wawebste All American 19599 Posts user info edit post |
The Barkley Marathons
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQmoxlUy33A
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Big4Country All American 11907 Posts user info edit post |
^My sister and her husband watched that and said it was good. 7/14/2016 9:03:41 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I watched the Tony Robbins documentary. It doesn't reveal a lot about him, except that he's crazy and his followers/staffers are even crazier. 7/19/2016 12:35:24 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
Idiocracy recently became the first movie to cross genres from satire to documentary. 7/20/2016 10:49:19 AM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
^^it was interesting. i was hoping for more on who TR really was offstage and away from his work and there was very little of that. 7/20/2016 3:00:05 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, when i was watching it i was wondering if he produced it, a lot of it just seemed to be promoting him. i'm sure he has some flaws/secretes, but they didn't touch on any of that. 7/20/2016 3:38:18 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
i read an article that said the director attended his Date with Destiny event and then pleaded with TR for several years to allow him to film it and make the documentary. TR eventually agreed, but he also came on as producer and invested a lot of money into the production. 7/20/2016 3:56:26 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
that makes sense 7/20/2016 4:29:58 PM |
HCH All American 3895 Posts user info edit post |
Documentary now! is good stuff. Especially episode 4 - "the eyes dont lie" 7/27/2016 2:14:04 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12501 Posts user info edit post |
Just watched a pretty interesting one called Tickled, it's on HBO, it starts out as a journalist looking into a competitive tickling league that he sees a video about online, and that leads down a crazy rabbit hole when he starts looking into the company behind it with threats and intimidation, I recommend it. 3/23/2017 9:29:43 PM |
Big4Country All American 11907 Posts user info edit post |
I just watched "After Porn Ends" and "After Porn Ends 2." They were both interesting, but it was a lot of sad stories. The worst was the lady who became a porn star after getting a full academic scholarship and dropping out of college. Then she applied to Mensa and got accepted when they saw her SAT scores. Then her husband died in a car wreck when she was 8 months pregnant and now she is an alcoholic. What a waste of a mind. Someone like her needed to earn a STEM degree and do some good for the world. 5/31/2017 8:37:44 PM |
wizzkidd All American 1668 Posts user info edit post |
If you haven't seen the ESPN 30 for 30 OJ: Made in America, set aside some time to watch it. It's 7 and a half hours, but it's AMAZING! I'm on my second watch now. It's on watchespn if you're a cable subscriber.
Also, another plug for the Barkley Marathons. Even if you're not a runner, it's such an interesting look into the crazy stuff people will do to themselves.
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kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
The Men Who Killed Kennedy 6/25/2017 4:25:13 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 25673 Posts user info edit post |
Two doping-themed documentaries:
Stop At Nothing Icarus
Both on Netflix. 8/13/2017 1:26:34 AM |
wizzkidd All American 1668 Posts user info edit post |
I waited and waited for Flatball to hit netflix. I almost bought it outright from iTunes because I was so excited for a documentary about ultimate... and then I watched it. I'm glad I waited for it to be on netflix... disappointing... 8/13/2017 11:05:39 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 25673 Posts user info edit post |
I watched Icarus last night. It was good. Almost like a documentary and a thriller combined.
Also interested to see Machines when it comes out, as I work in the US textile industry. These scenes are pretty unrecognizable. No wonder we have difficulty being cost-competitive.
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mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4365 Posts user info edit post |
Watched Queen of Versailles last night. really good. Can't believe the guy didn't have ANY money socked away for hard times. 8/14/2017 2:45:17 PM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.pbs.org/the-farthest/home/
Went to a screening of this last week at ANMH and thought it was great.
8/14/2017 5:26:17 PM |
Big4Country All American 11907 Posts user info edit post |
^I saw that the other night following an episode of Nova about the eclipse. 8/28/2017 9:02:03 AM |
Big4Country All American 11907 Posts user info edit post |
Tonight I watched a documentary called, "The 24 Hour War" that was interesting. It was about the Ford vs Ferrari rivalry in endurance racing in the 1960s. 11/2/2017 10:06:42 PM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
^^what'd you think? 11/2/2017 10:50:05 PM |
GoldieO All American 1801 Posts user info edit post |
An Open Secret.
https://youtu.be/2tFu3krt1iI
With Corey Feldman finally starting to name drop, this one seems appropriate for the thread. Went back and hadn't seen it posted yet. I'll never be able to enjoy The Sandlot again after watching this one. 11/3/2017 6:24:15 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39182 Posts user info edit post |
Minding the Gap lived up to expectations
highly recommend 4/25/2019 7:07:15 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I recently started watching the new Netflix series Our Planet, and it seems incredible, and a bit depressing (hosted by David Attenborough) 4/26/2019 10:12:14 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
this is what i posted in the other thread:
Ken Burns' The Vietnam War https://www.netflix.com/title/80997770
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States https://www.netflix.com/title/80127995
Shot in the Dark https://www.netflix.com/title/80171561
The Confession Tapes https://www.netflix.com/title/80161702
The Miami Showband Massacre https://www.netflix.com/title/80191046
Senna https://www.netflix.com/title/70170051 4/26/2019 10:39:36 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I watched a few documentaries about Chinese modern history on youtube. They are really good. For example: Mao, the last emperor; The colored Mao; Tiananmen; Tank Man, etc. 4/30/2019 11:39:59 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39182 Posts user info edit post |
Hail Satan is excellent and everyone should watch it 5/23/2019 5:02:52 PM |
mkcarter PLAY SO HARD 4365 Posts user info edit post |
Mommy Dead and Dearest 6/10/2019 2:49:52 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
Generally speaking, all made by Frontline. 6/10/2019 2:59:04 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I recently started the apparent classic "Harlan County USA" from 1976 about coal miners striking against Duke Power back in the early 70s. It appears to be very well done.
And it made me remember another good one, "Bright Leaves" from 2003 about the Tobacco industry in NC, which also involves the Duke family. 6/13/2019 4:23:32 PM |
Cabbage All American 2066 Posts user info edit post |
^If you like Bright Leaves I'd recommend Sherman's March (which is Ross McElwee's most famous movie, so there's a good chance you already know it).
Searching for love while retracing Sherman's route. 6/13/2019 8:42:18 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I feel like I watched that too, but can't remember it, so I might revisit it.
I finished Harlan County USA. I thought it was really good. 6/14/2019 10:23:29 AM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I'm looking forward to this:
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music 6/17/2019 11:43:20 AM |
ncsuallday Sink the Flagship 9818 Posts user info edit post |
don't want to comb through the entire thread to see if these were mentioned (I'm sure they have been) but off the top of my head I really enjoyed:
WWII in Color is awesome Ken Burns - Vietnam War and Civil War Roman Empire Chefs Table Somm (about the highest wine certification) Helvetica (about design/typography) 6/17/2019 4:02:55 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I watched Satan & Adam (on Netflix), a documentary about an unlikely blues duo that I hadn't heard of before. Most of it was pretty interesting. They started busking on the streets of Harlem, the black guy (Stirling McGee) actually recorded on Ray Charle's label in the 60s, and played with a lot R&B performers back then, then disappeared and showed-up in the 80s playing on the streetas a one-man band known as Satan. He could play! The white guy (Adam) was kind of annoying though.
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thegoodlife3 All American 39182 Posts user info edit post |
the Ken Burns Muhammad Ali doc is great
further convinced that Ali was an alien 9/21/2021 5:41:36 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
^we've gotten though 3 of the 4 episodes and are thoroughly enjoying it.
he was a very interesting and enigmatic person. and definitely had some flaws. 11/30/2021 3:14:06 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
Finally got around to watching Class Action Park. Very interesting.
1/6/2022 9:58:43 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148234 Posts user info edit post |
it was a pretty good watch 1/6/2022 11:49:46 AM |
Big4Country All American 11907 Posts user info edit post |
I just watched an interesting documentary on PlutoTV called Porndemic. It's about an HIV outbreak in the late 90's in the porn industry. It was a Showtime documentary. 7/25/2022 11:18:28 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
I recommend Shadow of a Wheel on PBS. I think the first two episodes have aired so far.
In 1982, a bunch of North Carolina teenagers set-off to do a cross-country trip from California to Cape Hatteras to raise money for M.S. research. They interview a lot of the participants in present day, and have a bunch of old pictures, and apparently just found a ton of old video. A blast from the early 80s.
https://www.shadowofawheel.com/ 7/19/2023 2:00:02 PM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
^Finished the 4 episodes. It was pretty amazing (I thought... may have something to do with being a kid in the 80s). And it has an incredible soundtracks of "popular/iconic" pop and rock music. I'm assuming the artists just let them have it since it was a PBS documentary about people raising $ for M.S. 8/2/2023 4:08:43 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39182 Posts user info edit post |
really, really enjoyed the new Albert Brooks doc on HBO 11/18/2023 12:18:43 AM |
Bullet All American 28268 Posts user info edit post |
^^I'll again recomend that, it was really cool.
This was a good PBS POV: https://www.kingcoalfilm.com/about 7/15/2024 10:06:33 AM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 6838 Posts user info edit post |
House of hammer is definitely worth watching if you are into celebrities and their weird ass habits 7/30/2024 11:05:05 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Which celebs did you find most interesting? 8/1/2024 3:49:34 PM |