Grizzly Man (2005)

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"Is it going to happen that one day we read a newspaper article about you being eaten by one of those bears?"

David Letterman asks the question with a sarcastic grin and the studio audience laughs, but sure enough, in 2003, his blonde-haired, unknown guest Timothy Treadwell was, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, to be torn apart and devoured by a grizzly in Alaska’s Katma... read more

Since I kept hearing some really good things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out. On top of that, I have noticed that Werner Herzog had built up a pretty good reputation as a documentary maker so I had some rather high expectations concerning this fim. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed and, in fact, it must be one of the most peculiar documentaries I have ever seen. Indeed, the... read more

One of the best late Herzog's. Most of the material is Treadwell's but Herzog organization and explanation is ok. His decision of not showing the postumous recording of the death is compensated by its description.

A devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska.

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