Ella's Notebook II

為什麼說是最後的假期呢？因為下禮拜開始，艾拉又要開始上班族的生活囉...
總是世事多變化...

昨天泡在家中看沙發電影，看了一部紀錄片「灰熊人 Grizzly Man」，故事是記載美國一位知名的反文明的動物狂人Timothy Treadwell，以保護灰熊之名居住在阿拉斯加的山林之間長達13年，他終日和灰熊與狼生活在一起，並將過程拍攝成許多的紀錄影片。雖然Timothy熱愛這些灰熊，以融入灰熊的生活為榮，並以灰熊的朋友自居，最終卻還是讓自己連同女友一起活生生地被灰熊給吞噬。
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印象最深刻的是德國導演Werner Herzog的這兩段話：

What haunts me is that in all the faces of the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret of the bear. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food. But for Timothy Treadwell this bear was a friend, a savior.

Treadwell is gone. The argument how wrong or how right he was disappears into a distance into a fog. What remains is his footage. And while we watch the animals in their joys of being in their grace and ferociousness, a thought becomes more and more clear. That is not so much a look at wild nature. As it is an insight into ourselves, our nature. And that, for me, beyond his mission, gives meaning to his life and to his death.

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Timothy 以為可愛或神秘的灰熊，其實是將人視為食物、飢餓時甚至會將自己骨肉生吞活剝的殘忍動物，動物們極其簡單的生活固然令人嚮往，然而他們所揭示的自然卻是一另個極其殘酷、野蠻的現實，相較於人類的文明，這是兩個世界，有著清楚的界線，如果人們想將自然與文明做連結，也只能在我們自己的心中，灰熊不會懂，就像導演所說的，那雙看似深情的空洞眼眸，除了對食物的興趣之外，也就一無所有了。 人間的事物總不若表面所見的或所能想的，可不是嗎 ?

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