Undescribable Perfection

best movie i've ever seen.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

This is simply an outstanding and captivating first-person account of Dick Proenneke's 30 years of lifetime experiences in the Alaskan wilderness. The cinema photography, story line and editing are outstanding.My only gripe, and it's a minor one, is if he were truly "alone in the wilderness," who was behind the camera panning as he moved around, or occasionally zooming in and pulling out, with him in frame? That happened quite often in both Parts 1 and 2. But, of course, the documentary only covered a portion of his 30 years there.Also, some of the indoor scenes of him in his cabin are so well and professionally lit that oil lamps just couldn't do the job.I'd like to think these scenes were taken by his brother Ray, who flew in to deliver supplies and mail from time to time. If it were he, his contribution and on-the-scene participation both at the cabin and on the trail should have been recognized.I recall seeing several scenes of Ray's airplane, but I recall there was only one brief scene that included Ray himself.Again, a great documentary. I just found a camera that pans and zooms seemingly all by itself a little distracting when Dick Proenneke is supposed to be "Alone in the Wilderness."

Retired mechanic Dick Proenneke decides to spend his twilight years in the wilds of an Alaskan national park, living off the land in every way imaginable. Filmed in the 1960s, it shows a man secure enough in his own capabilities to not only stake his life on them, but to spend every bit of remaining energy on a painstakingly complete document of the process. Like an ancient Youtube vlogger, Proenneke rolls 8mm footage of himself hunting, canoeing, interacting with potentially dangerous wildlife and building an astoundingly cushy log cabin from nothing more than natural materials, then overdubs his own narration track to boot. With a warm, familiar personality and a straightforward, no-doubts conviction, he's one half Bob Ross and the other half Les Stroud, decades before either came to prominence. Absolutely fascinating, not to mention inspirational, I just wish it ran longer than sixty minutes.

Alan, Justtin and I found this movie to be slightly boring. We didn't feel that it kept my attention, but it's also not the type of movie that we prefer to watch. A man built his own cabin and lived in the wild for a long time. This movie was very uninteresting to us. I in particular, felt that it was monotonous. Justin felt that the movie "sucked". He also felt that "it was boring and very bland". Alan felt that the movie was "very uninteresting and didn't keep my interest very well." So overall, we felt that the movie was awful. Definitely not the best we've seen. I'd much rather watch a movie that has more action in it instead of a movie about an old man building his own cabin. This movie movie was awful!!! Never watching it again!!!!!!!!!!!

I sat and watched in amazement, seeing a trade that has pretty much vanished in this life time. I wished it had been longer then an hour and could have seen more of his craft at work. I started a cabin about the same size 2 years ago, this motivated me to get working on it again. I learned a lot from watching this and hope to apply it to the one I am building. Then I will possibly make a few sheds out of logs. The filming was great! Very inspiring. I wonder what made him do this, did he have visitors? I know I would have brought along a dog to keep me company at least.Amazing!