-only one of dozens of foreshadowing statements from Timothy Treadwell.
We know that Bears top the Colbert Report "Threatdown". The Sundance festival Sloan award winning- Discovery Channel documentary Grizzly Man might explain why. Or at least prompt the discussion of "Did Timothy Treadwell deserve to get eaten by a Bear?" We watched this on Discovery Friday night. If you get the chance, watch it. He's clearly a nut, but in between fanatical ravings, he actually got some amazing footage. (including audio of his own death-sorry, not included in the documentary) It turns out the documentary really has little to do with Alaskan Brown Bears, and more to do with the debatable insanity of an actor-turned addict-turned eco-warrior-turned bear chow.
If you caught it on TV, or at Sundance, or elsewhere, I'd love to hear what you thought.
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saw part of this on friday. he's a nutter. so fanatical.
great movie. i rented it a few weeks ago. its tough to feel any sympathy for the kook. The Inuit guy summed it up best. He felt bad for the girlfriend and said the way to respect bears is to not fuck with them at all.
Another stand-out scene is when Treadwell gets excited about a fresh bear turd and touches it because "it was inside her!"
:) I know that was a favorite scene of mine too. That I think was the turning point between "eccentric" and "lunatic". There's a hollywood blurb about Leonardo DiCaprio playing him in a Columbia Pictures biopic. Personally I think he might be better played by Spongebob Squarepants.
In his defense, in perusing the credits, they didn't credit Treadwell at all for the film and photography! He might be barmy, but they wouldn't have any footage to show without him.