost sacred." She said, "How crazy it is, let it be. Go ahead." She used the word wild. At this time, it no longer refers only to the wilderness she has traveled through, but also to the unforeseen, flourishing life.
(Text | Yang Shiyang)
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