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courtneyriot

courtneyriot

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 09, 2005 06:00 AM

Across the line of death one of the greatest filmmakers ever, Werner Herzog, and one of the nuttiest nature gazers ever, Timothy Treadwell, have connected. in October of 2003 Treadwell was killed in Alaska by a grizzly bear. Treadwell had spent 13 summers in an Alaskan national park befriending wild grizzly bears and making hundreds of hours of video. Soon after his death Herzog became aware of Treadwell and his footage and using new interviews created a documentary showing there are some lines that...

earplug6947

earplug6947

Oakland, CA
OLD SKOOL

AUG 09, 2005 07:03 AM

werner herzog is one of the best human beings ever.
thanks for the interview.

earplug6947

earplug6947

Oakland, CA
OLD SKOOL

AUG 09, 2005 07:12 AM

not a slight on daniel robert epstein, but part of me wanted to read the results of rob zombie interviewing herzog.

jakbstrd

jakbstrd

Tucson, AZ
February 2004

AUG 09, 2005 07:59 AM

I think, quite possibly, "befriending Grizzlies" is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Every time I read about Treadwell I think, "Damn that guy was a MORON."

jake_lex

jake_lex

Lexington, KY
February 2003

AUG 09, 2005 08:54 AM

The movie "Burden of Dreams" made me absolutely hate Herzog. It's clear that he thought the lives of the Amazonian workers trying to haul the boat over the mountain were very much expendable for the glory of his cinematic vision. I wonder if the movie were being made in Germany, he'd have been so cavalier with them. If ya get my drift.

And there's an absolutely laughable speech he gives where he talks about the jungle and he says something like "It's the sound of fornication, of murder", which makes me instinctively fill in "Now is zee time on Sprockets vehn vee dahhhhnce."

And Fitzcarraldo is a pretty bad movie at that.

van_goghs_ear

van_goghs_ear

Farmington, MI
March 2005

AUG 09, 2005 09:34 AM

herzog is alegend,espescialy when it comes to the documentary genre. great interview.

STURANIUM_235

STURANIUM_235

San Francisco, CA
April 2004

AUG 09, 2005 09:49 AM

i can't wait for this to come out. hertzog is such a gangster. truly awesome interview, as usual.

i love that 'i would be a failed bank robber' quote, especially concidering that he stole his first 35mm camera, which is now up in a museum.

[Edited on Aug 09, 2005 by STURANIUM_235]

Snottlebocket

Snottlebocket

Netherlands
March 2004

AUG 09, 2005 10:49 AM

that bear guy sounds like such a complete jackass in the trailer, no wonder a bear killed him.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

AUG 09, 2005 11:26 AM

I came here to say the same thing, Snottlebocket. This probably makes me a terrible person, but by the time the preview was over, I decided it was probably for the best.

Margot_Dent

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA
February 2004

AUG 09, 2005 01:31 PM

jake_lex said:
And there's an absolutely laughable speech he gives where he talks about the jungle and he says something like "It's the sound of fornication, of murder", which makes me instinctively fill in "Now is zee time on Sprockets vehn vee dahhhhnce."
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haaaaaahahaha

impboy

impboy

Los Angeles, CA
September 2003

AUG 09, 2005 02:20 PM

jake_lex said:
The movie "Burden of Dreams" made me absolutely hate Herzog. It's clear that he thought the lives of the Amazonian workers trying to haul the boat over the mountain were very much expendable for the glory of his cinematic vision. I wonder if the movie were being made in Germany, he'd have been so cavalier with them. If ya get my drift.
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les blank recently gave an interview regarding herzog's relationship to the peruvians that's archived on the WFMU website, and while there's no doubt that herzog can be rather singleminded regarding his work and potentially neglectful of the people who are helping him make it, he actually did a lot for the peruvian indians, who were initiallly very distrustful of herzog and his crew. in particular, he helped them secure their own land, which they apparently still own today. no slavedriver wouldn't have done that.

Jena

Jena

New York, NY
June 2003

AUG 09, 2005 05:34 PM

he's my best fiend love

SurlyMike

SurlyMike

I'm lost
December 2004

AUG 09, 2005 06:58 PM

The movie was one of the best I saw during the Seattle film festival. Timothy Treadwell was very disturbed and, while he *meant* well for the bears, he was nothing but a negative for them. I can't fathom why (spoiler alert) his girlfriend stayed with him until the end.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

AUG 11, 2005 07:20 PM

Wow, I watched a story about him on ABC News Primetime. That dude was highly disturbed.

stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

AUG 18, 2005 01:19 AM

jakbstrd said:
I think, quite possibly, "befriending Grizzlies" is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Every time I read about Treadwell I think, "Damn that guy was a MORON."



Yes.

There's another boy named Chris McCandless who decided to live in an abandoned bus and died from exposure. He became a saint to non-Alaskans who saw him as some sort of idealist trying to escape the system and a target of ridicule by people who actually live here.

http://anchoragepress.com/archives/documentb965.html

Sherry Simpson's a very good non-fiction writer.

GramNegative

GramNegative

I'm lost
October 2004

DEC 29, 2005 08:23 AM

I just watched "Grizzly Man"
Wow. That guy should have been grooming poodles, not making friends with bears.

Jena

Jena

New York, NY
June 2003

DEC 30, 2005 10:23 AM

It makes sense that he would investigate grizzlies now that Klaus is dead.

Similar.

StickyRice

StickyRice

Atlanta, GA
January 2003

DEC 30, 2005 10:48 AM

Go, you bears!

Alsana

Alsana

SUICIDEGIRL

Finland

MAY 16, 2006 08:05 AM

jake_lex said:
The movie "Burden of Dreams" made me absolutely hate Herzog. It's clear that he thought the lives of the Amazonian workers trying to haul the boat over the mountain were very much expendable for the glory of his cinematic vision. I wonder if the movie were being made in Germany, he'd have been so cavalier with them. If ya get my drift.

And there's an absolutely laughable speech he gives where he talks about the jungle and he says something like "It's the sound of fornication, of murder", which makes me instinctively fill in "Now is zee time on Sprockets vehn vee dahhhhnce."

And Fitzcarraldo is a pretty bad movie at that.


AGREED I mentioned just the other day in a thread he's another white male collonizing asshole. He risked peoples lives for that film. Im trying to get my boyfriends band to sample that same speech where he says...too me the birds are not singing they are screaming in terror and agony... something very close to that, its just so perfect for a metal band it cracks me up. Fuck but I'm fascinated by the spectacularness of his films and thos about him and just how exemplary they are to the white males identification with godliness.... hope that made sense, been typing a thesis all day whatever

Alsana

Alsana

SUICIDEGIRL

Finland

MAY 16, 2006 08:06 AM

jake_lex said:
The movie "Burden of Dreams" made me absolutely hate Herzog. It's clear that he thought the lives of the Amazonian workers trying to haul the boat over the mountain were very much expendable for the glory of his cinematic vision. I wonder if the movie were being made in Germany, he'd have been so cavalier with them. If ya get my drift.

And there's an absolutely laughable speech he gives where he talks about the jungle and he says something like "It's the sound of fornication, of murder", which makes me instinctively fill in "Now is zee time on Sprockets vehn vee dahhhhnce."

And Fitzcarraldo is a pretty bad movie at that.


AGREED I mentioned just the other day in a thread he's another white male collonizing asshole. He risked peoples lives for that film. Im trying to get my boyfriends band to sample that same speech where he says...too me the birds are not singing they are screaming in terror and agony... something very close to that, its just so perfect for a metal band it cracks me up. Fuck but I'm fascinated by the spectacularness of his films and thos about him and just how exemplary they are to the white males identification with godliness.... hope that made sense, been typing a thesis all day whatever

Ryoukansan

Ryoukansan

Picton, ON
September 2005

JUL 06, 2006 09:07 AM

Discovery channel had a two part show on this guy.
It might actually be the documentry.. not sure..
But he is a bit of a nutter this guy.
What he was doing was really cool, but he was over on the stupid side of the IQ line when dealing with some of the situations he delt with.

its too bad how he and his girlfriend died, I'm not sure if they played the tape or not.. but his girlfriend was recording the whole thing with the camera but didnt take the lense cap off. so all they got was audio from the bear killing both of them

crippless

crippless

Denver, CO
April 2008

APR 16, 2011 11:58 AM

courtneyriot said:
Across the line of death one of the greatest filmmakers ever, Werner Herzog, and one of the nuttiest nature gazers ever, Timothy Treadwell, have connected. in October of 2003 Treadwell was killed in Alaska by a grizzly bear. Treadwell had spent 13 summers in an Alaskan national park befriending wild...



This interview missed the rare opportunity of uttering the phrase "Bear Mitzvah" in a relevant context.