February 25, 2006
Hidden Satire
Last night, I went over to a friend's house where we watched a movie called
Grizzly Man. This movie is HILARIOUS. But I don't know if they meant for it to be funny.
It's about this failed actor, hippie named Timothy Treadwell. For 13 years, this guy would go live in the Alaskan wilderness with grizzly bears. Mind you, he's not a scientist or an expert in animal behavior. He's a shreaking, foolish failed actor guy. And he gets eaten by bears.
The movie is written, directed and narrated by allegedly famous German directory Werner Herzog. He seems to try to present Treadwell and his associates as positively as possible, but they really are a bunch of crazies, moonbats, and drama queens. And his own skepticism about the validity of their ideas, causes, and even mental state comes ringing through.
Throughout the film, I fully expected Parker Posey to show up and freak out. "This isn't a bumble bee! This is a bear in a bumble bee costume!!"
Go watch this movie because it's funny. But I will warn you that it is a huge let down. By the end of the film, you'll be very excited to see the guy get eaten by bears, but that part isn't on film. Apparently, the lens cap was left on the camera, so there is only audio and they don't play the audio on the movie.
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Apparently, the lens cap was left on the camera, so there is only audio and they don't play the audio on the movie.
A failed actor and apparently not a very good cameraman either.
Posted by: Jim at February 26, 2006 03:37 AM (oqu5j)
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I watched it, and heartily recommended it at my blog. I saw nothing remotely amusing about any of it. It's one of the most deeply horrifying things I ever saw, for two reasons: "It just sickens me that anyone might regard this person as anything but what he was, and; what he was was a bona fide lunatic."
Treadwell was completely out of his mind, and he was out of his mind in a culture that makes
stars out of people that far out of their minds, in that particular direction.
There is nothing funny about this.
Posted by: Billy Beck at February 26, 2006 05:26 AM (AJDUJ)
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He really was a lunatic and that's funny. You're right, though: the scary part is that people really did bring him into classrooms with children and allowed him to speak as if he were an expert and not a crazy person.
But the film didn't play that aspect of his life up very much. Mostly, it focused on these crazy people who were saying and doing crazy things. And he died because of his stupidity.
The things he says and does are so ridiculous. It's impossible for me to imagine, based on the film, how anyone could take him seriously at all. I asked up to the very, very end if maybe the film wasn't a mockumentary. I even came home and looked on the internet just to make sure it was real.
If humor is the response to the metaphysically insignificant, this man's life and his death -- particularly has portrayed in the movie -- definitely qualify.
Posted by: Trey Givens at February 26, 2006 05:45 AM (+u0lU)
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I remember his interview with Letterman. The guy was a total nutjob, and Letterman said something about how we'd all read about his death someday.
Posted by: Jennifer at February 26, 2006 06:14 PM (SC29x)
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February 08, 2006
Who Do I Have to Set on Fire?
So, the mosselmen are burning things down because some Danish newspaper published some cartoons.
I didn't know we were allowed to do that, so my question now is, what do we need to destroy to get Ed, Edd, and Eddie and Camp Lazlo off the air? Because I am offended by those cartoons.
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