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Does anyone know if The Experiment, aka the BBC Prison Study is available to watch anywhere? Just been reading about the Stanford Prison experiment and it'd be good to see another take on the same idea.
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David Pratt posted:Does anyone know if The Experiment, aka the BBC Prison Study is available to watch anywhere? Just been reading about the Stanford Prison experiment and it'd be good to see another take on the same idea. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/quiet-rage-the-stanford-prison-experiment/ http://documentarystorm.com/the-stanford-prison-experiment/ I watched one of these and it seems to be along the same lines, but not the exact title. Hope it helps.
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I keep hearing good things about Dear Zachary, but I have no interest in actually seeing it. What I do have interest in is people keep saying not to read up on X person or it'll ruin the movie. Do they mean not to read about how Turner killed herself and the child? Was that not in the movie? Sorry if this is a weird question, I'm just curious about what it is. Anyway, here's one I recommend: Every loving Day of My Life It's about the final days of freedom of a woman and her son before they are sent to prison for murdering her abusive/psychopathic/wannabe serial killer husband who also beat her a lot. They talk very frankly about killing him and all the hosed up things he would do. It's also on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYZxJnooIw The name comes from when she called 911 to report that she just killed her husband, the 911 operator if he every hurt her, and she said "Every loving day of my life". Gringo Heisenberg fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Sep 29, 2011 |
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Sep 29, 2011 04:38
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Gringo Heisenberg posted:Do they mean not to read about how Turner killed herself and the child? Was that not in the movie? Yes. Things in the movie are revealed in a way that I think maximizes the emotional effect that it has (which is by no means a bad thing, mind you). It is not revealed that Zachary was killed until a good way through the film. If you already knew this to be the case, the effect wouldn't be nearly as great. Ultimately the film is brilliantly done, but it sort of assumes you don't know anything about the case.
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Sep 29, 2011 05:47
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I'm empathetic to the cause. She should absolutely NOT be in jail, nor should her son. From a purely cinematic point of view though, this documentary sucked. It was boring as gently caress, and I knew everything I needed to know about the situation in the first 10 minutes. The rest of it was just filled with shaky camera work and other people saying 'yup she definitely got beat alot.'
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Sep 29, 2011 08:14
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Gringo Heisenberg posted:I keep hearing good things about Dear Zachary, but I have no interest in actually seeing it. What I do have interest in is people keep saying not to read up on X person or it'll ruin the movie. Do they mean not to read about how Turner killed herself and the child? Was that not in the movie? Sorry if this is a weird question, I'm just curious about what it is.
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Sep 29, 2011 08:17
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Saw this today: http://www.americanjuggalo.com 30 minute documentary on a Gathering of the Juggalos. NWS, for just a whole bunch of reasons.
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Sep 29, 2011 08:20
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doctor 7 posted:Dear Zachary is a really, really amateurish documentary so missing it isn't a big deal, honestly. That's part of the charm thhat people finds so appealing about the movie.
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doctorfrog posted:Saw this today: http://www.americanjuggalo.com That is just terrible, it's just a bunch of short clips of a poo poo load of human garbage talking about there drug culture, and they are all boring as hell. Except for the fact they never stop saying "Woot, Woot" you could make the exact same documentary at any drug gathering. Mrens fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Sep 29, 2011 |
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Sep 29, 2011 15:24
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doctor 7 posted:Dear Zachary is a really, really amateurish documentary so missing it isn't a big deal, honestly. This constantly gets brought up, but it was never meant to BE a documentary. The whole thing started as a video "card" the guy was making for Zachary. It incidentally turned into something else, but judging it on a typical documentary scale isn't really effective.
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Sep 29, 2011 15:27
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Mrens posted:That is just terrible, it's just a bunch of short clips of a poo poo load of human garbage talking about there drug culture, and they are all boring as hell. I actually liked it quite a bit. It reminded me of Heavy Metal Parking Lot where it's just meant to be a window into some crazy subculture. Equal parts fascinating and horrifying.
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Sep 29, 2011 17:33
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Watching Graffiti Wars right now and it's pretty interesting, although Robbo seems like the biggest manchild ever. Banksy's typical sardonic apathy is why I love the guy. I don't get the street art vs graffiti angle either - the appeal of street art seems obvious rather than some guy writing his name a billion times on trains.
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Sep 29, 2011 23:43
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What are some good documentaries to fall asleep to (soothing narrator voices)?
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Oct 2, 2011 09:34
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I thought this had already been posted but a quick search revealed nothing. Tobacco Wars Episode 1 - Lighting Up Episode 2 - Smokescreen Episode 3 - Smoked Out It's a fascinating and sometimes frightening history of smoking, focusing mainly on the ways in which tobacco companies tried to counter the growing evidence that cigarettes weren't such a lifegiving health food after all. I still can't get over the footage of various cigarette company CEOs getting up in front of congress and testifying that nicotine is not addictive. If anyone knows of any similar documentaries about smoking and it's medical and social history then please do post them.
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Oct 2, 2011 12:12
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Kneel Before Zog posted:What are some good documentaries to fall asleep to (soothing narrator voices)?
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Oct 2, 2011 13:32
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Kneel Before Zog posted:What are some good documentaries to fall asleep to (soothing narrator voices)? I've fallen asleep to Carl Sagan's Cosmos more than I've actually watched them straight through.
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Oct 2, 2011 14:00
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Kneel Before Zog posted:What are some good documentaries to fall asleep to (soothing narrator voices)? Any nature documentaries narrated by David Attenborough. Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life; pretty pictures and soothing narration.
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Oct 2, 2011 15:19
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Don't think this one has been linked yet. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/scientology-and-me/ The heavy hand of Scientology. Not one to fall asleep to.
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Oct 2, 2011 18:05
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Heads up a new Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition starts tonight on PBS: http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/arts/television/prohibition-a-ken-burns-documentary-on-pbs-review.html?partner=rss&emc=rss It sounds like another 5-6 hour doc from him--I can't wait!
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Oct 2, 2011 18:28
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Here's a 13 part documentary on the history of football (soccer) narrated by Terrence Stamp. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xj9bk2_history-of-football-the-beautiful-game-origins-2001-1-13_sport
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The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era. You can download it legally via torrent, but you can also decide to buy it on iTunes. It is really good. https://www.presspauseplay.com
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usbombshell posted:I love this thread! Is this the one you saw on Fermat's last theorem ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVXB5zuZRcM Just asking, because if there's another one, I'd love to see it.
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drunken officeparty posted:I watch a lot of documentary's, mostly about weird people like Monster Camp, I Think We're Alone Now and Party Monster: The Shockumentary. I'm always looking for more if anyone knows any. Wow I just watched I Think We're Alone Now on Netflix and am completely creeped out by those guys. I like when they met each other and there was a lot of tension around who would get the girl in their made up worlds.
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mod sassinator posted:Wow I just watched I Think We're Alone Now on Netflix and am completely creeped out by those guys. I like when they met each other and there was a lot of tension around who would get the girl in their made up worlds. It's fully online Here for anyone without Netflix. The non-tranny guy made a video for youtube after? the movie came out. Also Party Monsterp is on youtube, but split into 10 minute chunks. If you haven't seen it, watch it. Seriously my favorite documentary just for how absolutely absurd these people are. And midway through it turns loving evil and they are heroin junkies and murderers. I can't believe these people really exist. drunken officeparty fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Oct 3, 2011 |
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Howmuch posted:Is this the one you saw on Fermat's last theorem ? Yes, that is the one. Also, Dangerous Knowledge, suggested to me on the last page is quite interesting. I recommend it. usbombshell fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Oct 3, 2011 |
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Blitzcreed posted:Don't think this one has been linked yet. I watched this last night; it's really fascinating. I just stumbled on the follow-up documentary, The Secrets of Scientology. It's even better, because the first one focused more on the stalking whereas this one's a bit more in depth. There's also a really interesting twist in this one... one of the henchmen who was stalking the reporter in the first documentary has defected, and gives some pretty candid information this time around.
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Graphic Sexual Horror was a really thought-provoking as well as squirmingly uncomfortable and disturbing look at the BDSM website Insex, which was shut down by the FBI back in 2005. It focuses a lot on psychological torment and the ambiguity of consent, especially when their pay system (where women who used their safe word would receive less pay and find themselves blacklisted by the company) greatly discouraged women from using their safe word to get out of live shows they felt uncomfortable performing. It's very, very NSFW (it earns its NC-17 rating with actual footage from the site) and uncomfortable to watch.
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Farbtoner posted:Graphic Sexual Horror was a really thought-provoking as well as squirmingly uncomfortable and disturbing look at the BDSM website Insex, which was shut down by the FBI back in 2005. It focuses a lot on psychological torment and the ambiguity of consent, especially when their pay system (where women who used their safe word would receive less pay and find themselves blacklisted by the company) greatly discouraged women from using their safe word to get out of live shows they felt uncomfortable performing. It's very, very NSFW (it earns its NC-17 rating with actual footage from the site) and uncomfortable to watch. There's a lot of interview footage of just girls talking about poo poo I don't really care about. I wanted to see the actual stuff more, but it was still a really good watch. I was pretty much laughing at it all except a 1 second shot of putting pins under some girls toenails. gently caress. That.
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discoukulele posted:I watched this last night; it's really fascinating. I just stumbled on the follow-up documentary, The Secrets of Scientology. It's even better, because the first one focused more on the stalking whereas this one's a bit more in depth. I was a bit disappointed with the first docu, but it does have the follow-up video produced by the CoS, attempting to discredit it and him, some with a few good points if they were really true (how he was welcome to visit any CoS church and never took advantage of it), some that were clearly edited to look a certain way (like how he's shouting at Travolta with other journalists from aside a red carpet premiere, then for some reason they cut to a "security expert" who testifies that he was shouting louder than everyone else and making others uncomfortable. Um, then show the video of that happening, you clearly have it up to that point), and finally, some fluff clips about how the BBC should have better standards. Actually the CoS video itself is good training for picking apart fluffy, opinionated video. And Scientology and Me is good training on how you should always keep your cool around freaking Scientologists as they videotape your every move, and how a media-savvy entity with plenty of resources can dig up any portion of your past and smear your reputation. EDIT: Here is the CoS's response to the second video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_W_HvQ8M2w&feature=related doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Oct 4, 2011 |
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The website is awful to navigate so I can't find a date, but I think this just came out within the week. The VICE Guide to Belfast
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Oct 6, 2011 20:01
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Skating park/website with a bunch of short docs about the lives of some skaters. This one in particular stands out; it's making some serious web traffic today. http://theberrics.com/aberrican-me/ross-capicchioni-part-1.html (2 parts, both on the same page)
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Oct 7, 2011 01:45
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The Valuum posted:Hey man, I asked this before maybe you'll know though. How do the pedo's go to that center? Like they say they've served their prison sentences, so why don't they go free? Did they just build that center and say "oh yeah, by the way after your sentence you go here?", doesn't seem like they could get away with that. I thought it was an alternative to prison but the people there had already been locked up. Here's a good article on indefinite detention of pedophiles: http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/2010/05/should-pedophiles-be-locked-away-forever/ And here is the Wiki on the key Supreme Court case that allows it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_v._Hendricks
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Can anyone recommend anything on language or learning? I've been watching these short videos and want to see more on the subject: RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U (there's a bunch on youtube)
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Philip J Fry posted:Skating park/website with a bunch of short docs about the lives of some skaters. This one in particular stands out; it's making some serious web traffic today. This was also posted in the youtube thread and it's really good. Very moving.
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Philip J Fry posted:Skating park/website with a bunch of short docs about the lives of some skaters. This one in particular stands out; it's making some serious web traffic today. Wow. I think this is the first one to get to me of the supposedly teary-eyed docs. Great kid and really strong interview/retelling/documentary.
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Let's get some hot Elmo action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlNZo10pCts
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mod sassinator posted:Heads up a new Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition starts tonight on PBS: http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/arts/television/prohibition-a-ken-burns-documentary-on-pbs-review.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Has anyone got suggestions for good documentaries concerning the history of medicine and disease? To contribute : Horizon - Pandemic BBC documentary strand Horizon looks back over how it has covered various pandemic diseases such as smallpox, HIV and flu. There was a really good Horizon about smallpox called 'Smallpox on Death Row', but the youtube link posted earlier in this thread has been pulled and I'm buggered if I can find it anywhere else.
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drunken officeparty posted:There's a lot of interview footage of just girls talking about poo poo I don't really care about. I wanted to see the actual stuff more, but it was still a really good watch. I was pretty much laughing at it all except a 1 second shot of putting pins under some girls toenails. gently caress. That. Why would you be bragging about this?
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Anyone have any good documentaries on the gemstone trade, mining, etc?
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