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Re: "Accomplishments"?

Posted by njjohn (A) on January 2, 2006 at 06:49:44

In Reply to: "Accomplishments"? posted by Prisoners on January 1, 2006 at 15:19:07:

Staying alive as long as he did was a record acomplishment. He spebnt more time unarmed and close to grizzlies than anyone before in history.

I think his death is related to his continuing to push the envelope until he finally put himself in harm's way. Although all along the way, he could have been killed at any instant.

What did the man accomplish? In my opinion, first, there is incredible grizzly footage. Second, the man accomplished something for himself. He learned to understand these wild animals and others. He lived in a very interesting way in a very interesting enviroment. Then his life took on some sort of artistic achievement. He bacame an artist in the true sense of pioneering understanding.

The locals did not understand this man's achievement. There perspectives are grounded in a certain way, and useful, and itneresting to Herzog, but that is about it. What is interesting is the way Herzog shows an interesting validity to all the individual perspectives in the film.

To call the man "disturbed" in any way is to attack the inherent quality in man to rebel and fight for better. The quality in man to question, to find fault in the way things are and to seek better.

Treadwell had some deep insights into the way things are. He reached a deep understanding about the way civilization is functioning. Perhaps he could not handle it. He just got too angry about it.

There is incredible humor and absurdity in what Treadwell did, and Herzog brings this to an incredible fruition. In a way, Treadwell was an incredible jerk.

But there is way more to it than just that.

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