Grizzly Man is a 2005 American documentary by German director Werner Herzog. It tells the life and death of the bear enthusiast, Timothy Treadwell. The film includes some of Treadwell's own footage of his interactions with grizzly bears before 2003, and interviews with people who know, or engage with Treadwell, as well as professionals dealing with wild bears.
She and her boyfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and eaten by a grizzly bear on October 6, 2003. The Treadwell recording was discovered after his death. The bear that killed Treadwell and Huguenard was later found and killed by a group that took the bodies of semi-digested victims. The last film was produced jointly by Discovery Docs, the Discovery Channel theatrical documentary unit, and Lions Gate Entertainment. The soundtrack of the film was made by singer-songwriter and British guitarist Richard Thompson.
Herzog uses sequences drawn from over 100 hours of video footage taken by Treadwell over the last five years of his life. He also performed and filmed interviews with the Treadwell family and friends, and bears and nature experts. The park attendant and bear officer commented on the statements and actions by Treadwell, as repeated claims that he defended the bear from the hunter. The park guard noted that there had never been a recorded incident of poaching in this national park.
As another example, Treadwell claims that he has "gained the trust" of a particular bear, enough to approach and nurture it. Park keepers show that bears are wild and potentially dangerous; remembering that, Treadwell was lucky to be safe as long as he was unpunished. A park guard suggested that the bear was so confused with Treadwell's direct and direct contact that they were not sure how to react to it. Other park guards show that bears are not threatened by hunters, but Treadwell's actions put them at real risk of danger and death. By familiarizing them with human contact, it increases the likelihood that they will approach human habitation for food, and cause confrontation where people will kill them.
In 2003, Treadwell camped in Katmai National Park with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard. Treadwell usually leaves the park at the end of the summer but the year remains in place until early October. This puts him and Huguenard at greater risk, as in this period, an aggressive bear looking for food to store calories for hibernation during the winter. Herzog speculated that their stay at the end of the season ultimately resulted in the deaths of Treadwell and Huguenard.
In addition to presenting views of friends and professionals, Herzog recounts and offers his own interpretation of events. He concludes that Treadwell has a sentimental view of nature, thinking he can tame the wild bear. Herzog notes that nature is cold and rough. Treadwell's vision blanketed his thoughts and made him look down on the danger, resulting in his death and the death of his girlfriend.
Treadwell video camera captures audio recordings of bear attacks. Herzog refrained from making this part of the film, but he was seen listening, obviously distracted. The director suggested Jewel Palovak (the cassette owner) to destroy it rather than listen to it. He then rejected his own advice, saying that
Stupid... silly suggestions born of direct hearing shock - I mean, that's the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life. Surprised like that, I told him, 'You should never listen to it, and you should destroy it. Should not be sitting on your shelf in your living room all the time. '[But] he sleeps on it and decides to do something wiser. He did not destroy it but broke away from the tape, and he kept it in the bank safe.
The examiner gave Palovak Treadwell's watch, taken from his left arm, one of the few remaining remains. Willy Fulton, the pilot who discovered the remains of Treadwell and his girlfriend, had noticed seeing the only arm with his watch and was unable to keep the image out of his mind.
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Production
Treadwell spent 13 summers at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Over time, he believes the bear grew to believe it; they let him approach them and he even touched them. He earned a national reputation for his work with bears and founded Grizzly People with his friend Jewel Palovak. They work to protect bears in national parks by raising awareness.
Park officials repeatedly warned him that his interaction with the bear was not safe for him and the bear. "At best, he's misguided," Deb Liggett, supervisor at the Katmai and Lake Clark national parks, told "Anchorage Daily News" in 2001. "At worst, he's dangerous.If Timothy modeled unsafe behavior, putting bears and other visitors in jeopardy. "Treadwell filmed his exploits, and used the films to raise public awareness of the problems facing bears in North America. In 2003, at the end of his 13th visit, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were attacked, killed, and partly eaten by bears. The event that caused the attack was unknown.
Jewel Palovak, co-founder of Grizzly People and Treadwell's close friend, must give his approval for the film to be produced, as he controls his video archive. The filmmakers have to deal with the logistical and sentimental factors associated with Treadwell's recording of bear interactions. Grizzly People is a "grassroots organization" concerned with bear care in the United States. After the death of his friend, Palovak was left with the control of Grizzly People and Treadwell 100 hours of archival footage. As a close friend, ex-girlfriend, and trust person, she has a large emotional stake in production. He has known Treadwell since 1985 and feels a deep responsibility towards his late friend and his legacy.
He said that he often discussed his video archives with him. "Timothy is very dramatic," he once said. He quoted Treadwell as saying, "'If I die, if something happens to me, make that movie.You make it.You show' em.'I think that Werner Herzog can definitely do that."
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Exhibition
The Grizzly Man premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and its limited US theatrical release began on August 12, 2005. It was later released on DVD in the United States on December 26, 2005. Discovery Channel broadcasts << i> Grizzly Man on television on February 3, 2006; The three-hour presentation of the film includes a 30-minute special companion that delves deeper into the Treadwell relationship with the bears and the addressable controversy associated with the film.
The DVD release did not have an interview with Treadwell by David Letterman, which was shown in the original theatrical release. Letterman joked that Treadwell would be eaten by the bear. The versions broadcast on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet both keep this scene.
Response
box office
Grizzly Man opened on 12 August 2005 in 29 places in North America. It grossed US $ 269,131 ($ 9,280 per screen) on its opening weekend, ranking 26th at the box office. At its widest point, it was screened in 105 theaters, and generated US $ 3,178,403 in North America during the run, with $ 882,902 overseas for a worldwide total of $ 4,061,305.
Critical reception
After the release of the North American theater, Grizzly Man was recognized by critics. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 93% "Certified Fresh" score based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's consensus states: "Whatever opinion you have about the obsessive Treadwell, Herzog once again finds an interesting subject." Metacritic reports 87 out of 100 ratings based on 35 critics, showing "universal recognition".
David Denby dari The New Yorker berkata:
Storytelling in extraordinarily German accented English, Herzog is fair-minded and truly respects the discovery of Treadwell manic self. He even praised Treadwell as a good filmmaker: when Treadwell stood talking in the foreground of the frame, the bears played behind him or scooped salmon in sparkling water; in other photographs, several foxes jump on the grass in the center of the Treadwell monologue. The tape is full of amazing incidental beauty.
Film critic Roger Ebert, an ancient supporter of Herzog's work, awarded this film four out of four stars.
"I will protect this bear with my last breath," Treadwell said. After he and Amie became the first and only people killed by bears in the park, the guilty bear was shot dead. Treadwell's watch, still beating, was found in his broken arm. I have a certain admiration for courage, carelessness, idealism, whatever you want to call it, but here is someone who managed to get herself and her boyfriend to eat, and you know what? He deserves Werner Herzog.
Charlie Russell, a naturalist who studied bears for years, lived nearby and raised them for a decade in Kamchatka. He corresponded with Treadwell and wrote about the movie:
Herzog is a skilled filmmaker so most of those who watch the movie Grizzly Man ignore Timothy's extraordinary way with animals even though to me this stands out. The fact that Timothy spent an incredible 35,000 hours, spanning 13 years, living with bears in Katmai National Park, without previous accidents, really frees people. Even with his city-son's background, I find myself fascinated by what he can do with animals.
The film is placed in No. 94 on Slant Magazine's 100 best movies of the 2000s.
Awards
- Nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Documentary Films
- Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Films
- Wins New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film
- Wins San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Films
- Won Alfred P. Sloan Prize and nominated for Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
- Won the Toronto Film Award Critic Award for Best Documentary
- Winning the 2008 Space Series Award Angkasapuri.
References
Further reading
- Conesa-Sevilla, J. (2008). "Walking With Bears: A Timothy Ecothycology Study (Dexter) Treadwell", The Trumpeter , 24, 1, 136-150.
- Dewberry, Eric. "Imagine Grizzly Man through 'Powers of the False'", Scope (University of Nottingham), 2008
External links
- Grizzly Man on IMDb
- Grizzly Man in Box Office Mojo
- Grizzly Man at Rotten Tomatoes
- Grizzly Man in Metacritic
- Roger Ebert's review
- Peter Bradshaw's review
- About Others' Pain: Grizzly Man by Laurie Stone nthWORD Magazine Shorts (dead links)
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