「在灰熊黑色眼珠的凝視下，我們究竟是朋友？還是食物？」荷索問。 這是一個人與動物間如神話般顛痴的羅曼史，狂野的美麗像走鋼索般令人戰兢。荷索的主角永遠走在世界邊緣，不斷企圖用瘋狂拓展生命的界限，這次他的狂想再度找到出口，在傳奇真相與自然奧妙間穿梭，將提姆生前的自拍影像與死後親友的訪談交織出偏執矛盾的狂人傳記。荷索在片中扮演導演和探險家，除了客觀探究「熊癡」提姆崔德威爾被執著與狂熱毀滅的原因與過程，也藉此敘述對自己靈魂的探索。本片配樂由英國創作歌手理查湯普森譜曲演奏，輕盈的木吉他彈奏出大自然的美好風味，像是家鄉的民謠般撫慰著守護自然的灰熊人靈魂‧ I wouldn’t want to compare myself any further to Treadwell, as he was obviously pretty bonkers, but I wanted to try to find a way of understanding him rather than making fun of him. His relationships with animals and the grizzly bears were on the level of a child–pretending to understand the animals, to be one himself, and idealistically believing that they are nobler than humans. And in this idealistic and child-like way, he indeed came closer to the grizzlies than anyone probably in human history, just as he claims on his own footage. Although of course the question is raised in the film: perhaps grizzlies should simply be respected and left at a distance, rather than tried to be related to ourselves. That Timothy lived alongside grizzlies as long as he did attests not only to his craziness, but also to his ability to really understand them quite accurately. It is unfortunate that Treadwell couldn’t put this ability for intelligent empathy to use on himself or on his society. I was thinking that instead of going into the wilderness and becoming one with the grizzlies, how much more interesting of an endeavor might it have been for him to take his camera and camp out downtown with the homeless, and interview them and record their lives and show his footage to children in classrooms as he did with grizzlies–and thus to humanize and make relatable the lives of the homeless to that of ordinary people. By that, I’m not saying that I don’t think grizzlies are important nor deserving of understanding. But Timothy Treadwell’s reasons for going to the grizzlies were not simply because he loved bears–he was attempting to escape himself, to escape his society, to escape humanity, as it were. And it’s fairly apparent from his footage that he does none of this. All of his problems he takes with him. He uses the bears to give his life meaning, he uses their danger and wildness to feel alive. And so eventually, they take his life. Because not bears, not cameras, not the wilderness can save him from himself. The greatest of battles is within. When you can truly understand yourself, then there is no need to become a grizzly bear. 
「謝謝你們願意做我的朋友，我愛你們，我會為你們而死！」 by 提姆崔德威爾
灰熊人 GRIZZLY MAN
97分鐘，2005，35mm
擁抱瘋狂，記錄生命的邊界
日舞影展評審團特別獎、美國導演公會紀錄片傑出導演成就獎
橫掃紐約、芝加哥、洛杉磯、多倫多、舊金山等各大影評人協會 最佳紀錄片
業餘野生動物保護人士提姆崔德威爾十三年來，每年都到阿拉斯加的卡特邁國家公園拜訪他喜愛的灰熊，他甚至自詡是灰熊家族的成員，名為「巧克力」的灰熊更是他的最愛，人與獸之間親近地讓人難以置信。但是自然有它的界限，野生動物也有人類無法理解的行為，一場幾乎命中註定的意外發生，奪去提姆和女友愛咪的性命，但更讓人難以承受的是，生死之間，提姆的DV攝影機是開著的…。荷索從這捲帶子為創作起點，利用提姆自拍的一百小時錄相素材，開始追尋愛心與瘋狂的邊界。
http://j-ent.com.tw/herzog/grizzly_man.htm 荷索經典影展
http://www.grizzlymanmovie.com/grizzly.html Official Web of Grizzly Man
http://bubbler.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/on-grizzly-man/ Manderson's feelings on Grizzly Man
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006...5:35 pm
I watched Grizzly Man the other night. It really is an interesting tale, of a man with a lot of issues who can’t find peace in human society or within himself, so he pretends to be a “friend” of grizzly bears, and even to be a grizzly bear himself. He records nature, the bears and other animals, as well as uses the camera to explore himself, relentlessy. His use of the camera is of course first and foremost an extension of a tool of the naturalist, recording and cataloging the behaviors of his subjects. But he himself becomes a subject, as he vents, raves, and discusses his reasons for being with the grizzlies, posing as a hero, a protector of the bears.
Timothy Treadwell obviously had a lot of issues. But I was just thinking of the similarity of his endeavor to that of any creator or artist–to go into the “wilderness,” to find material in extreme solitude, even while almost narcissistically recording and play-acting to an invisible audience. I do the same with this very blog. To create a new version of myself outside of the bounds of my society.
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