That is no arrow. We just imagine the arrows because we fear them. -Gavin

I was unaware that I would be watching my second Herzog film this semester. I think for some, two Herzog film's may be far too many. However, I digress. For fun, if you can call it that, I watched Aguirre the Wrath of God earlier this semester. One of the themes prevalent in Aguirre is man vs. nature (Already a link to Grizzly Man!). German explorers seeking riches in the 'New World' are consumed by a hostile and chaotic jungle. The jungle seems to bring out the worst in everyone. Where in the eerie lull between battling cannibals and starvation there is betrayal, slavery, and every sin of man conceivable. In the end, Aguirre is left mad with lust and grandiose delusion only to begrudgingly die an untimely death. This is the world of hostility, chaos, and murder that Herzog claims to be the common character of the universe. It is interesting to note that Timothy “finds himself/ his purpose” in nature where as in Aguirre the Wrath of God, man loses himself in nature. I don't claim to know the nature of the universe, but I think in a film like Grizzly Man ,where Herzog and Timothy come together, there is a bittersweet dissonance that seems so right to me. Like a zen type of thing ya know...