Exploiting Death and Misconstrued Messages

People make for their whole lives to prove themselves and their worth, save are often left unrecognized by their actions until afterward remnant. Stories of abnormal deaths seemingly strike people while concurrently attracting them in many ways. In the word picture documentary, Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, with the well-being of hindsight shows how the controversial efforts of Timothy Treadwell were lose until after his death and consequent martyrdom. Herzogs editing and compilation of Treadwells documented films leaves elflike room for accurate, self-representation on Treadwells part and the addition of interviews from friends and family members hightail it to focus more on grieving Treadwells death rather than capitalizing on his message. Herzog acts as an active agent in commandeering Treadwells story to elude his message and decide its significance. \nIn the late 1980s, after passing a action of inebriation and drug addition, Timothy Treadwell persistent to purs ue a life wholly devoted to the trade protection of grizzly bears and the preservation of their habitats. He began what would be a thirteen-year excursion in the Katmai National putting surface and Preserve in Alaska in efforts to save the bears from what he see as a study threat poachers. An article released in the Los Angeles Times, however, argues that poachers disappeared nearly 20 age ago, and that Treadwells claims were a fund-raising stopple (Los Angeles Times). Whether the animals were in true hazard or not, Treadwell believed it was his duty to polish off action, no matter the jeopardy or expect fatality. \nThe film establishes early on that it ends with a fatal outcome, an interesting rhetorical risk used by Herzog, revealing the highly anticipated cliffhanger from the start. The film was released nearly dickens eld after Treadwells death and was edited by combining over lxxxv hours of film footage spanning thirteen years into a mere atomic number 53 hundre d and four legal proceeding (Griz...