Grizzly Man

I have been working a documentary video lately – a change of pace for sure. Most of the skills from still photography transfer, but there so many others required. I have been reading on everything from myth’s role in cinematic storytelling to camera movement, and of course I have been watching documentaries that are supposed to be exemplary.



One that is often suggested is Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, which does in fact own. However, it is not as entertaining as an insightful account of an unhinged nature lover as it is a glut of schadenfruede – a sort of feature lenght “Leave Britney Alone.” Also there are the foxes that break into the subject’s camp and steal his hat. Comedy gold.