Grizzly Man is an interesting documentary surrounding the life of a man with a different outlook on what life is. We see a man, Timothy Treadwell, live in the Alaskan wild with many bears. He seems to create a relationship with many of them, being as throughout his tape recordings he can name the bear that is in the scene with him. The way with which he reacts with the bears and wildlife around him seems to match perfectly with Ecofeminism. Timothy's caring nature truly comes out when interacting with the bears and foxes. His voice becomes higher, non-threatening and he tends to be very "motherly" towards what he is talking about, repeating lines like "I love you" over an over to those animals that he cares about. He throws out basic gender roles and takes on the task of being caretaker and protector of those animals around him.
What we find when we get further into the movie is the fact that Timothy seems to pick and choose what he sees as truly majestic about life. He is very hypocritical in thinking this way and somewhat discredits what he is trying to achieve. The scene where he shows the severed bear cub's paw on the rocks and showing hate towards the bears that do this pulls at his psyche and shows Timothy's true want.
We can see two sides to Timothy VERY clearly, and it is somewhat off-putting. There is the side of Timothy that he recorded to obviously edit and show to students or the public, but there is also the side of Timothy that causes some uneasiness within the audience watching. The ease at which he goes from caring, calm voiced documentary maker to ranting, swearing, temper tantrum throwing and self-righteous screaming grizzly man is unsettling. Personally, I find showing that side of him to hinder the validity of Timothy's work.
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