The documentary thread

[nak soo kaao]

victory is your duty. a pbs documentary on amateur boxing in cuba.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/victory-is-your-duty/full-episode/3436/

[jeepster]

Anyone got a link for "Fuzz: The Sound That Changed the World" ?

Will reward with +rep

[Baeyer-Drewson]

check it jeepster;

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xpnt2_crazy-fuzz_fuzz-th3-sound

[jeepster]

You're Gonna Miss Me

4 part mini-doc on the short and amazing history of The 13th Floor Elevators - too bad its poorly edited, extremely dated, and entirely discombobulated so you never really get much out of it. Interesting watch if you've got some time to kill, though.

[octo]

This is the best documentary ive seen in a while

Carts of Darkness

http://www.nfb.ca/film/carts_of_darkness/

this one is awesome too

http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/archive/2008-jul-20.html

enjoy

[JTSO23]

Just saw Grizzly Man. Werner Herzog did a great job.

[juliaN.]

haven't seen too many documentaries, need to watch more

out of the ones i have, favorite is Cocksucker Blues

shame this shit will never see DVD release

[weirdnjfan1]

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.

I just saw Man on A Wire about a week ago and saw Bigger, Faster, Stronger* about a month ago.

Man on a wire was just dope, because the people who were involved weren't afraid to tell what they did and also weren't afraid to talk about what was going on in their minds while they were planing this.

Bigger, Faster, Stronger* was just a dope look on how steroids have changed our perspective on what is right and wrong and I will say that it is scary.

[siq tribal brah]

caught this on HBO one night and just couldn't bring myself to change the channel.

Dirty Driving

http://www.bloggernews.net/118646

couldn't find a stream of it, but it is out on DVD

[Orion]

I didn't look to see if anyone posted this yet, but Dark Days is really good. It's amazing that this whole other civilization exists underneath us...

[Orion]

Just saw Grizzly Man. Werner Herzog did a great job.

This one was weird for me. Herzog did a really good job of putting the events together, but Tredwell was so goddamn obnoxious I couldn't take the film seriously. I think it worked for the movie that they didn't play the audio of his death, but I kind of wanted to hear it still...

[Baeyer-Drewson]

haven't seen too many documentaries, need to watch more

out of the ones i have, favorite is Cocksucker Blues

shame this shit will never see DVD release

Care to give some details? Title is interesting but I don't want to google it since I'm at work

[hooks]

Just watched Man On Wire last night, I was pretty good. I didn't love the ending, even though its real life. The relationship between the characters just dissolves, It was kinda sad.

Definitely worth watching though, the heist angle made this documentary.

Has anyone seen Style Wars? about Graffiti culture in the late 70's to early 80's. I think thats next on my list, after I finish midterms

[034936]

there's some amazing fucking footage in Man on Wire. i really enjoyed it.

[chromesquared]

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.

Here is a This American Life episode with a piece on the above mentioned Hell Houses.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=925

Also, a couple of rec's

Pedal (trailer):

9/11: The falling man (whole vid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXnA9FjvLSU

Root of all Evil (here is part 1):

EDIT: Also Fog of War: http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media: http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/manufacturing_consent.php

Torturing Democracy (full streaming vid): http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/torturingdemocracy/program/

Also, Planet Bboy, Grizzly Man, and The Bridge are all great!

[cernunnos]

Journey to the Edge of the Universe. Entertaining, educating and very beautiful.

[octo]

Just watched 3/4s Grizzly Man tonight, He his seriously fucked up in the head. The documentary is really interesting but I find that the director is really shitty. Some of the interviews really seem like the people talking are actors and there are some really bad reenactments (like when the coroner is talking and there's a bodybag with someone in it besides him). Anyways, I think Timothy Treadwell was doing more harm to the bears than good and that he was a selfish man for intruding on the bears like he did.

[sunkenshoes]

Has anyone seen Style Wars? about Graffiti culture in the late 70's to early 80's. I think thats next on my list, after I finish midterms

That's a must. It's the best documentary i've ever seen.

[comaeternal]

wats goood

[jeepster]

It MIght Get Loud is gonna be dope

[soap]

It MIght Get Loud is gonna be dope

Saw this and I liked it a lot, one of my favorites from Hot Docs (being a guitar player made me partial i suppose).

I loved The Cove also, a must watch.

Oh and you have to see Best Worst Movie, and then view Troll 2 if you haven't already...just amazing

[jeepster]

The Cove made me almost cry

and got me laid

needless to say, I really like that documentary.

[fearitself]

Here is a This American Life episode with a piece on the above mentioned Hell Houses.

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media: http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/manufacturing_consent.php

I don't know if it is online but Manufacturing Dissent is a pretty good documentary, it is an anti Michael Moore documentary but really changed the way I view his movies.

[LazySamurai]

This is my first post ever here and I hope you guys can help.

I'm enamored with fashion documentaries, and I've watched nearly all of them but one. Yohji Yamamoto's This is My Dream. I can't find it anywhere. Seriously, its almost as if it does not exist.

If you guys can give me a suggestion I'd love it. Buy it, stream it, download it, whatever at this point I just want to see it. I've checked all of the usual suspects including the documentaries website in an attempt to download it or watch it or buy it but to no avail.

Peace

LazySamurai

[Mr.Black]

Kill Your Idols (2004)

A documentary on thirty years of alternative NYC rock 'n roll.

 

 

Sonic Youth is in it.

 

http://www.thecinema...dols_Poster.jpg

[dirty.]

Watched these at Hot Docs, which is the Canadian international documentary film festival.

 

Rent-A-Family Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Unclaimed 

 

While working in Southeast Asia, a war torn veteran of the Vietnam War discovers a mysterious man claiming to be an American MIA and so begins his struggle to prove the lost soldier's identity and reunite him with his family.

 

Edited May 26, 2013 by dirty.

[Rob060]

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

 

i first saw that while taking a documentary film class in college. that was a little bit before cinematic orchestra did their own sound track for it. the original music was decent enough, but i really like the cinematic orchestra version too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iey9YIbra2U

[TruMoo]

Edited June 11, 2013 by TruMoo

[Vampyrvargfesten]

bumping thread

 

what are good documentaries on the cyberpunk genre?

i know there's a number of them out there... which ones are worth watching?

[bfan]

not a documentary, but legowelt apparently runs this cyberpunk ezine:

 

http://www.shadowwolf.net/

 

"CYBERSPACE is not facebook, twitter, LinkedIn or your google+ 

prison which scans every fart you make to sell you more useless stuff you 
don't need for your consumer selfie "look at me I am so happy" lifestyle.
CYBERSPACE extends all over the place, lightyears removed from your 
lolcatz and facebook likes...a transcendental hyperreality matrix
from seedy little corners only visited by enlightened freaks to an infinite
world of clandestine knowledge that extends into infinity without CONTROL

"