Synopsis
Bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell spent a lifetime camping near and among wild bears in the Alaskan wilderness, filming himself to teach others compassion for wild animals. Unfortunately he and his girlfriend were killed by the object of their obsession in 2003. This documentary retraces his final days.
Synopsis
In 1965, Navy pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) crashes in the Laotian jungle, and is taken captive by the local militia. He soon plots an escape with fellow prisoners.
Agurrie, The Wrath of God looks like a documentary, with a constant realism to the cinematography. Director Werner Herzog really did trek his film crew and actors to the jungles of Peru, built rafts that braved the rapids, and yes, all the monkeys clambering about are real and not CGI. The actors faced the danger of disease, famine, and drowning. Kinski wanted to quit halfway through but Herzog threatened to shoot him if he did and then turn the gun on himself. The sense of danger and peril permeates the movie on a basic level.