Grizzly Man
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DVD: Region Code 1Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Movie Reviews of Grizzly Man
Movie Review: Great examination of man's relationship with nature
Summary: 5 Stars
The story of Timothy Treadwell has generated alot of mixed emotions and mixed reviews. Almost all are right to some extent. Treadwell was a visionary, yet acted irresponsibly and in most peoples eyes would appear to be either incredibly naive or a crackpot.
Yet the story, which I think this documentary DVD is the most objective telling, is extremely compelling, for wildlife lovers or anyone with an interest in man's relationship with nature. Treadwell lived surrounded by bears, in their natural habitat, for 13 years before he was killed. This is an amazing feat in itself, it shows that he must have been very adept at interpreting bears' behavior and attitudes. From the documentary he had obviously come to know each bears' individual personality. Most of the times the bears view him indifferently, or with mild curiosity, sometimes with mild hostility and at the last as a food item. He did gain a measure of tolerance, and was able to take some absolutely incredible footage of the bears' lives, from struggles with drought and starvation, males fighting over females, mothers raising young.
Yet therein lies the controversy. He obviously knew that he would most likely be eventually killed by a bear, which is no surprise considering how closely he would try to associate with them. Most would consider this to be ultimate irresponsibility. It doesn't do the bears any favors; nothing good can come to a bear that's been habituated to human presence, or that has gotten a taste for human meat. But it does show just how closely humans can come to understanding and sharing empathy with wild animals, and how much we have in common. If that knowledge can help the current state of affairs where people consider themselves separate and apart from nature, and to more fully understand our relationship with nature, it will have been worthwhile.
Summary of Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man could easily have been sensational and exploitative, but in the hands of Werner Herzog, it becomes something extraordinary. Herzog was granted exclusive access to over 100 hours of video shot by amateur naturalist, wildlife advocate and troubled loner Timothy Treadwell, who spent 13 summers in Alaska's Katmai National Park, where he grew to know and love the grizzly bears that lived there. He was also killed by one of them, in October 2003, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, and that seemingly inevitable fate informs every minute of Herzog's riveting combination of Treadwell's video with his own expert filmmaking and unique vision of nature and man. Whereas Treadwell was a naïve nature-lover and social outcast whose sanity was slowly slipping away, Herzog is a pragmatic mythologist who views nature primarily in terms of "chaos, hostility, and murder," and the disparity of their vision results in a magnetic attraction that makes the sum of Grizzly Man greater than its parts. We come to admire the dreamer, the idealist, the failed actor and recovered alcoholic man-child that was Treadwell, and we equally admire the seeker of truth and wisdom that is Herzog. They belong together, in some world beyond our world, where visionaries join forces to create life after death. --Jeff ShannonSimilar DVD Movies
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