While watching Grizzly Man, I found myself fascinated by Mr. Treadwell and his time spent with the bears of Alaska. Of course, knowing that he'd eventually end up being eaten kind of makes it tragic to watch, even though he was quite aware that it could happen and had never seemed too phased by it, as shown by this interview (which I've heard was cut out of the DVD release, although I've forgotten if it was in the Netflix version or not). I also feared that they were going to play the audio of his death or show pictures (granted, it could have made for a powerful scene if used right, but would haunt my nightmares for quite a while).
Although he could seem kind of crazy at times with his ranting, it definitely felt like he had a good idea of what he was doing and that he genuinely loved his work, and I have to commend him for being able to document the bears so well and make it look easy, as well as his beautiful photography work shown in Diaries as well as how well he was able to live with the bears for 13 summers. I also found it amazing that he was apparently able to recognize the same bears and foxes that he named year after year.
I was also impressed by his ability to identify the individual animals. I'm sure that his passion for them helped, as well as the time he had to get acquainted with them and notice the subtle differences between them. It's kind of odd how Grizzly Man almost seems to gloss over the bears, even though they were such an integral part of Timothy's life.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was wild hoe Treadwell seemed unaffected by the fact that he is putting himself in harms way constantly. He seemed to almost enjoy the adrenaline. I also think that, not only was he crazy at times, but he was completely irrational, since he thought that his life was not as important as a bears.
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