Grizzly Man is a Documentary/Biography about a man (Timothy Treadwell) who spent 13 summers in a row camping in Alaska with Grizzly Bears and Foxes. In 2003 he and his girlfriend where killed during their last days at their campsite by an older rouge bear that they where not familiar with, nor did they really like.
The Film is made up of interviews with those closest to him, and park workers that knew him, and mainly of footage that Treadwell made during his last few summers in the Alaskan parks while camping next to foxes and spending all his time getting to know the bears. Opinions vary, but the thing they all say is that he believed his place was with the bears and doing everything in his power to inform people of them and protect them at all cost...including his life (which he repeats often on camera).
When watching the film, 2 things become very clear very quickly and solidified throughout, that is 1.) Timothy Treadwell was a wonderful heartfelt naturalist who's work was for the better. and 2.) he clearly had issues. both with society and himself, that caused him a lot of misery.
I really suggest watching this film and holding your opinions to the end. Treadwell is fun and sometimes humorous to watch, and at times sad, and confused. But it's all wonderful and from the heart. I don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy this film as much as i did. It was a wonderful experience and i learned quite a lot.
He died because he crossed the boundaries from the world of man, to the world of Grizzly Bears. Unfortunately he was only a man when faced with a large hungry old bear. And he and his girlfriend lost their lives at their campsite, with a camera recording the sounds of those last moments. (thankfully they didn't put those sounds on the documentary, they only talk of their existence, and how no one should have to hear them). But in crossing those boundaries, he gave us film and insight into the world of these bears, and foxes, that could never have been done.
The Film is made up of interviews with those closest to him, and park workers that knew him, and mainly of footage that Treadwell made during his last few summers in the Alaskan parks while camping next to foxes and spending all his time getting to know the bears. Opinions vary, but the thing they all say is that he believed his place was with the bears and doing everything in his power to inform people of them and protect them at all cost...including his life (which he repeats often on camera).
When watching the film, 2 things become very clear very quickly and solidified throughout, that is 1.) Timothy Treadwell was a wonderful heartfelt naturalist who's work was for the better. and 2.) he clearly had issues. both with society and himself, that caused him a lot of misery.
I really suggest watching this film and holding your opinions to the end. Treadwell is fun and sometimes humorous to watch, and at times sad, and confused. But it's all wonderful and from the heart. I don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy this film as much as i did. It was a wonderful experience and i learned quite a lot.
He died because he crossed the boundaries from the world of man, to the world of Grizzly Bears. Unfortunately he was only a man when faced with a large hungry old bear. And he and his girlfriend lost their lives at their campsite, with a camera recording the sounds of those last moments. (thankfully they didn't put those sounds on the documentary, they only talk of their existence, and how no one should have to hear them). But in crossing those boundaries, he gave us film and insight into the world of these bears, and foxes, that could never have been done.
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