Appreciating the Views: Filming Nature in into The Wild, Grizzly Man, and into The West

Following in the footsteps of seminal “return to nature” stories such as Walden and On the Road, films such as Into the Wild (2002), Grizzly Man (2005), and Into the West (1992), encapsulate homage to wilderness and the manifestation of a sublime vision and journey into nature. These films can be read as counter-cultural eco-road movies that speak to a new generation's need to experience nature and landscape first-hand and, like their predecessors, get away from conventional ties of family and tradition.