This may be an upsetting post to sensitive readers: be forewarned.
I am a little late to the party, as this movie was produced years ago, but I just finished watching Grizzly Man, which is Werner Herzog's documentary of Timothy Treadwell, a self-appointed expert on ferocious bears in the Alaskan wilderness. Treadwell's desire was to become one with "the bear." It is a true exercise in wish fulfillment, for that is exactly what he eventually got, and I can't help but feel both sadness and anger at Treadwell.
The documentary is partially narrated by Herzog, in a slow and ponderous German accent. It's a great accent for when Herzog breaks in and comments on the action. When Treadwell gets in front of his camera (he videoed his work with the bears) and breaks into a manic rant, there is a voiceover of Herzog saying, "I haff seen this behavior before, on movie sets." Herzog has a pleasant, if serious, voice which lends itself to documentary film -making.
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