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I also recommend this documentary on the construction of the HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship. In this era, a ship of the line was the most sophisticated thing on the planet. In this one, Julius Caesar builds a bridge to impress some barbarians. Baron Bifford fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Aug 28, 2013 |
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This is a 45 minute documentary about income inequality and the failure of Neo-Liberalism in general. INSIDE NEW ZEALAND: Mind the Gap exmarx fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Aug 31, 2013 |
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# ? Aug 29, 2013 12:07 |
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I got the first disc from Netflix, God or the Girl and made it through 1 1/2 episodes. Skip this one. It followed 4 young American guys who are deciding to become Catholic priests or not. I just couldn't get into it, one had him and his christian frat outside of abortion clinics and strip clubs praying and that was annoying. He was of the opinion that he was right and pure and not a complete rear end in a top hat who deep down needs to grow the hell up. One guy didn't even have a girl so I don't know what the gently caress that was about, he had a German exchange student flirtation going on from high school and went to Germany to see the pope and was a complete pussy about meeting up with her at which point she bailed. Oh and he was 28, which means he's kept in contact with her for 10+ years and kept that flame burning only to be ambivalent about calling her there for 3 days. They were all pretty intensely deciding but most were pretty egotistical about their way being the right way. It felt like a good family show for anyone on Fox News, maybe outside of my own culture I would have enjoyed more. http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/God-or-the-Girl/70050607?strkid=1117987905_0_0&strackid=37001a5993885c45_0_srl&trkid=222336
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Errol Morris is doing another Interrotron documentary, this time with Donald Rumsfeld. I'm hoping Morris gets him to at least indirectly admit his fuckup, like with McNamara. Probably not though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NptUMuDAljA
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Does anyone know anything about Adam Curtis' Everything is Going According to Plan? I can't seem to find anything about it beyond the initial festival presentation. Is it planned to be released as a standalone film at all?
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MRC48B posted:Errol Morris is doing another Interrotron documentary, this time with Donald Rumsfeld. That loving smile he gives at the end.
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:For those who enjoy Connections and James Burke, there's an awesome YouTube channel for him: https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeWeb Thanks for this--I loved watching Connections as a kid, and they're even better to watch now that I'm older and understand more of what the shows were about.
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mod sassinator posted:Thanks for this--I loved watching Connections as a kid, and they're even better to watch now that I'm older and understand more of what the shows were about. It sometimes hurts my brain to think that TLC used to have great programming like Connections 2 and now runs poo poo like honey boo boo.
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Serving Life Plot Summary Actor Forest Whitaker narrates the story of a group of inmate volunteers who staff their own hospice inside a maximum security prison in Louisiana where the average sentence is more than 90 years. Incredible and a bit sad if you believe people can change. There isn't much to add to the summary. I couldn't fix it but our prison system is sort of messed up. Watching the two brothers interact when the youngest started dying was brutal. Its impossible for me to imagine Ropes4u fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Ropes4u posted:Serving Life i suggested this on the last page. it was so good but it kind of messed with my heart
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:For those who enjoy Connections and James Burke, there's an awesome YouTube channel for him: https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeWeb Wow, major flashbacks here. I was watching these videos back in 2009, then all of a sudden everything got stripped out of the channel. Major let down. So thank you. If you enjoy bleak, depressing documentaries, I suggest Death and the Civil War on Netflix, by Ric Burns. Seeing movies/documentaries about the Civil War always had me question about the what/how regarding the corpses, as they were so numerous. This documentary addresses this question but much more, like how the idea of death was culturally altered "thanks" to this war. I could not get through it, though, way too dark. On a brighter note, I also went through the three-episosode documentary called Prohibition by Ken Burns. The storytelling begins as far as in the mid-1800s, thus covers pre, during and (a little) post-prohibition eras. I highly recommend it to history freaks.
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Pilli posted:If you enjoy bleak, depressing documentaries, I suggest Death and the Civil War on Netflix, by Ric Burns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drroLo4DCTQ
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MRC48B posted:Errol Morris is doing another Interrotron documentary, this time with Donald Rumsfeld. Whoa. If anything, this is the one guy you want doing this. Morris doesn't stop interviews until he feels he's finished. Mr. Death was one 14-hour interview.
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That's the one indeed, thanks for putting the link for those interested.
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Here's something interesting: a 1981 documentary about the DeLorean. It's basically a hype machine for the car, but it's interesting as an artifact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sueqDrq9VBw
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Anyone have some good crime docs online? I have Canadian Netflix and there's slim pickings. I like murder documentaries in particular, but not full of dramatic reenactments.
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You should watch Dear Zachary. It's also on YouTube.
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Toriori posted:Anyone have some good crime docs online? I have Canadian Netflix and there's slim pickings. I like murder documentaries in particular, but not full of dramatic reenactments. There's a pretty good series on Canadian Netflix on the history of the Mafia.
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Toriori posted:Anyone have some good crime docs online? I have Canadian Netflix and there's slim pickings. I like murder documentaries in particular, but not full of dramatic reenactments. Not sure if it's on the CA site, but The Thin Blue Line is a good one.
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mod sassinator posted:Not sure if it's on the CA site, but The Thin Blue Line is a good one. It's a really great documentary, with a pretty amazing story overall (including its effects), but it does have reenactments. They're not ones where people say lines, and they're not really cheesy, but still. e: looking at netflix, a good recent crime doc is the nearly unbelievable The Imposter, one by Werner Herzog called Into the Abyss (which I haven't seen) about the aftermath of a murder, Brother's Keeper by the guys who did the West Memphis docs (which I also haven't seen, but have heard is good). And I am completely hooked on the TV series The First 48, which follows actual homicide detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder (after which, it's said, the chances of solving a murder decline by more than 50%). It shows interrogations, arrests, confessions, and sometimes the case is solved in 30 minutes. nocal fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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Popelmon posted:You should watch Dear Zachary. It's also on YouTube. You monster.
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I honestly can't watch First 48.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I honestly can't watch First 48. Because it's too good?
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I find it really, really depressing, like moreso than any crime show.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I find it really, really depressing, like moreso than any crime show. There's something very desperate about it all. I don't mean the show is trying to hard or anything like that, but it really hammers home how important those first hours are and how in a lot of cases it's just a lost cause. You also realise how people are willing to kill someone over some of pettiest poo poo.
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Yep, it's those exact two things. People will kill each other over 250 dollars, people will kill each other because they suspect you may have seen them selling drugs, people will kill you because they think you're talking to their girlfriend.
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The Human Experience In a world fraught with hostility and violence, an altruistic group of young men endeavor to understand the true essence of the human spirit by visiting forgotten souls such as homeless New Yorkers, Peruvian orphans and isolated Ghanian lepers. By spotlighting heartwarming stories from around the world, this uplifting documentary shows viewers that every single person, no matter his or her lot in life, is beautiful. http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/The-Human-Experience/70138631 Beautiful flick..
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yep, it's those exact two things. People will kill each other over 250 dollars, people will kill each other because they suspect you may have seen them selling drugs, people will kill you because they think you're talking to their girlfriend.
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It's a dispiriting illustration of what poverty does to human dignity. Also, one thing I've always thought was really wild (back when you could make a show like To Catch A Predator and not get sued out of existence) was that they didn't blur out the faces of witnesses, which I think they changed in later seasons.
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nocal posted:And I am completely hooked on the TV series The First 48, which follows actual homicide detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder (after which, it's said, the chances of solving a murder decline by more than 50%). It shows interrogations, arrests, confessions, and sometimes the case is solved in 30 minutes.
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If you want to cry your eyes out watch the Suicide Plan Frontline episode. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
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I'm sure it has been asked somewhere in the last 78 pages, but I am wanting to gear up for Halloween early and watch some good mysterious/paranormal type documentary's. The more plausible the better. I've saw Cropsey, but I may watch it again anyway.
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I finally managed to catch Blackfish and while it's basically Humans Exploiting Sentient Beings for Profit: The Documentary, it's still extremely captivating and really reinforces what amazing animals Orcas are and how lovely SeaWorld is while remaining pretty objective. I highly recommend it.
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Voyager 1 entering interstellar space has me craving space/physics docs, but a lot of stuff is outdated and done at a 5th grade level. Any good recommendations?
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Josh Lyman posted:Voyager 1 entering interstellar space has me craving space/physics docs, but a lot of stuff is outdated and done at a 5th grade level. Any good recommendations? Check out The Universe, it's really good and pretty modern. edit: Oh drat, I guess they don't have it on streaming anymore? That's a bummer. Looks like Amazon video has it free for prime: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Of-The-Sun/dp/B0095KYYV2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1379214574&sr=8-2&keywords=the+universe
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Josh Lyman posted:Voyager 1 entering interstellar space has me craving space/physics docs, but a lot of stuff is outdated and done at a 5th grade level. Any good recommendations? Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe with Brian Cox. I never get tired of re-watching them. They show the Universe and our Solar System so beautifully.
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Check out One Life if you like nature docs. It's charming and quite varied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZlXiXKWTk
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Digital Jedi posted:Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe with Brian Cox. I never get tired of re-watching them. They show the Universe and our Solar System so beautifully.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Because I like the cut of yer jib, here's TV ruined Your Life, an examination by Brooker of how TV has corrupted various concepts of Humanity: Thank you--these are fantastic. I'm sure this has already been recommended but Canadian Netflix currently has Something from nothing: The Art of Rap which is really excellent. I've always liked rap but had no real understanding of it's history and development. The video website [url=http://theartofrap.com/]is here[/u].
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Goosed it. posted:Thank you--these are fantastic. Another good hip hop documentary I recently saw on Netflix instant is Biggie & Tupac, which investigates the story of their rivalry and death. The director is Nick Broomfield and he has a great confrontational yet not confrontational style.
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