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Originally Posted by roachboy
grizzly man: an interesting film.
i was a bit irritated about the extent to which werner herzog makes it into a film about himself--by likening timothy treadwell to klaus kinski for example---but the footage is extraordinary and the film's subject deeply problematic in a complex kinda way. the residual deleuze i have clanging about in my skull made me wish that something more had been done with the "becoming bear" aspect of the film, but it nonetheless provided ample material for this riff to unspool in my head, which is perhaps enough.
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I agree with you about Herzog's insertion of himself so much into this film. Overall, the film had the feeling that it turned into something, perhaps, inappropriately personal and almost cultish - considering his interaction with and (to me) over-the-top "performances" of the people who knew Treadwell. It is an odd film. But I see you found it strangely affecting, too.
I've always heard about
Spirit of the Beehive but have not seen it. I'm going to put in on my queue - sounds good.