Grizzly Man Documentary Analysis
In the documentary Grizzly Man we can see that the two film makers, Timothy
Treadwell, and Werner Herzong both had a different purpose in the making of this film. For
Timothy Treadwell his purpose was to show the audience the bond between man and grizzlies
but for Werner Herzong his purpose of the film was to show the horrifying truth of a man and
nature. Throughout Treadwell’s footage we can see that he felt a strong connection towards the
grizzlies so much so that he spent 13 summers living with grizzly bears and being as close as an
arms length near an adult grizzly bear. He would assign each grizzly a name and would talk to
them as if they were a human being, saying, “sorry” if he felt that he offended them. For
Treadwell, and Werner Herzong both had a different purpose in the making of this film. For
Timothy Treadwell his purpose was to show the audience the bond between man and grizzlies
but for Werner Herzong his purpose of the film was to show the horrifying truth of a man and
nature. Throughout Treadwell’s footage we can see that he felt a strong connection towards the
grizzlies so much so that he spent 13 summers living with grizzly bears and being as close as an
arms length near an adult grizzly bear. He would assign each grizzly a name and would talk to
them as if they were a human being, saying, “sorry” if he felt that he offended them. For