Alaska is the visual artifact of a two-week trip, in 1976, to Homer, Alaska, where my sister was marrying the son of a homesteader. Many of the issues that drove Concern for the City are present in this film, which preceded and inspired it. As compared to New York City, the setting for Concern, Alaska is a place where nature still overwhelms and has to be respected, where man and his works remain just a tiny dot on the rugged landscape. This is changing, of course, and the Alaska mindset is to try to control, vanquish and feed from the natural environment. Yet it is a far more even contest in the north.
Peter von Ziegesar
Director
Into the Wild77%
The Gold Rush79%
The Grey65%
The Great Outdoors64%
Dances with Wolves78%
Legends of the Fall74%
The Power of the Dog67%
Invasion of the Body Snatchers72%
The Straight Story77%
Sarah's Oil78%
The World in His Arms65%
The Call of the Wild75%
Grizzly Man75%
The White Buffalo59%
Call of the Wild62%
Volcano59%
Airplane!73%
Those Who Wish Me Dead66%
The Philadelphia Experiment61%
Your Sister's Sister64%
