Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog

A stun­ning por­tra­yal and bio­pic. Subli­mely astonishing

A devas­ta­ting and hear­tren­ding take on grizzly bear acti­vists Timothy Tread­well and Amie Hugue­nard, who were killed in Octo­ber of 2003 while living among grizz­lies in Alaska.

“Now the long horns are gone And the dro­vers are gone The Comanche’s are gone And the out­laws are gone Now Quan­tro is gone Stan Watie is gone And the lion is gone And the Red Wolf is gone and Tread­well is gone…”

Also, during a BBC inter­view about the film, Her­zog was shot with an air rifle. The inter­view was resu­med indoors and at the end Her­zog was encou­ra­ged to check his wound. Though there was “a bruise the size of a snoo­ker ball, with a hole in it.” Her­zog dec­la­red “It was not a sig­ni­fi­cant bullet. I am not afraid.” Video from BBC here