When he re-arranged the stream to let it flow better he was messing with nature. It was clear from then on (if not earlier) that he had no clue what he was doing. Even clearer than that, he was mentally ill. He experienced mood episodes, was delusional, and paranoid. This film could be shown in a psychology class as a demonstration of bipolar. The messages that he found on the rocks I suspect were written by himself. I don't think he knew they were written by him, because he was so out of it, but I think they were a product of his insanity.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Grizzly Man
When the movie first started off I had an open mind but as the movie wore on I got very cynical of the main character. Keeping in mind that the way the movie was created may have shaped his character I just could not take him seriously. He claimed to be protecting the bears but all I saw was the harm he was doing to them. By domesticating the foxes he sentenced them to death. That was selfish of him. He wanted to be one with nature and in turn he helped destroy it. Those foxes are going to have a false sense of security around humans and will be an easy target to the hunters. Same goes for the bears.
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I also found it really fascinating how Treadwell built his own character right in front of the camera and I think the cynicism/bipolar tendencies simply fit into that development. He really would be an interesting case study in a psychology class, yet I think that he was also making a really sane argument about how humans and animals (even the dangerous bear) can "know" one another on some level. His "insanity" seemed to give him insight into just how far humans have removed themselves from other species. That said, Treadwell did push boundaries, as you mentioned, that could endanger these animals, but I think he did this because he they slowly replaced his lack of friendship and loneliness in the human world. and
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