Into the Wild Is Transcendental

A retrospective of 2007’s forgotten masterpiece

Ben Ulansey
Fanfare
Published in
5 min readMay 6, 2024

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Paramount Vantage Studios

In 2007, Into The Wild was released to a relatively quiet reception. Being only the fifth film produced by the Paramount Vantage studio, though, major box office success was never expected. In fact, it was only the 125th highest-grossing film of the year, falling well behind even movies like Hannibal Rising, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder

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