Grizzly Man May 17, 2008

THE WERNER HERZOG SERIES CONTINUES

Werner Herzog rose to prominence in the 1970s as a central figure in the New German Cinema movement along with Rainer Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorf, Margarethe von Trotta, Wim Wenders and others looking for a more personal cinema. Beginning with such heralded films as AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD and WOYZECK, Herzog's career in the decades since has been distinguished by a continuing fascination with characters possessed by a unique vision, their escapades set against hauntingly powerful landscapes—from the Amazon jungle to the Sahara Desert to the Antarctic tundra. Herzog has said, "It is the human soul that is visible through the landscapes presented in my films." He has also characteristically disregarded the distinction between narrative film and documentary in pursuit of a more profound truth: "Through invention, through imagination, through fabrication, I become more truthful than the little bureaucrats." Herzog has transcended the New German Cinema movement to become—as Milos Forman, Francois Truffaut and many other fellow filmmakers have asserted—one of the great cinema artists of our era.

GRIZZLY MAN
US 2005 / Director: WERNER HERZOG
FRI MAY 16 / 9:15 PM / WHITSELL AUDITORIUM
SAT MAY 17 / 7:00 PM / WHITSELL AUDITORIUM
In the fall of 2003, grizzly bear activist Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend were mauled and killed by one of the bears that he swore to protect. Herzog combines self-shot video left by Treadwell with interviews of those who knew him, presenting a man whose fate was not only inevitable but perhaps also, as one interviewee asserts, deserved. (103 min)

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