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The Suicide Tourist Five months after being diagnosed with ALS, Craig Ewert arrived in Switzerland for his scheduled suicide. A story about struggling to live ... and deciding when to die. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/suicidetourist/ Slight possibility of being  (99% of people will have no problem).
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Lone Rogue posted:It's quite amazing, the human mind. Because they told me after the faith healer, she did seem like she was better. She was happy, active and the colour in her skin seemed to come back. But it was all just in her head. The cancer was getting worse and worse and she just wasn't showing it. The thing with pain and some sicknesses is, your brain naturally produces chemicals which can suppress pain etc. in the short term. That's why patients have to be monitored long-term - you could have a loving finger missing and if you have enough adrenaline pumping through your system, you'll seem perfectly fine. If you come back a few hours/days later, when the stimulants wear off, that is when you see if someone really got better or if they just had a caffeine/chocolate/ephedrine boost. A similar thing happens when you eat shitloads of sugar - you feel better as you get this huge glucose boost, and when it wears off you bottom out like a fuckin rock. Dumb people are susceptible to this bullshit because they only think in the immediate shortterm, and never correlate "hey a few hours later and I feel like poo poo! Maybe it didn't work!"
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Kevorkian http://documentarystorm.com/biography/kevorkian/ Dr. Jack Kevorkian is most known for being the doctor involved in at least 130 assisted suicides. The controversy surrounding his practice was huge in the ’90′s and resulted in a prison sentence for the doctor. He was released in 2007 and has since run for congress. Kevorkian follows the doctor’s life post-incarceration and will give a look at his mindset since serving time for acts that some would argue are merciful, while others would brand as murder. - There is more to his life than death.
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Goreld posted:The thing with pain and some sicknesses is, your brain naturally produces chemicals which can suppress pain etc. in the short term. That's why patients have to be monitored long-term - you could have a loving finger missing and if you have enough adrenaline pumping through your system, you'll seem perfectly fine. If you come back a few hours/days later, when the stimulants wear off, that is when you see if someone really got better or if they just had a caffeine/chocolate/ephedrine boost. Is this the same way chiropractors make money?
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Just finished watching a documentary about the creation and filming of the original star wars movies, may not be everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed the hell out of them. I present Star Wars: Empire of Dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr02EwZN1dk&feature=related
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Anyone know of any good docs about Vegas? Specifically about how such large casinos and resorts operate and a kind of behind the scenes look? I have been interested in Vegas recently as it is one of the major locations in the States that I have yet to go to and was thinking of planning a trip there. I watched a doc on youtube by the BBC which was pretty good and got me interested to see if there were anymore good Vegas docs. Really anything Vegas related would do I'm just curious about it since most of my knowledge comes from movies and poker on ESPN.
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insider posted:Anyone know of any good docs about Vegas? Specifically about how such large casinos and resorts operate and a kind of behind the scenes look? I have been interested in Vegas recently as it is one of the major locations in the States that I have yet to go to and was thinking of planning a trip there. I watched a doc on youtube by the BBC which was pretty good and got me interested to see if there were anymore good Vegas docs. I liked the Anthony Bourdain No Reservations episode on Vegas. He goes to a few tourist traps and a few lesser known places to show all the sides of modern Las Vegas. Looks like you can watch it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5FjGiPW8v0
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insider posted:Anyone know of any good docs about Vegas? Specifically about how such large casinos and resorts operate and a kind of behind the scenes look? I have been interested in Vegas recently as it is one of the major locations in the States that I have yet to go to and was thinking of planning a trip there. I watched a doc on youtube by the BBC which was pretty good and got me interested to see if there were anymore good Vegas docs. 1998 Modern Marvels Las Vegas Hotels, the 1990s were some of Vegas' biggest boom years!! Here is a great 1998 Modern Marvels show that explains the building, growth, and change of the Las Vegas hotels and casinos over the years. This is part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzvAic8gCo
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Wikipedia posted:Zoo is a 2007 documentary film based on the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan, an American man who died of peritonitis due to perforation of the colon after engaging in receptive anal sex with a horse. The film's public debut was at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, where it was one of 16 winners out of 856 candidates. Following Sundance, it was selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. "Zoo" on Documentary Heaven. I dunno about awesome, but it's one of the most hosed up docs I've ever heard of.   
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Hellwuzzat posted:"Zoo" on Documentary Heaven. I dunno about awesome, but it's one of the most hosed up docs I've ever heard of. I started watching this a while ago, but couldn't get past the first 30 minutes or so. Maybe I'll give it another shot. I wonder how does the director's resume read: "Zoo. Award winning documentary about a man having his colon destroyed after a horse penetrated him anally". Finally... how hosed up is the fact that the banner that showed up at the end of this horse related page was for Dubya's book?
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mod sassinator posted:I liked the Anthony Bourdain No Reservations episode on Vegas. He goes to a few tourist traps and a few lesser known places to show all the sides of modern Las Vegas. Looks like you can watch it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5FjGiPW8v0 WouldDesk posted:1998 Modern Marvels Las Vegas Hotels, the 1990s were some of Vegas' biggest boom years!! Here is a great 1998 Modern Marvels show that explains the building, growth, and change of the Las Vegas hotels and casinos over the years. This is part 1. Thanks for these!
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There's a two part PBS American Experience on Las Vegas, done before the collapse. It's more of a total overview of the city's history but definitely worth watching, I used that as my "I don't know anything about this city" docu before I moved out there for a job.
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WouldDesk posted:Kevorkian This is great! I meant to watch this when it first aired, but I let my canceled HBO while moving into my current house. Thanks for posting the link. That smug political "expert" they talk to a lot in the in film is mighty sure of himself. I highly reccomend watching this one.
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Shock of the New - This is an old BBC documentary covering various art movements, still one of the best of it's kind. Here is the episode on surrealism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFn4UmkBcaQ
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WouldDesk posted:The Suicide Tourist Thanks for sharing this one. I have to say, though - I disagree with you. There's no way anyone can be human and not be deeply affected by the struggles that Craig goes through in this documentary. It left me in tears.
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That drat Satyr posted:Thanks for sharing this one. I have to say, though - I disagree with you. There's no way anyone can be human and not be deeply affected by the struggles that Craig goes through in this documentary. It left me in tears. I am in the 1%  . It was quite sad. EDIT: Watching The Suicide Tourist and Kevorkian in the same night can ef with your mind a bit.
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The Con Kid 2005 (50min) Richard Ringheim, 'The Con Kid', is a twenty-year-old celebrity criminal The Con Kid explores Ringheim’s breakneck universe, charting his development from teller of tall tales, through white-collar crime, and, finally, into a world of big-time criminals. Ringheim ends up risking his life to be with the people he looks up to. This is English subtitles but easy to follow. Quite a surreal story. http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_con_kid/
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Ayato posted:Shock of the New - This is an old BBC documentary covering various art movements, still one of the best of it's kind. Here is the episode on surrealism: I love the incredibly frightening old moog intros to 70's BBC shows.
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http://documentaryheaven.com/friends-of-god/ Friends of God HBO documentary that goes into the Evangelical Christian world. Ted Haggard is seen talking about the awesome sex life of evangelical Christians with their wives (citing that "all surveys prove..."); he forgot to mention the shemale crackwhore he was loving on the side. Also, you get to see some neat pictures of Dinosaurs with yokes, since they co-existed with humans. It's sad to see that most of these people are actually well-meaning (except for assholes like Haggard) but are completely brainwashed (some, obviously, are just retards, who justify teaching the Bible, as opposed to Evolution, because "it's easier to explain it to kids"). To see them teach the motto "God Said it, I believe it, That settles it" to little kids is truly disturbing; they're basically telling these kids to be absolute idiots (who'll probably grow up to watch Fox News) Redrum and Coke fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Feb 28, 2011 |
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The new Fifth Estate on CBC (a Canadian program kind of like PBS Frontline) provides a good look at what happened during the G20 protests/riot in Toronto last June. It's called You Should Have Stayed at Home. The whole 45 min. thing is on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQ06Q55u1k
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UK doc goons, The Cove is being repeated on More4 tonight at 10.
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reality_groove posted:UK doc goons, The Cove is being repeated on More4 tonight at 10. I enjoyed this one way more than I expected to. Does anyone know of any other docs about environmental activists doing impressive/illegal things like these dudes?
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I've been watching a lot of documentaries on climate change recently, thought I'd throw a few up on here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/secrets-beneath-ice.html quote:Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But when an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed in less than a month in 2002, it shocked scientists and raised the alarming possibility that Antarctica may be headed for a meltdown. Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities unlike any seen before in human history. What are the chances of a widespread melt? "Secrets Beneath the Ice" explores whether Antarctica's climate past can offer clues to what may happen. NOVA follows a state-of-the-art expedition that is drilling three-quarters of a mile into the Antarctic seafloor. The drill is recovering rock cores that reveal intimate details of climate and fauna from a time in the distant past when the Earth was just a few degrees warmer than it is today. As researchers grapple with the harshest conditions on the planet, they discover astonishing new clues about Antarctica's past—clues that carry ominous implications for coastal cities around the globe. Also I'm sure it's been posted before but it probably deserves reposting, one of the best episodes of Frontline ever: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid quote:Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, floods and droughts. On the eve of a historic election, award-winning producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster. Should be noted (since Heat is a little old) that we still have done nothing of substance... Also for people who enjoy documentaries about volcanism, etc. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/How_the_Earth_Was_Made_Season_2/70128770?trkid=2361637 Episode 11: Earth's Deadliest Eruption quote:A look back 250 million years ago when a massive volcanic eruption, (in what is now Siberia), spewed lava one mile thick over an area the size of Texas; caused intense climatic change that killed 95% of the life on the planet and paved the way for the next dominant species – the dinosaurs.
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Not A Vet Yet posted:I enjoyed this one way more than I expected to. Does anyone know of any other docs about environmental activists doing impressive/illegal things like these dudes? Sharkwater Really change the way I view sharks and made me pretty angry about a lot of things. Asians are taking the whales and the sharks and basically wiping them out of the oceans. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/sharkwater/
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The Parking Lot Movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parking_Lot_Movie "Often described as the documentary version of Clerks, The Parking Lot Movie follows a select group of parking lot attendants who work at The Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesvile, Virginia. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more. Located nearby the University of Virginia and tucked in behind a number of bars, the assortment of cerebral attendants who work at The Corner Parking Lot have to deal with throngs of drunken frat boys, vandals, and SUV-driving jerks who either take off without paying or fight them over sums as low as $0.40. Fortunately in this establishment the normally agreed upon rules of customer service don’t exist. Disrespect the staff and face the consequences. In what becomes a discourse on American life, these analytical parking attendants wax profoundly about car culture and capitalism, seek vengeance against entitled patrons and thieves, and make fun of drunken jerks. If the intersection between the status quo and the quest for freedom is their ultimate challenge, could a slab of asphalt be an emotional way station for The American Dream? [2]" I can't even explain it. It was filmed near where I live. It's about parking lot attendants. It's on Netflix instant view. I found it really interesting and amusing. If you can get past the couple of losers they interview ranting on about how much they hate "frat boys", it is worth a view. Popeadactyl fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Mar 2, 2011 |
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WouldDesk posted:Kevorkian My final in Ethics in college was an essay on Doctor Kevorkian. I entered into the assignment completely unsure if I agreed with his philosophy or not, it just seemed like a good bullshit thing to do a college paper on. However, the more I did my required research the more research I did on him out of my own pure interest. In the end I changed my mind - Doctor Kevorkian is a saint and a genius and a worthy role-model, not just some dude trying to get away with murder. He was crucified because of religion/ignorance. He has a wonderful mind.
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Anyone know of Pete Seeger or American folk music documentaries streaming online?
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Extreme World is an awesome set of drug documentaries done hosted by Ross Kemp. This guy is such an invasive, badass journalist that gets in the thick of things like no other. Amazing commentary from junkies and dealers alike without the bullshit commentary that we find on The History Channel and Neographic. It'll be great if you liked his Gang World series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNLFjMEZFs - Ep 1 Pt 1 - Heroin use in Chicago Parts 2 and 3 are linked. More episodes available too on Youtube. onemanlan fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Mar 3, 2011 |
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Not A Vet Yet posted:I enjoyed this one way more than I expected to. Does anyone know of any other docs about environmental activists doing impressive/illegal things like these dudes? Did you ever hear of this series that aired on Animal Planet (I think for like 2 seasons) called "Whale Wars"? Its about a big rear end ship, called the Steve Irwin I think, and its crew as they combat whaling being done by Japanese whalers for "research" purposes. They do poo poo that's extreme as gently caress; dropping nets to entangle the rudders and props of whaling ships, throwing acidic poo poo on the decks that make them really slippery, marooning themselves on whaling ships so they're forced back to Japan to deliver the prisoners. Its wild. They look down their noses at Greenpeace for not being extreme enough.
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insider posted:Anyone know of any good docs about Vegas? Specifically about how such large casinos and resorts operate and a kind of behind the scenes look? I have been interested in Vegas recently as it is one of the major locations in the States that I have yet to go to and was thinking of planning a trip there. I watched a doc on youtube by the BBC which was pretty good and got me interested to see if there were anymore good Vegas docs. What BBC movie did you watch? Was it the Louis Theroux one? If not, you should watch that. Heck everyone should watch that, and any Documentary from him as he is a really awesome journalist. The movie follows some high roller gamblers and their thoughts on casinos. It also follows a man that works at a casino who's job it is to keep the big players there as long as possible. lt It's really amazing that these people feel like the people at the casino's are their best friends, simply by giving them free rooms and whatnot. It shows that people really can't leave while ahead. Vegas wasn't built on a bunch of winners.
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Communocracy posted:The new Fifth Estate on CBC (a Canadian program kind of like PBS Frontline) provides a good look at what happened during the G20 protests/riot in Toronto last June. It's called You Should Have Stayed at Home. The whole 45 min. thing is on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXQ06Q55u1k Speaking as someone used to hysterical American and UK news-magazine programs, the Fifth Estate is a really fascinating show to watch. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest that it's objective, but it's very even keeled in it's portrayals of various people.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Speaking as someone used to hysterical American and UK news-magazine programs, the Fifth Estate is a really fascinating show to watch. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest that it's objective, but it's very even keeled in it's portrayals of various people. It's the most important programming that CBC creates, but if you ask most Canadians, that would be Hockey Night in Canada.
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http://manzoumovie.com/ Saw this yesterday night. Pretty good doc of 4 guys biking from beijing to shanghai just after the olympics.
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Non Serviam posted:The American Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPWH5TlbloU I am a retard and forgot to paste the link An entertaining documentary film but it is very subtlely just a very cute presentation of a sort of whack Ron Paul/Austrian School of Economics view of history I have ever seen. Its patchy and it jumps around a lot in time. The events covered are very selective and there are several allusions to differant conspiracy theories within it (That order that JFK signed for example relating to silver is sort of overstated/exaggerated. Check the Wikipedia article). Its take on the economic system (and what inflation really is) is a minority viewpoint within Economics. Other things that should raise questions to anyone watching- Faceless evil looking mechanical spiders are used to represent supposedly real and formerly active historical figures. The way in which gender is treated. Check out the real American sideburned 'hero' that teaches you all about the monetary system about to crush those sort of effeminate and weasly bankers. Lemonus fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Mar 5, 2011 |
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Harminoff posted:What BBC movie did you watch? Was it the Louis Theroux one? If not, you should watch that. Heck everyone should watch that, and any Documentary from him as he is a really awesome journalist. Yea it was the Louis Theroux one and it was really good.
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I ctrl-f-ed all over this thread and couldn't find it so I'm gonna give a hearty, hearty reccomandation of Gasland. It's everything a good documentary should be, heart-wrenching, outrageous, urgent (especially if you live on the east coast), personal and widespread.
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Fooz posted:I ctrl-f-ed all over this thread and couldn't find it so I'm gonna give a hearty, hearty reccomandation of Gasland. It's everything a good documentary should be, heart-wrenching, outrageous, urgent (especially if you live on the east coast), personal and widespread. And Oscar nominated!
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It's more of a short film than a documentary. "Dir: Marc Isaacs / UK / 2001 Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The residents come to trust him and reveal the things that matter to them creating a humorous and moving portrait of a vertical community." It's ridiculously compelling and ultimately quite tragic. It's about 25 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJNAvyLCTik
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I finally stopped avoiding Exit Through The Gift Shop and watched it. It is drat good, especially since I thought it would be some kids painting their names on the side of their high schools or something. MBW, as he calls himself is quite abrasive in every possible way to me throughout the film, but his version of the portrait of Batman in the 1800s was pretty creative I thought. Of course it could be because the rest of his work was poo poo. But it all made for a good watch.
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Fooz posted:I ctrl-f-ed all over this thread and couldn't find it so I'm gonna give a hearty, hearty reccomandation of Gasland. It's everything a good documentary should be, heart-wrenching, outrageous, urgent (especially if you live on the east coast), personal and widespread. Thanks for posting this, haven't seen it yet but I know I'm going to like it 
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