Grizzly Man Questions

1. Revealing Treadwell's death so early in the film changes the story. It allows for Herzog to describe the events that led up to his death. He is able to focus on what defined Treadwell as a character as opposed to his actual death.
2. When Herzog enter his own film he creates a tone about the film. It allows us to see that he is a real person. It also does make the film seem rather biased.
3. Treadwell is depicted as a guy who loved animals and he was willing to die for them. He seems a little crazy. He loved the animal world more than the human one. Most of his colleagues thought he was a wonderful guy. But those who  were not close to him thought that he was crazy.
4. Treadwell's goal was to protect the bears. But in reality he was doing more harm to them than help. The bears that he was "protecting" were on government protected lands. By habituating the bears to humans makes them believe that all humans are safe which is absolutely not true.
5. The argument of the boundary between wild nature and humans is prominent during this film. Treadwell felt that dying would send a message to more people. Instead he created a controversy. He wanted to live like a bear because their world was so much simpler than ours, what he did not account for was how much more harsh their world is.
6. Treadwell's view points about the world were too optimistic and not realistic. He wanted to escape the human world so bad that he ignored the negative aspects of the bear world. I think that Herzog was trying to emphasize this.
7. They did not release the audio of the death simply because it was too horrifying. It allows the audience to use their imagination. Also it really isn't our place to listen to it out of respect.
8. Treadwell's childhood was very typical. He excelled in diving in high school. Once he got to college he got involved in the wrong group. He dropped out, came home, moved to California and tried to become an actor. He changed his name and did not succeed. He lied about his upbringing. This makes me question his credibility. He was involved in drugs and alcohol for most of his life. The one thing is his life that seemed to make sense to him was the bears.