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Just saw "A place at the table" fairly solid. It had the expected mix of "new information" and "appealing to emotion" of popular documentaries.
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BRB MAKIN BACON posted:Just saw "A place at the table" fairly solid. It had the expected mix of "new information" and "appealing to emotion" of popular documentaries. I came to post this. A Place at the Table is great. Two most facts you'll learn from it. In 1980 there were around 200 food banks in the nation. In 2010 there were over 12,000. Also the amount we give to the Israeli military every year is in fact just a little bit less than the amount we were willing to authorize in 2011 for several years to improve school lunches. 3 extra cents a meal
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Escaping evil and decent series of documentaries about cults is playing on biography. I have enjoyed the two I have caught so far - Jones town and the FLDS
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I know it's VICE but 3D Printed Guns is a great little documentary about 3D printed guns. Their main lead Cody Wilson conjures a desire for glory and recognition similar to Julian Assange (though never mentioned) in highlighting how disruptive technologies challenge traditional power structures.
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I found something on YouTube that I watched back in 1984 when it came out in the theaters. It's not a documentary, per se, but I'll still leave it here since it might interest people who are into history. It's a movie of about 107 minutes called "Le Bal," a Franco-Italian production. Here's the synopsis: quote:A unique look at the history of 20th century France as illustrated in popular culture, Le Bal is set in a Parisian dance hall and features no narrative, no dialogue, and no continuous characters. The film moves from one dance number to the next, as the music reflects the political and cultural tenor of the times, from the Popular Front of 1936 to the German Occupation of World War II, on to the breezy openness of the post-war era and the open rebellion and turmoil of May 1968, and finally closing in the early 1980s. A troupe of dancers portrays all the film's characters, with make-up and costume changes (as well as appropriate period music) indicating the different time periods. Directed by Ettore Scola, Le Bal was based on a stage production that was a great success in Europe. The trailer can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJdvA4eSGg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ji7A6J11U
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Surviving Edged Weapons, an 80s police training video. I was so sure it was fake and recent, now I'm just disturbed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fTaK2RDxNA Kumare: Filmmaker Vikram Gandhi puts an unexpected twist on this sobering documentary about spirituality and the power of suggestion when he poses as a prophet named Kumaré and develops a sizable following in the American Southwest. A better look into the people seeking spirituality than Religulous in my opinion. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/70177446?strkid=1627345312_0_0&trkid=222336&movieid=70177446
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McBeth posted:
Yes, Kumare is a great documentary. Watch Louis Theroux - Indian Gurus when you're done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3R7vuMg52U Edit: The title pretty much says it all. Louis goes looking for his Guru, enlightenment and miracles in his usual Theroux-ey way. All in all not as satisfying to watch as Kumare, but still very interesting. And I found out that the guy who always used to invite me to vegan dinners and tried to get me to follow the ways of Hare Krishna made his wish come true and got to visit India. (Spotted him somewhere in the background) So there's that Stockholm fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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Anybody know any good documentaries about the Dutch Republic?
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# ? Mar 31, 2013 23:34 |
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Any recommendations on Docs covering obesity/health (like Weight of a Nation), the food industry/agriculture, or Formula 1 (like Senna)? Any good sports documentaries out? What are some of the better 30 for 30's? I've seen The Two Escobars and Pony Excess.
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Waroduce posted:Any good sports documentaries out? What are some of the better 30 for 30's? I've seen The Two Escobars and Pony Excess.
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The Imposter is an absolute rollercoaster ride of a documentary that is currently available on Netflix instant. Without spoiling too much, in the 1990s a teenage boy goes missing from his neighborhood somewhere in Texas. Three years later his family gets a call that he's somehow turned up in Spain, ready to be picked up and returned home to the US. As for the rest, you just have to watch it. My jaw was on the floor the entire time. If you liked "Dear Zachary," this movie has a similar feel in that you totally don't expect what happens (but it's way less heart-wrenching.) EDIT: The entire thing is also available on youtube if you don't mind Greek subtitles. Budget Bears fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Apr 3, 2013 |
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Budget Bears posted:The Imposter is an absolute rollercoaster ride of a documentary that is currently available on Netflix instant. Also the subject of a great article, in a great magazine (New Yorker) by a legendary writer (David Grann) Here it is
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Budget Bears posted:The Imposter is an absolute rollercoaster ride of a documentary that is currently available on Netflix instant. That was really intriguing, as was the article linked above. Totally unexpected.
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Has anyone seen, The Artist is Present? I ran across a clip in the youtube thread last night and it really moved me. I've never really paid much attention to performance art, but she seems really interesting, and was wondering if the movie is worth checking out. e; don't watch the trailer if your at work.
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http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Planet-of-Snail/70241260?strkid=2120370398_0_0&strackid=65d489542f3b90fa_0_srl&trkid=222336 The Planet of Snail A deaf-blind man and his wife. It's definitely interesting to see how they communicate with each other but also how they live. *this was not the horror movie I was expecting from Netflix
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Anyone know of any good documentaries about the Korean war?
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# ? Apr 9, 2013 23:18 |
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Does anyone recall the name of a documentary... it was about a 15 year old boy who committed suicide, jumping from his bedroom window of his apartment building, after an entire life of crippling depression. His parents were filmmakers (I think the dad's name was Hart?) and made the documentary, interviewing friends, family, etc. It may have been something lke.. the boy's name in the title? I've googled a few possibilities but I can't seem to get it correct. It was really great, albeit incredibly sad, and I'd love to see it again.
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Boy Interrupted haha...I literally just googled your first sentence and it was the first result.
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Just watched The Tax Free Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4o13isDdfY quote:"Where do multinationals pay taxes and how much?" Gaining insight from international tax experts, Backlight director Marije Meerman ('Quants' & 'Money & Speed'), takes a look at tax havens, the people who live there and the routes along which tax is avoided globally. I liked it.
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Capt. Morgan posted:Boy Interrupted Clearly my googlefu sucks. Thank you!
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Waroduce posted:Any recommendations on Docs covering obesity/health (like Weight of a Nation), the food industry/agriculture, or Formula 1 (like Senna)? Food, Inc. is a good one about the industry as a whole. It's spent a long time on Netflix Instant Watch, not sure about currently. I'm assuming you've seen Super Size Me also, which I like but I think is anchored by a rather gimmicky stunt. As far as the 30 for 30 films my two current favorites are "The Best That Never Was" about the non-career of high school and college football legend Marcus DuPree, and "The Marinovich Project", also about the non-career of a high school and college legend. Perhaps I'm drawn to films about tragically unrealized potential! spite house posted:I caught The Great Happiness Space recently and was pretty amazed. It's on Netflix instant view. This has been on Netflix Instant Watch for a long time (again not sure about currently), but it's also on YouTube, broken up into eleven segments, in decent quality. Well worth a watch.
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Side By Side I love documentaries about movie making. This one is pretty interesting about Digital vs. Film: quote:Keanu Reeves produced and narrates this engaging documentary about the history of digital cinema technology and its vast impact on the movie industry. Despite the digital takeover, many fans still embrace the unique qualities of celluloid film. Wait what? Keanu Reeves? Yep. He's making a movie about movies and interviews some great directors, editors, cameramen. They compare the old movies to the new ones, the way digital has made it better, and worse, blah blah go watch the movie. It's on Netflix Streaming.
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magnificent7 posted:Side By Side
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I'm not sure if it's ever been mentioned on here because I lost track of the thread but I stumbled across Just Melvin: Just Evil which is I believe a HBO film from 2000. There's elements to it that are dated (Some of the music and film making) but it's not lacking for power. To hear people talk so openly about their abuse is staggering. It's probably one of the best films about how sexual abuse destroys people and destroys families. There's no real surprises or twists, it's pretty open upfront about what happened. I just hope that the people in the film find some happiness, whatever little they can at this point. For anyone who wants to watch it, and everyone should, it's here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY4eHaiVK9s
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Beauty Is Embarassing - the Wayne White story - this poo poo is fascinating and amazing. He: - set designed Pee Wee's playhouse - puppets for Pee Wee - contributed art to to Big Time by Peter Gabriel & Tonight Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins - Paints those crazy word paintings. His life is nothing short of inspiring if you have any interest in art. Dude re-invented himself three or four times over.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIfokifwSo New 350.org documentary on climate change, called Do the Math. Primers today.
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magnificent7 posted:Side By Side Watching this right now. I loving love how Reeves is narrating. There is zero pretension or "I'M THE STAR OF THE SHOW" in his voice. He's even fine showing himself with notes.
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Paper Jam Dipper posted:Watching this right now. I loving love how Reeves is narrating. There is zero pretension or "I'M THE STAR OF THE SHOW" in his voice. He's even fine showing himself with notes. From what people say it's pretty much what he's like in real life too. He's remarkably ego-less, no one seems to have a bad thing to say about him at all and according to Laurence Fishburne he'll embarrass you in Chess.
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DrVenkman posted:From what people say it's pretty much what he's like in real life too. He's remarkably ego-less, no one seems to have a bad thing to say about him at all and according to Laurence Fishburne he'll embarrass you in Chess. I'm not surprised. I'm a bit of a Keanu apologist. A guy who is in that many good movies can't be as bad as what we claim. And the bad movies he's in? He's never the reason. I'm not saying, "Maybe his portrayal of a French Canadian goaltender in Youngblood wasn't as bad as I thought" but maybe we don't always need a scene chewing actor.
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DrVenkman posted:I'm not sure if it's ever been mentioned on here because I lost track of the thread but I stumbled across Just Melvin: Just Evil which is I believe a HBO film from 2000. There's elements to it that are dated (Some of the music and film making) but it's not lacking for power. To hear people talk so openly about their abuse is staggering. It's probably one of the best films about how sexual abuse destroys people and destroys families. There's no real surprises or twists, it's pretty open upfront about what happened. There's no words. I can't even begin. Just... gently caress. Bolek fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Apr 22, 2013 |
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magnificent7 posted:Side By Side
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Robert Denby posted:Its more about how digital has completely taken over film, and how quick the transition has been. I'm working towards a career in film preservation so I actually saw this in a class. One of the last scenes in the film talks about preservation, and the one cinematographer's line about preserving movies digitally ("Where are we? We're hosed.") has become something of a mantra to us. There's so many great lines in the doc. It's quote heaven. "In a way, cinema was the church of the 20th century."
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Bolek posted:There's no words. I can't even begin. Just... gently caress. Sadly it seems there's literally no information on the family or anything else post-documentary. Even the guy who directed it has a hilariously outdated website that if I didn't know any better I'd say was a Geocities site. I kind of want to know what happened next but I have a feeling that they continued to spiral out of control.
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The Killing of America is one of those documentaries that came out in the early 80s with a lot of graphic footage of Bad Things Happening. They use the Zapruder film of JFK's assassination, actual footage of the famous "Shooting a dude through the head in Vietnam" picture, footage of all sorts of riots and things... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-knbqmXn0 What the Killing of America is about is that is forwards a thesis that America has become a super-violent nation, since the death of JFK up until the film was released in 1982. It covers riots, suicides, sniper attacks, massacres and weird violent crimes like when a guy took a banker hostage, wired up a shotgun so if it was removed from his grasp, the gun would go off, or if it was removed from being against his hostage's neck, it'd go off. It was oddly fascinating, but I'm more interested in how the docu showed different crimes not just to shock and gross you out, but to show how America has been getting its crimes and violence more and more publicized. A couple different people who committed these crimes just wanted to be known. So, here's the thing. Anyone have any other recommendations for documentaries to watch, that maybe show vignettes about crimes and dramatic incidents after '82? I doubt a sequel was made of this particular film, but something in the spirit of it(Bowling for Columbine is close, but not perfect) would be interesting.
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Killing of America is for sure my favorite documentary ever. The only "spiritual sequel" I can think of is the incredibly grim and moralistic "Executions": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHaLAMtrLyY Gonna definitely have to slap a for unsimulated human death.
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One that I recently watched (on Netflix I think) is Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal which focuses more on spree killings and the circumstances surrounding them. I remember it being pretty interesting and in-depth but it does feature some graphic stuff including an instance of a workplace shooting caught on CCTV.
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I actually didn't care for that, but the book it's based on, Going Postal, is killer.
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It was probably mentioned here earlier but Sound City is pretty incredible. Kind of makes you remember what you used to love about rock music, if you stopped loving it at all. I think it had a lot of similarities to Side by Side. The best part is probably the soundtrack, which is incredible. Artists from different generations coming together to jam. For me the best was definitely the final track "Mantra" but I'm a bit of a mark for Trent Reznor. Best documentary of this year I've seen yet.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Killing of America is for sure my favorite documentary ever. The only "spiritual sequel" I can think of is the incredibly grim and moralistic "Executions": I watched Killing of America today, and I didn't love it. I think that a part of it is that I really am interested in the phenomenon of violence in America, and they bring up easily a dozen cases that could make for an entire movie (Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Charles Whitman, etc). But they don't go into a ton of detail; maybe it's too much too ask, since what are they going to do? Crack the case? Expose the ultra secret motivations of killers? So of course they briefly recount the incidents, then more or less leave it at that. The end seems to suggest a conclusion: stricter gun laws, stricter prosecution, and longer sentences. I guess that seems somewhat wrong-headed and reactionary to me, particularly as we know that a dude with a gun and a brain tumor who blasts dozens of people isn't exactly concerned with the length of his sentence. I'm a little too tired to cite the research, but a criminal commits crimes because s/he is not thinking of consequences - logical, yes? I guess I wish it was a better doc, but I'm struggling to think of what specifically could have been improved upon.
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