The Door Into Summer
The protagonist carries the story along like a breeze with his cheerful prattle and witty remarks, ensuring that The Door Into Summer is supremely readable even if it isn’t quite top-tier Heinlein.
The protagonist carries the story along like a breeze with his cheerful prattle and witty remarks, ensuring that The Door Into Summer is supremely readable even if it isn’t quite top-tier Heinlein.
His anti-materialistic and self-sufficient mentality are admirable. I won’t be joining the cult of McCandless, but I admire his courage.
He becomes their leader, and pushes these mentally disabled men to realize their potential for breaking through the apathy that dully colors their monotonous lives.
Douglas Sirk substantively imbued the film with an individualist philosophy that far outweighs the framework of the basic storyline.