crackerjack
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he seems to admire/be fascinated by those who can tame nature to some extent (eg Fitzcarraldo), even if, as you say, they ultimately fail in the face of its strength and unpredictability (Treadwell getting mauled by the bear).
That's certainly how I saw it. The best part of Rescue dawn (which I enjoyed) isn't the escape or the imprisonment, it's the long schlep thru the jungle to god knows where, peeling leeches off his body etc etc. Likewise with Aguirre, although it's notionally about greed, it's nature that kills him, right? (I mean, I know it's little men in the jungle with their blowpipes, but you get my drift - they represent something that can't be tamed or conquered).
I was expecting more of the same with Grizzly Man, but it just felt like a shitty little Channel 5 doc called the Man Who Fantasised About Bears.