February 21, 2006

Grizzly Man - creepy, fascinating people and what's this - SNOW?


A few weeks ago, my friend Alex blogged about watching "Grizzly Man", a documentary by film director, Werner Herzog with footage shot by Timothy Treadwell, the unfortuneate soul who died at the hands of the bears he loved so much. Sometime before the film came out, I had read a Reader's Digest short story about Treadwell. I remember reading it thinking it would be interesting to see all of the video he shot. Little did I realize just how interesting it was. Some of the photography is really terrific. It's amazing to me how the foxes befriended him almost like a dog would - following him around, sitting by his feet or in the camp (which seemed near their fox hole anyhow.) Treadwell was a little creepy and kooky. In some of his video diaries he would talk to the animals like some people talk to their pets or children. Though many times these large creatures never glanced his way. Even Herzog comments on Treadwell's strange behavior. Treadwell knew what he was getting into by invading (or protecting, as his organization

2 comments:

doggerelblogger said...

Honestly, Grizzly Man is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Amazing, as you say, footage, and what insight!

He was such a troubled dude, but I REALLY feel sorry for his girlfriend - she was frightened of the bears (as he should have been).

Stephanie said...

We just saw this on Sunday night. It was really fascinating.

I think there were some unaddressed mental health issues though. It was sort of like 13 summers of attempted suicide before he managed to get the bears to kill him.