our common weakness

Abelardo 2022-03-25 09:01:11

The flashback tells the story of an ordinary person who was frustrated and returned to the countryside. Different from the same style that is full of poetry, tranquility and healing, this pastoral garden is not an explosion in the circle of friends under the fence of picking chrysanthemums. The loneliness and arrogance of the lone boat, the savior plot of the lone boat, the self-movement of being crushed into dust, the self-salvation achievement of the prodigal son, etc. are a mixture of Don Quixote-style knightly pastoral fields. All kinds of pretentiousness are nothing more than the meaning he finds for his life. Moving himself, moving others, and fighting injustice became the purpose of his life. Just like a diary can always be sentimental, Tim has developed a performative personality in front of the camera. He recorded multiple versions of the same scene, which is the norm in the film and television industry (and maybe even news production), but once exposed to the audience, everything in front of the camera becomes false, which is even the director's despicable place. The biggest achievement of the film is that it does not focus on the story, but analyzes Tim's personality from different angles, and sublimates a story that was originally vulgar and curious into a hole to spy on our common weaknesses. Tim's all kinds of affectation, which sentence did not appear in our minds raving. The alternate cut on the film is a lie, a falsehood, and a truth, a different version of the same reality, a truth obscured by the ignorance of the audience. Reflection, not only performance, performance is the weakness of human nature, so is to take performance seriously. Weaknesses may be stronger than strengths, and one theory suggests that belief in virtual beliefs is the cornerstone of human society beyond the scale of animal societies. In the abstract, Tim died for faith, tragedy, fate, heroism, strengths, weaknesses?

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Extended Reading
  • Hubert 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    Respect even more reverence after knowing it was Herzog

  • Amelia 2022-03-25 09:01:11

    The documentary is so layered and angular, it's amazing! Several scenes where the fox appears in the film are very cute. Herzog inserts his view of the lens, of nature, of people, like a stretched lens. After watching the last few minutes, I suddenly found that Treadwell's way of speaking, intonation, words and emotions, are very similar to Trump. And Herzog said that he, like Thoreau and Moore, was escaping or challenging the boundaries of civilization. Although Treadwell is very cute, Thoreau in the 21st century has such a temperament and material that it makes people feel that the whole modern civilization is divided. But people will still love such contemporary Thoreau and Moore.

Grizzly Man quotes

  • [first lines]

    Timothy Treadwell: I'm out in the prime cut of big green. Behind me is Ed and Rowdy, members of an up-and-coming sub-adult gang. They're challenging everything, including me. Goes with the territory. If I show weakness, if I retreat, I may be hurt, I may be killed. I must hold my own if I'm gonna stay within this land. For once there is weakness they will exploit it, they will take me out, they will decapitate me, they will chop me into bits and pieces. I'm dead. But so far, I persevere. Persevere.

  • Timothy Treadwell: I would never, ever kill a bear in defense of my own life - would not go into a bear's home and kill a bear.