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QuiteEasilyDone posted:I'm suprised it hasn't been posted here yet, but may I humbly suggest Quoting this because it's not just Jeremy Clarkson being loud, it's actually a brilliant documentary about a battle nobody really knows about. The balls these guys had, jesus christ.
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QuiteEasilyDone posted:Jeremy Clarkson's The Greatest Raid of All Time Clarkson also made one earlier about the VC in general. The Victoria Cross: For Valour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYKR7vXnyM&feature=PlayList&p=C1F2B7ECB33AB106&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=32 If you think the Operation Chariot guys had brass balls, some of the stories here are of men with balls of steel. And another non-car related. As part of the UK's "Top 100 Britons" Clarkson made one about Isambard Kingdom Brunel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K00xt_cxbI&feature=PlayList&p=A8BF37B0B3A38744&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 BogDew fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Jul 5, 2010 |
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Bantaras posted:Thanks! That was it. I was able to get it at the itunes store for $1.99. I saw Waking Sleeping Beauty today on your advice, it was very good. Lots of highs and lows but there were a lot of great clips and interviews with Michael Eisner, Roy Disney, Frank Wells, etc. I highly recommend it.
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I'm a big fan of freedocumentaries.org, it's one of the best things I've found through stumbleupon. Iraq: The Woman's Story http://freedocumentaries.org/int.php?filmID=367 This particular documentary, as the site explains, is about the war in Iraq and how it affected the women in the middle east. It focuses on professional women, and how their livelihood has been changed because of the war.
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Fronkey posted:I haven't seen this posted yet in this thread: I've got to second this recommendation. Sometimes things can get a bit too sardonically British, but overall this is the best World War 2 documentary I've seen. Like "The Great War," which has also been mentioned in this thread, its strengths are period footage and first-hand accounts, and on this level it puts most of what you see on the History Channel to shame. I especially recommend the episodes dealing with the Eastern Front, as they bring home the suffering of the Soviet people in a way that no other doc really does, in my opinion. Here are the first parts of the individual episodes (it can be a bit annoying to find the other parts but they are usually in the side bar somewhere): 1: A New Germany (1933 - 1939) 2: Distant War (Poland and the Winter War, Sept. 1939 - May 1940) 3: France Falls (May - June 1940) 4: Alone (Britain, Crete, Tobruk, May 1940 - May 1941) 5: Barbarossa (June - December 1941) 6: Banzai! (Japan 1931-1942) 7: On Our Way (USA 1939 - 1942) 8: The Desert (North Africa 1940 - 1943) 9: Stalingrad (June 1942 - February 1943) 10: Wolf Pack (Atlantic submarine war, 1939 - 1943) 11: Red Star (The Soviets, Leningrad, Kursk, 1941 - 1943) 12: Whirlwind (bombing Germany, 1939 - 1944) 13: Tough Old Gut (Italy 1943 - 1944) 14: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow (Burma 1942 - 1944) 15: Home Fires (Britain 1940 - 1944) 16: Inside the Reich (1940 - 1944) 17: Morning (Overlord, France, June - August 1944) 18: Occupation (Holland 1940 - 1944) 19: Pincers (Western front, August 1944 - March 1945) 20: Genocide (the Holocaust, 1941 - 1945) 21: Nemesis (invasion of Germany, February - May 1945) 22: Japan (1942 - 1945) 23: The Pacific (February 1942 - July 1945) 24: The Bomb (February - September 1945) 25: The Reckoning (postwar fallout, both figurative and literal) 26: Remember
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The Light Eternal posted:I saw Waking Sleeping Beauty today on your advice, it was very good. Lots of highs and lows but there were a lot of great clips and interviews with Michael Eisner, Roy Disney, Frank Wells, etc. I highly recommend it. I assume it put the Disney Corporation in a positive light? (since they're the ones who produced it.) Did they really move all the animators (pre Mermaid) out of their own building into trailers in a parking lot?
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Bantaras posted:I assume it put the Disney Corporation in a positive light? (since they're the ones who produced it.) It didn't portray it in a negative light, but it certainly didn't portray it in a positive light either. I mean a good 20 minutes were devoted to bashing Jeffrey Katzenberg. There was definitely a lot of focus on the cattiness and infighting in the studio. And yes, they did move them out of the animation building, into a warehouse of some sort. It wasn't a trailer or demountable-type thing.
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Juaguocio posted:I've got to second this recommendation. Sometimes things can get a bit too sardonically British, but overall this is the best World War 2 documentary I've seen. There's a great companion book by the same title that was released in 2007 by Richard Holmes. It's extra bits from interviews that never made it to air for time or possibly secrets acts. It also has a bit more of a focus on the soldiers as opposed to the higher-ups. Equally as gripping.
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Vernon, Florida http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb09g_8Xt0g Errol Morris documentary about the peculiar inhabitants of a small town in Florida.
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Last nights Storyville on BBC Four was great, it was about some teenagers who fled a very creepy cult in Utah. They were nice kids I'm glad they got away  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00szwgj/Storyville_20102011_Leaving_the_Cult/
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I guess I'm lucky in that I'm currently in a job that allows me to watch documentaries every day. After so many depressing ones, here are three of my favourite happy(ish) ones: Afghan Star Afghanistan's first televised talent show. A really nice story about a slice of western glamour entering a country where music was forbidden for many years. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/afghan-star/4od Sounds like Teen Spirit Following children entering 2007's Junior Eurovision. I was expecting prima-donna brats but they're all quite sweet and earnest. Trailer below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wMn3cMrnI Junior An old man and his older mother still live together and spend their days shouting and arguing with each other but ultimately when health issues hit they draw strength from each others' presence. Trailer below. http://www.juniorthemovie.com/trailer/
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Thank you for this thread and all the great recommendations so far, especially to the people who suggested Louis Theroux, The September Issue, Born Rich, and The Great Happiness Space. I enjoyed them immensely. Here are some documentaries I like: Up The Yangtze This is a beautiful documentary on life in modern China. In 2007, the biggest hydroelectric dam in history was being built, two million people were evacuated because their villages would be flooded. The film tells the stories of ordinary people along the river as their lives were being transformed and their homes vanished. Also: Lots of Amer'can tourists on cruise boats. Trailer: http://films.nfb.ca/up-the-yangtze/ Our Daily Bread Another one of the shocking food docs. Special about this one is that there is no narrative whatsoever. All you see is the cold, harsh, precise conveyor belt logic of mass food production, a couple of minutes at a time. The materials are plants, animals, and people. The slaughterhouse scenes are of course the worst. You see basically everything. Plain and unflinching. It's a good addition to Food Inc. Movie (part 1/9): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQTdHGD--4 Darshan: The Embrace "Less a documentary than an act of worship, “Darshan” is a glowing introduction to the life and work Amma, the so-called hugging saint. Recognized worldwide for her spiritual and humanitarian work, Amma ministers to the poor of India with food and open arms, often for more than 20 hours at a stretch." Trailer (10 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLQeMWcAcks It's been a while since I saw this one and so I don't know how I feel about the promotional text. I remember the film being more detached and critical, or maybe that's just how I perceived it then. In any case, it's quite magical. Veggie Patties fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jul 7, 2010 |
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I admit to not reading the past dozen or so pages so please tell me if I'm suggesting something that's already been mentioned and I'll edit it out. I also agree that Louis Theroux is a pimp. Undercover Mosque: This one's about an investigative reporter wearing a hidden camera to attend a few services in a well-known and popular mosque in England. The rhetoric recorded from some of the imams preaching is extremely violent, homophobic, xenophobic, and all-around repulsive. This is one of the few documentaries I've seen that takes on the issues facing the clash of cultures between Muslim immigrants and Western Europeans in an unbiased and frank manner. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2515587181120245843 Darkon: I really liked this one. It's about LARPers (Live-Action Role-Players in the unlikely case two or three people may not know) and I went into it thinking it would be a kind of voyeuristic piece of comedy based on exposing how weird people who dress up like elves and spend days in a field fighting with foam swords are. But the great thing about this doc is that it actually makes you identify and sympathize with the individuals it follows. You may even think to yourself a few times "well, you know... LARPing doesn't looks that dorky." http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/darkon/
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The Light Eternal posted:I saw Waking Sleeping Beauty today on your advice, it was very good. Lots of highs and lows but there were a lot of great clips and interviews with Michael Eisner, Roy Disney, Frank Wells, etc. I highly recommend it. Where were you able to see it? Unfortunately it isn't playing anywhere near me. I don't think there's any other way to see it outside of  is there?
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Forge_Pharaoh posted:I admit to not reading the past dozen or so pages so please tell me if I'm suggesting something that's already been mentioned and I'll edit it out. I also agree that Louis Theroux is a pimp. Both of those look pretty interesting; here's the RT page for Darkon, fairly surprising at 88%: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/darkon Many thanks for posting them. Red Dad Redemption fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Jul 7, 2010 |
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Something of a nostalgia trip with this one (for me at least). Punch Lines...a seriously funny history Its about Australian comedy, made in the early nineties so its up to date or anything but still worth a look if you love stand up and sketch comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_ORTCIz-8
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Gaza-strophic: The Day After is a well-made documentary about the 2008 Gaza operation. It's a collaboration between independent filmmakers, French television and PCHR. Visually it is very beautiful in my opinion. Production-wise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in all its simplicity. It's strictly from a Palestinian's point of view and does not pretend to be anything else. If you don't like Palestinians or their points of views you will not like the film. If you don't care much about the conflict, you will like the documentary as it is. If you like to think of arabs as gun-wielding maniacs you might not want to watch it either. http://www.gaza-strophe.com/eng/index.htm  The ending contains a cool as hell rant.
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Ben: Diary of a heroin addict This is a documentary compiled from footage of an English man named Ben Rogers who was addicted to heroin for many years before the addiction eventually claimed him. Much of the footage in this documentary was shot by Ben himself, and it offers an unflinching look into the soul of a man traveling down a horrifying path of self-destruction. Very fascinating. http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?46913540001
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This thread couldn't have come at a better time - for class I'm supposed to write a paper on a documentary relating to anything in the field of human sexuality. Can someone recommend me a good one for that topic?
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Lackadaisical posted:This thread couldn't have come at a better time - for class I'm supposed to write a paper on a documentary relating to anything in the field of human sexuality. Can someone recommend me a good one for that topic? Sex in general? There's Sex : The revolution, a four parter that was on VHS1 in 2008. There's one that's currently on ABC iview (Australian) called "China Doll" about gay Asians and their stance in the gay community. Try iView Napper to snag that.
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SamLikesCake posted:Where were you able to see it? Unfortunately it isn't playing anywhere near me. I don't think there's any other way to see it outside of I got really lucky that the only place it happened to be playing was 5 minutes away from me (Wexner Center/Gateway Theater in Columbus, Ohio). There are theater dates going out pretty far into the future, check the full list on the website.
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Lackadaisical posted:This thread couldn't have come at a better time - for class I'm supposed to write a paper on a documentary relating to anything in the field of human sexuality. Can someone recommend me a good one for that topic? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874423/ Its called Zoo. Its about a man in love with a horse.
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I'd like to recommend A History of God. It is unfortunately somewhat biased, being based upon a book by Christian apologist Karen Armstrong, so the existence of God is taken as read from the get go. However, it's not very overt, and if you can look past it you'll find an excellent look at how the idea of God developed over time. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-206887275399093528 Also, the Tomorrow's World archive from the BBC contains some amazing clips. This one from 1969 shows students operating a huge mechanical computer. They get it to play noughts and crosses, and repair it when it breaks down. The younger students are show learning how to count and even add in binary. Definitely something that should be taught in modern schools. Their look at the office of the future is both hilariously inaccurate and extremely trippy. If I could make a Boards of Canada style remix out of this I would. Finally, we've got a look at an early Moog synthesizer, where different waveforms are produced by connecting together a load of different sockets. It's amzing how modern it sounds. There's loads of other clips on there, but these are some of my favourites. I've got no idea whether they're viewable outside of the UK though. They use the iPlayer interface but they're not really on iPlayer. Give it a try, use a proxy if it doesn't work.
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I watched The Game of Their Lives last night. It's a BBC documentary catching up with the North Korean players who took part in the 1966 world cup in England. Everyone thought they were just there to make up the numbers but they played some good football, lost one, drew one, sent Italy home early and put 3 past Portugal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZcARgTqADU
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Lackadaisical posted:This thread couldn't have come at a better time - for class I'm supposed to write a paper on a documentary relating to anything in the field of human sexuality. Can someone recommend me a good one for that topic? American Swing is decent although it focuses more specifically on the swingers of the 70s.
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kissyboots13 posted:Don't know if there are any Jack's Mannequin fans here, but has anyone seen Dear Jack? Holy poo poo. I went to elementary school with him. Andy McMahon was a piano prodigy. So funny to see all these pictures of him taken down the street from my old house.
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Can anyone recommend any documentaries on the history of cinema that are available online? I feel like there must be tons of them out there.
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awesome thread ! now i have something to watch during hot summer days
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Svartvit posted:Gaza-strophic: The Day After is a well-made documentary about the 2008 Gaza operation. It's a collaboration between independent filmmakers, French television and PCHR. Visually it is very beautiful in my opinion. Production-wise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in all its simplicity. It's strictly from a Palestinian's point of view and does not pretend to be anything else. If you don't like Palestinians or their points of views you will not like the film. If you don't care much about the conflict, you will like the documentary as it is. If you like to think of arabs as gun-wielding maniacs you might not want to watch it either. "We're on the side of the demons now, kid." This guy looks so much like Saul Tigh from season 3 of BSG. Weird parallel, too, coincidentally. Great documentary, highly recommended. I just watched Undercover Mosque and it is fantastic. I'm going to give Darkon a try, as a change of pace.
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electricsugar posted:Ben: Diary of a heroin addict Youtube video for UK goons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ac80htxPoo
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I'm systematically collecting Attenborough's Life series. It is, of course, simply wonderful. I've got Private Life of Plants, Life of Mammals, Life in Cold Blood and Life in the Undergrowth and would like to go for Life on Earth next. If anyone has got this on the BBC DVDs I'd really love to know what the transfer quality is. I don't want to go out and buy it only to find they did a lacklustre job of restoring it. I don't expect miracles (and I thoroughly enjoyed World at War) but just a good effort.
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Anyone have any recommendations for American Revolution documentaries? History Channel had a series running for the fourth, and it really sparked my interest again. The only one I've found is Liberty: An American Revolution, which is an old PBS one that isn't the greatest, but was a nice way to get back into the history.
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From Channel 4 this evening - Africa's Last Taboo (4oD link, so UK/Ireland only) Documentary looks into what it means to be a gay person in Africa - with cases from Kenya, Uganda and Malawi. Found it very interesting, if quite a difficult watch at times.
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the 20 most dangerous drugs Title says it all I guess. The results are a bit surprising to say the least. And it's bound to spark a lot of discussions. It's a shame that it's clearly too short to go into depth about everything they are saying. The entire site is full of interesting docs btw.
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Railing Kill - If you have a further interest in the subject of orthodox Islam's inherent conflict with Western values I'd strongly recommend Ayaan Hirsi Ali's autobiography, Infidel, Serge Trifkovic's The Sword of the Prophet and Bruce Bawer's While Europe Slept (these are all books, by the way, not documentaries.) In that order, if possible It's of course an incredibly politically incorrect thing to talk about and many people seem to think it's an inherently racist or right-wing stance to take, but I personally found the information on Islam in these books really eye-opening.
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I suggest people don't watch MeltUp: The Beginning Of A US Currency Crisis And Hyperinflation, I just did and I'm scared shitless for the economy, and of a new deep depression.
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Modify A really neat documentary about body modification, the people that have it done, and the artists that do the work. As someone that has a couple small mods, I really loved this film. It has some bits that are a little squicky if you're squeamish with blood or gore (like the entire bit about plastic surgery and suspension) but overall it wasn't terrible and was really interesting, despite all that. On Netflix here.
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That Which Squeaks posted:Anyone have any recommendations for American Revolution documentaries? History Channel had a series running for the fourth, and it really sparked my interest again. As an interesting side topic, The War That Made America was pretty well made. But instead of Revolution, it's actually about the French and Indian War (Seven Years War). http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-made-america/
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A look at the ugly side of war and how it affects women. http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-greatest-silence-rape-in-the-congo
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