02-26-2006, 08:42 PM
IMO, the man appeared to be somewhat mentally ill. Probably Bi-Polar or hypomanic. There's a brief statement by a friend earlier in the film where she recalls he went to a psychiatrist who prescribed meds and Treadwell's response to them was something like "i can't handle being the middle ground...I have to have the highs and the lows." That is CLASSIC Bi-Polar logic for not taking meds. The filming seemed to show both extremes - from his grandiosity to his intense sadness.
I thought the director / filmmaker was brilliant in his depiction and his commentary.
as far as "tragic and sad and he got perhaps, what he wanted, or, what he deserved"...nobody deserves to be mauled and eaten alive by a bear - certainly not treadwell. Was what happened to him a surprise? Of course not. But he didn't *deserve* it. That's cold..
kiva
I thought the director / filmmaker was brilliant in his depiction and his commentary.
as far as "tragic and sad and he got perhaps, what he wanted, or, what he deserved"...nobody deserves to be mauled and eaten alive by a bear - certainly not treadwell. Was what happened to him a surprise? Of course not. But he didn't *deserve* it. That's cold..
kiva