The documentary thread

[weirdnjfan1]

I threw Bigger, Faster, Stronger in my queue on Netflix. It's about America and out obsession with steroid use.

[Biff15]

There is also a cocaine cowboys II.

...anyone know if this is worth watching?

cocaine cowboys still kicks my ass everytime i watch it...

[1M]

...anyone know if this is worth watching?

cocaine cowboys still kicks my ass everytime i watch it...

totally different from the first one. this ones kinda cheesy..

[hermbros]

totally different from the first one. this ones kinda cheesy..

had a few good laughs though

[jeepster]

DiG!

Tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre; and Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols; dissecting their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Both are hell-bent on staging a self-proclaimed revolution of the music industry. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers--and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business--how each handles his stab at success is where the relationship frays and burns.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5713941098825043515

[comaeternal]

cocaine cowboys II is alright the animations made it cheesy. It was alright not as interesting as the first one. Get it of demonoid

[Advantage]

Does anyone know where to get / download / view Prigent's Louis Vuitton Documentary?

Been looking for ages

[SamG]

found DiG! really interesting, i must admit that i'd never heard of BJTM and only noticed the Dandy Warhols post vodafone advert. Very interesting backstory.

[SamG]

this thread become deaded.

Trials Of Henry Kissinger

Insightful look into the devil by proxy himself, only dawned on me watching this that diplomacy is ultimately purely based around self interest.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2815881561030958784&ei=AiwYSY7KN5bC2gKwye3ADQ&q=henry+kissinger&hl=en&dur=3

OUTFOXED : Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Very enlightening documentary focusing on the right wing propaganda tool which is fox news.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1315719834301238577&ei=5i0YSYPpDY2A2wLJmOXBDQ&q=murdoch+rupert&dur=3

[dgsmigliani]

How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer

An amazing documentary based on the trivial myth of '6 degrees of separation' ... And how it could actually benefit society, from curing cancer to forecasting trends in the financial market.

I must admit it is a very interesting doc.

MP4 | WMV

[jack napier]

I just watched Žižek!

I would highly recommend this, if for nothing else but the first few minutes.

It's on google video.

Edit: this is supposed to be a trailer, but I haven't watched it.

http://www.zizekthemovie.com/sightsandsounds/trailer.mov

[ihateroflcopter]

hell house

Hell Houses are a distinctly American phenomenon which began in 1990 just outside of Dallas, at the Trinity Assembly of God Church. The original Hell House was conceived as a modern-day fire-and-brimstone sermon. Today, this religious ceremony of sorts is replete with actors, extensive lighting equipment and full audio-visual tech crews. Inside the Hell House, tour guides dressed as demons take visitors from room to room to view depictions of school massacres, date rape, AIDS-related deaths, fatal drunk driving crashes, and botched abortions. Hell Houses have now spread to hundreds of churches worldwide. With full access to the behind-the-scenes action, HELL HOUSE follows the process from the first script meeting until the last of the 10,000 visitors passes through the Hell House doors. The movie gives a verite window into the whole process of creating this over-the-top sermon, while showing an intimate portrait of the people who fervently believe its message. The film also features a score by Bubba and Matthew Kadane, formerly of the band Bedhead.

...awesome.

i also really enjoyed jesus camp, which was mentioned earlier.

[ledger]

digging up an old thread,but anyone got any good docus they have watched recently(on ze internwebs of course).

fancy watching something of interest.

[keska]

BBCs Brain story 6 part documentary is good for anyone interested in neuroscience

Brain Story

1) All in the Mind 2) In the Heat of the Moment 3) The Mind's Eye 4) First Among Equals 5) Growing the Mind 6) The Final Mystery

Why do we think and feel as we do? For years man has sought to understand the workings of the mind. Now, with advances in modern-day technology and developments in neuroscience, a whole new world of brain research is opening up. Understanding our minds is becoming a reality. Guided by top neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Brain Story attempts to answer the question "What is my mind and who am I?" We talk to philosophers, clinicians, neurosurgeons and their patients to discover quite what a finely balanced and complex machine the brain is.

Episode 1: All in the Mind

Susan Greenfield explains why she believes all aspects of human experience will eventually be explained in terms of the physical processes of the brain. The story of how we have gradually come to understand the astonishing complexity of the brain is revealed, from the earliest crude studies of the effects of brain injury, through to the latest insights from direct stimulation of specific areas in patients undergoing brain surgery whilst wide awake. Is it possible that our most spiritual feelings are merely the result of electrical activity in the temporal lobe?

Episode 2: In the Heat of the Moment

Where do emotions come from? Why do they feel so different from thoughts? Susan Greenfield looks at some of the old attempts to explain emotion in terms of brain areas and explains why she believes the answer must lie in the biochemistry of the brain – all the hundreds of chemical neurotransmitters which bathe the nerves.

Episode 3: The Mind’s Eye

The illusion of vision. It feels as though we open our eyes and just see what’s out there, but the more we learn about the brain’s visual system, the further it seems this is from the truth. Patients who can’t see movement or recognize faces, reveal the tricks and short cuts the brain uses to construct an illusion of reality. Is the brain making up so much of what we think we’re seeing that vision is really just dreaming with your eyes open?

Episode 4: First Among Equals

What is it about brains that has put us in charge of the planet? Were have humans’ unique linguistic abilities come from? Are there special structures in our brains which no other animals possess? Or is it possible that our sophisticated rich cultures are merely the result of having larger brains? Susan Greenfield explains why she believes we are truly just big-brained chimps.

Episode 5: Growing the Mind

The changes in the brain during the growth and development of a baby into an adult are explored. Susan Greenfield looks at how little of the fine structure of our brains is predetermined at birth, how the connections between nerves are constantly changing in response to what we encounter in the outside world. She explains her view that learning, memory and even the process of becoming a unique individual, should all be seen as a restless brain adapting minute by minute to the environment it encounters. Life is about how the world leaves its mark on us.

Episode 6: The Final Mystery

How do our brains generate consciousness? We take it for granted that the brain makes being alive feel the way it does, but there’s no reason why it should.The brain is made of the same biological ingredients as the rest of the body, and yet somehow it manages to generate the indescribable phenomenon of consciousness. Consciousness is far more than just being able to imagine; it’s a whole extra dimension. Susan Greenfield explains why she believes that the

existence of a private world of experiences and feelings, is actually more extraordinary than the fact that living things evolved at all. She explores how we are finally taking the first steps towards understanding this tantalising paradox, and the implications for our view of ourselves as something more than complex machines.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=brain+story&emb=0&aq=f#

[octo]

This is a very good documentary called Union, about Marijuana and Hemp and other issues such as the privatization of U.S. prisons for profit, the use of criminal law for the basis of public health and the crooked pharmaceutical industry . It has alot of good info and things I had never thought of or heard before. It's a little bit long but its really worth it to watch the whole thing. Watch it, it will make you think.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6594320551222952318&ei=wLdJSZ6JFoSa-wGZgZ28Cg&q=union&dur=3

[eean]

even though its very much an avant garde/early doc classic. i can watch and enjoy vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera" anytime

[sendepause]

Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa

Also known as Godspeed you Black emperor. (yup, this is where BYBE got their name).

Black and white docu about a japanese motorcycle gang.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261555/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbV_K30Wno

Actually hard to come across.

Lektionen in Finsternis

This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames. In contrast to the common documentary film there are no comments and few interviews. What must have been the hell itself is presented to the viewer in such beautiful sights and beautiful music that one has to be fascinated by it. The German title translates 'lessons in darkness'.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104706/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBNSTaSy1c

[sendepause]

Part of the Weekend Never Dies

Rockumentary about the brothers Dewaele. They became a worldwide phenomenon through Soulwax and 2manydj's.

It's realy kick ass. A long time since i enjoyed a music documentary so much.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224448/

[octo]

Why We Fight describes the rise and maintenance of the United States military-industrial complex and its fifty-year involvement with the wars led by the United States to date, especially its 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The documentary asserts that in every decade since World War II, the American public was told a lie, so that the Government (incumbent Administration) could take them to war and fuel the military-industrial economy maintaining American political dominance in the world.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=9219858826421983682&ei=RM1gSdr9FKGG_AHWk827Cg&q=why+we+fight&hl=en

[narutofan]

WACO: The Rules of Engagement

part 1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4298137966377572665

part 2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1755692679103175934

one of my favorites..

[octo]

^^^^ Sounds pretty good

[comaeternal]

This is a very good documentary called Union, about Marijuana and Hemp and other issues such as the privatization of U.S. prisons for profit, the use of criminal law for the basis of public health and the crooked pharmaceutical industry . It has alot of good info and things I had never thought of or heard before. It's a little bit long but its really worth it to watch the whole thing. Watch it, it will make you think.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6594320551222952318&ei=wLdJSZ6JFoSa-wGZgZ28Cg&q=union&dur=3

This is really worth a watch for sure.

[sayocean]

Loose Change 9-11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yx9NRX37SM

Alex Jones - End Games

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261

[mis]

Bigger stronger faster: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/

About steroid use

Planet bboy:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770796/

About the battle of the year competition 2005 and breakdancing in general

Man on Wire:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/

Pretty well known

Religulous:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/

Bill Maher goes around debunking religion. There are some really funny bits in here.

I thought zeitgeist was pretty interesting if you watch it with a pinch of salt, The second zeitgeist movie, Zeitgeist addendum, was easily one of the worst films I've ever watch in my life.

[sendepause]

Bigger stronger faster: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/

About steroid use

Planet bboy:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770796/

About the battle of the year competition 2005 and breakdancing in general

Man on Wire:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/

Pretty well known

Going to check these. Realy sound interesting.

[letken]

The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16624626sa9ZpGsT

A look into the world of male host clubs in Japan which explores how an industry which exploits love, need, and loneliness thrives.

[trees]

Television Personalities short documentary

[mrjuby]

dj screw: the untold story. for those that dont read the what are you watching thread.

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has anyone seen doug pray's big rig? he also made scratch and infamy which were really good. and i read somewhere that buck 65 did the music.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462197/

[cernunnos]

I hugely recommend to all Americans "the civil war" documentary series by Ken Burns. I'm not an American but I grew quite fond of Robert Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Nathan Bedford Forrest, U.S. Grant and W.T.Sherman after these series. They certainly stand on the higher level than any modern politician. True elite of the race of men.

[showbiz00ditc]

Looking forward to Made in America: Bloods and Crips

done by Sacey Peralta (see Dogtown and Z-boys)

trailers on youtube

supposed to be dropping end of this month

Also Lo-Lifes (polo rl rockin gangs back in the early 90s)