01/30/06 Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man (2005), directed by Werner Herzogwatched w/ Leslie; DVD rental (Netflix) @ home
Realizing that my movie choices had been a bit soft of late, I decided to go hardcore & tangle with the grizzlies. I had heard so much about this film, both from friends and in the media. It's a refreshing take on filmmaking, sort of a documentary about a documentary if you will. Plus, it follows the life of one very eccentric guy throughout the vast Alaskan wilderness tracking grizzly bears. It's unbelievable what this guy Treadwell did over a decade (with no formal scientific education) living, observing, and interacting with these bears...all the while wishing he could leave his human world for their naturalistic freedom. While both comical (guy curses out fox who has just stolen his hat), and devastating (his ultimate demise at the hands of a grizzly); this film is definitely intriguing. It tries to examine not only the man, but his actions & to what extent they either helped or hindered the cause of saving wildlife. Very blunt (interviews) and sharp (wit and grizzly claws).
4 out of 5 stars
posted by Undead Film Critic @ 10:25 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
sorry to leave a comment for a movie that was from over a week ago but i mean i have a life and don't check this too often. jk; but not really. but anyways, just wanted to say that i saw this one. it was actually pretty good; but come on, the guy was a little crazy. . .he wanted to be a bear.
not to mention i swear that the guy that works at the circulation desk in davis library at my school looks exactly like the grizzly bear man. i always kinda want to ask him if he is related and you know kinda start up a conversation with a complete stranger like someone else in our family but then i don't because that could just get messy.
sarah
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