Grizzly Man

[Cerebral_Assassin]

I am partial to documentaries, I look forward to seeing this one.

GRIZZLY MAN

Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons.

In October 2003, Treadwell's remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack in the park. (The bear suspected of the killings was later shot by park officials.)

In Grizzly Man, Herzog plumbs not only the mystery of wild nature, but also the mystery of human nature as he chronicles Treadwell's final years in the wilderness. Herzog uses Treadwell's own startling documentary footage to paint a nuanced portrait of a complex and compelling figure while exploring larger questions about the uneasy relationship between man and nature.

Grizzly Man Trailer (QuickTime)

[Shawn]

I think "Project Grizzly" was more to my tastes. :bigsmile:

[DudeAsInCool]

I heard an interview with Werner Herzog on NPR - the movie is on my must see list. It's a fascinating story...

[slum_goddess]

Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell.

C_A, i dig documentaries as well but Werner fucking Herzog? i'm so there. :)

[DudeAsInCool]

The strange story of Timothy Treadwell, a Long Island native who came to see himself as some kind of ursine Dr. Dolittle, only to die at 46 from a bear attack, is the subject of "Grizzly Man," the latest documentary fromWerner Herzog. As fans of the German New Wave know, the director has a fondness for stories about men who journey into the heart of darkness, both without and within - men like the deranged 16th-century explorer in "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," who searches for El Dorado in the Amazon, and the early-20th-century esthete in "Fitzcarraldo" who hauls a steamboat up a mountain to bring Caruso to the Peruvian jungle. Treadwell's journey was no less bold or reckless than these earlier Herzogian tales and certainly no less enthralling.

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/movies/12griz.html

[slum_goddess]

Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, the Wrath of God and both really good, thinking Herzog flicks, starring Klaus Kinski.