lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
ok so whats some good documentaries that you suggest
i just saw "the nazis: a warning from history" its like 4 hours but i was very well done, shows a side of nazis ive never seen before. it focuses primarily on hitler and the party and how they got power and spreadout into europe. 3/8/2008 1:25:33 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Fog of War
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deliver us from evil confessions of a superhero grizzly man twist of faith American Movie 3/8/2008 1:38:05 PM |
Walls1441 All American 10000 Posts user info edit post |
Ken Burns 3/8/2008 1:38:52 PM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
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I was about to post the exact same thing.3/8/2008 1:39:34 PM |
screentest All American 1955 Posts user info edit post |
Hoop Dreams Crumb Gates of Heaven (my favorite Errol Morris doc although Fog of War and The Thin Blue Line are fucking geat) Don't Look Back Afro-Punk Our Brand Is Crisis Grey Gardens Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
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vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Hoop Dreams Spellbound Deep Water American Movie Crumb Gimme Shelter The King of Kong Salesman Dark Days Roger & Me Dig! Seven Up/7 Plus Seven/21 Up/28 Up/35 Up/42 Up/47 Up ] 3/8/2008 2:06:15 PM |
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Encino Man Meteor Man] 3/8/2008 2:08:20 PM |
Crooden All American 554 Posts user info edit post |
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I never saw this, but Errol Morris' documentaries are usually very good.
His "Mr. Death" and "Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control" are pretty entertaining.3/8/2008 2:15:34 PM |
WolfMiami All American 8766 Posts user info edit post |
Three solid docs that i have seen lately:
My Kid Could Paint That Born Into Brothels The Devil's Playground 3/8/2008 2:31:28 PM |
WolfMiami All American 8766 Posts user info edit post |
King of Kong was great too! 3/8/2008 2:31:55 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Hell, I'd let you borrow my copy if I hadn't already loaned it out. 3/8/2008 2:32:41 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
i'd prolly put hoop dreams in my top 20 3/8/2008 2:35:10 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
how about yall post something you like and why? its not always about top 10 lists, geeeez 3/8/2008 2:36:42 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I like Gimme Shelter because nowhere else can you find footage of Mick Jagger watching someone get murdered during a Stones show. 3/8/2008 2:38:11 PM |
Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
I think my 3 favorite of all time are
Sherman's March Roger & Me Hoop Dreams 3/8/2008 3:03:37 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
The Weather Underground Hearts and Minds (the best Vietnam documentary ever) The Trials of Henry Kissinger Manufacturing Consent The Corporation (long but excellent) 3/8/2008 4:07:11 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
sweet, i just wasted 2 hours on king of kong, that was reallly good so many twists and turns, too bad i didnt learn anything useful 3/8/2008 4:09:15 PM |
Crooden All American 554 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^^ Hell, I'd let you borrow my copy if I hadn't already loaned it out." |
I've got Spring Break this week; I'll probably end up renting it.
Quote : | "how about yall post something you like and why? its not always about top 10 lists, geeeez" |
If you're mostly looking to get useful information from documentaries, "Mr. Death" and "Fast, Cheap..." might not be the best ones to watch. Errol Morris is good at capturing character and portraying ostensibly ridiculous/ humorous subjects (a Holocaust denier, a topiary gardner, a lion tamer) sympathetically. He invented this contraption called "the Megatron" made up of about 20 different cameras to capture every minute gesture of the people he interviews.
Pretty cool.3/8/2008 5:05:36 PM |
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
Haha I made the exact same post in that thread. Documentary fans don't forget about http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=517393 3/8/2008 6:47:11 PM |
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i am trying to break your heart wilco recording yankee hotel foxtrot 3/8/2008 7:29:58 PM |
Ronny All American 30652 Posts user info edit post |
Heima
Sigur Ros Documentary, mostly them playing unscheduled shows throughout their home country. Rad. 3/10/2008 12:36:26 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
i would have liked fog of war more if phillip glass hadn't insisted on plagiarizing himself with the score. it was downright distracting for me because i had played the piece that was listed in the credits as "original score"
but yeah, it's a great doc
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BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE! 3/10/2008 1:10:31 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan The Blair Witch Project 3/10/2008 1:25:38 PM |
JCash All American 988 Posts user info edit post |
Koyaanisqatsi Baraka
I thought The Corporation was pretty one-sided and stupid. Not to say they don't make some good points, but it's so biased against corporations that the overall film just felt like propaganda to me. If you are anti-capitalism you'll probably love it though. 3/10/2008 1:32:24 PM |
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Hype! 3/10/2008 1:40:13 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
I just watched Meeting Resistance last night. I thought it was pretty good. It is pretty much video of Iraqi insurgents discussing why they fight. All of their faces are obscured, and the story is completely their own words with no commentary. I highly recommend it. 3/10/2008 1:40:50 PM |
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Who Killed the Electric Car? 3/10/2008 1:43:46 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
http://loosechange911.com/finalcut/ 3/10/2008 1:44:37 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Shit...I completely forgot about My Kid Could Paint That. 3/10/2008 1:49:21 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I thought The Corporation was pretty one-sided and stupid. Not to say they don't make some good points, but it's so biased against corporations that the overall film just felt like propaganda to me. If you are anti-capitalism you'll probably love it though. " |
yeah i watched like 20 minutes of that and turned it off, im not interested in seeing a biased film that ends up making you dumber, like SICKO3/10/2008 2:09:05 PM |
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helvetica 3/10/2008 2:41:41 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12499 Posts user info edit post |
The Highlander was a documentary, and the events were filmed in real time 3/10/2008 2:48:11 PM |
NjCeSwU Suspended 1029 Posts user info edit post |
Roger and Me is great.
Its hilarious how bad the town of Flint Michigan got shit on over and over. 3/10/2008 2:51:38 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
I'll admit that The Corporation is a bit of a polemic, and thus people who are ideologically opposed to alot of the ideas presented in it could certainly claim it is biased, but it doesnt change the fact that the film was well thought out and presented alot of material effectively. It got a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes so the vast majority of critics would probably agree. 3/10/2008 3:23:10 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
^ agreed. Documentaries don't have to be even-handed. I'm happy to go see another point of view so long as it is an informed perspective and I thought the Corperation did a pretty good job of this. 3/10/2008 3:30:32 PM |
J_Hova All American 30984 Posts user info edit post |
The Trials of Daryl Hunt Murder on a Sunday Morning And Unforgivable Blackness
Jack Johnson was a bold ass dude for the early 1900s 3/10/2008 4:11:08 PM |
NoidRoid All American 7642 Posts user info edit post |
Crumb is one of my favorite movies period. The Devil and Daniel Johnston has prolly taken over the 2 spot for documentaries, it has a lot of replay value. 3/10/2008 5:17:01 PM |
TheBrewery All American 1358 Posts user info edit post |
Why We Fight Sicko Loose Change Devil's Playground 3/10/2008 6:12:34 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
How did I forget?
For music fans: Be Here to Love Me Heartworn Highways
No Direction Home wasn't bad either.
Fog of War was good. It didn't blow me away.] 3/11/2008 6:58:57 AM |
David0603 All American 12764 Posts user info edit post |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 3/11/2008 12:25:41 PM |
khcadwal All American 35165 Posts user info edit post |
step into liquid (its a good surfing documentary. it doesn't even matter if you like surfing or not, its way cool) 3/11/2008 12:31:18 PM |
JLCayton All American 2715 Posts user info edit post |
In the Shadow of the Moon 3/11/2008 12:36:41 PM |
Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
^ Really loved that 3/11/2008 12:50:21 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
That reminds me.
The Stacy Peralta movies are decent. Dogtown and Z-Boys is a better film, but the footage in Riding Giants is spectacular. 3/11/2008 1:01:18 PM |
jocristian All American 7525 Posts user info edit post |
watched these online from netflix recently. both very good.
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? and Who the $&$^ is Jackson Pollock?
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Spellbound
one of my friends was in the national spelling bee the year it was filmed. she's in it for 2 seconds ha. 3/11/2008 2:51:09 PM |
Cif82 All American 10455 Posts user info edit post |
Hoop Dreams
I have watched this film so many times. It's riveting. In my top 10 films of all time. Probably one of the best films about living in America, the "American Dream," and social structure. Oh, and basketball. 3/11/2008 2:51:11 PM |