Herzog opens an emotionally moving story of a man connecting with nature with hopes to protect in order to preserve. However, often time the interviews felt staged as people look awkwardly out of frame, as if expecting instructions from the filmmaker on how to react. Many scenes that try to draw on sadness offer a melodramatic undertone, enforcing the idea of scripted and constructed scenarios. Unlike, Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls who stars in the show Man vs. Wild, Treadwell shows a love and understanding with these creatures. The show Man vs. Wild documents Bear Grylls adventures in the harshest climates and terrains for the purpose of proving humans’ survival with the bare minimum. Yet, Treadwell’s purpose was not for entertainment and this is proven by his rage and contempt towards park authorities and the government showing a darker side of Timothy that differs from the maternal gestures motioned towards the animals within the park. The subtle hints of his obsessive behaviours exhibits through Timothy’s regards for taking the perfect shot and the nervous fixing of his hair as it hung in his face. Yet, the life Timothy lived left a legacy and captured parts of nature that could neither be constructed nor