Herzog

Just a couple of days back I came across a letter addressed to a German Director Herzog. The letter fueled an interest in his films and more so because his new film "Encounters at the end of the world" was on Alaska which seemed like the next best film to watch after 'Into the wild . The more I read and the more I discovered about this creative,passionate genius of a film maker, his documentaries/films on vast and varied subjects I wanted to watch his films.

'Grizzly Man' was my first introduction to his works . It's about Treadwell, who spent 13years in the wilderness as a self proclaimed protector of Grizzlies and had a tragic end at the very place and in the hands of the very animal he was protecting. The movie doesn't try to pass a judgment on whether Treadwell was right/wrong in his choice of heading to the wild and opting to protect the Grizzlies but it was made more as a reflection of what lead him there or why some people choose to take a different route.Something similar to what Christopher McCandless or even the Croc Hunter choose to do. It's as Herzog says in the film "its not so much as look into wild nature as it as an insight into ourselves our nature" .



If you haven't watched his movies yet, go ahead and find them in the library/store nearby. I am eagerly awaiting for the DVD release of 'Encounters at the end of the world' and also the DVD set I have ordered.

I will be watching two of his other films later this week -'The White Diamond' and 'The Blue Yonder'.

More on Herzog here.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Just checked out "Grizzly Man" at imdb. Thanks for the tip!
10:15 PM
Anuradha said…
Hey Aditya: Watch the movie if you get a chance.. I also watched a couple of his other films which were very nice,very different.
9:51 AM
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