Abstract
In its most grotesque irony, Werner Herzog’s documentary Grizzly Man (2005) shows a man literally consumed by the process of self-creation. Timothy Dexter, the conventional suburban Long Island youngster who failed to break into Hollywood and suffered near-fatal substance abuse, recreated himself as Timothy Treadwell, celebrity naturalist and uncanny intimate of Alaskan grizzly bears. Treadwell starred in hours of film that he shot to bring Alaskan bears to life for schoolchildren and nature enthusiasts.
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Farrell, K. (2013). Consumed in the Act: Grizzly Man and Frankenstein. In: Sullivan, D., Greenberg, J. (eds) Death in Classic and Contemporary Film. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276896_6
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