Tim Treadwell spent 13 summers in the Alaska wilderness, most of the time by himself, living among grizzly bears. It is giving nothing away to say that he was, along with a girlfriend, ultimately mauled and devoured by a member of the species he had committed himself to protecting, a sector of the animal kingdom he came to love deeply and with which he identified.
Werner Herzog produced and narrates this film using footage shot by Treadwell himself, interspersed with interviews of people closely involved with the history of this tormented soul who found his calling in the wild. There is beauty and purity. There is hubris. There is heartbreaking questing for life’s meaning. At the heart of it all there is love, albeit one that is finally betrayed. Thought-provoking, inspiring and unsettling.
**** (four stars)
He was supposed to leave that day but stayed an extra night only to be mauled.
great work he accomplished though
Was an interesting movie!