Does anybody has a tip for me about a good documentary?

I'm in the mood for it.

searching for sugarman

TPB - the pirate bay movie

hearts of darkness

woody allen a documentary

cormans world

senna

american the bill hicks story

the hbo series "vice". the oliver stone history of the worl series, that other 10 part thing that was on at xmas, can't remember the name about the eveolution of man

Thanks.

Is Vice anygood?

lazycrockett said:

Is Vice anygood?

yeah, it's proper serious documentary, just half hour long. it's not what you'd expect from HBO. it's got nothing to do with actual vice as in miami vice, it's more like pakistan and china etc. just 2 eps so far

The American Experience and the Biography Channel have some good biographies.

i also love watching ancient aliens. it's not really a documentary, it's just these mental blokes that think aliens built the pyramids and stuff like that. the presentation is along the lines of "in 5000 years bc, aliens built the pyramids with big spaceships and stuff........ (pause).... according to ancient alien theorists"

the folk on the show are completely convinced, yet you know they are just mental. this is the main bloke

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he is saying in that photo "ancient alien cocks where this big"

his haircut was actually done by ancient aliens in 5000 years bc. fact

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^My fav of that is the episode where bigfoot was created by aliens to be a slave race that was mining gold for them. SMH

Speaking of aliens, does anyone remember Erich von Daniken?

You're probably not interested in the topic, but I just watched Ken Burns' Baseball documentary, and it was great.

I also watched Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead and liked it quite a lot. The end was incredibly touching.

purplethunder3121 said:

Speaking of aliens, does anyone remember Erich von Daniken?

he's a regular on ancient aliens as it was him that started it all with his book chariot of the gods, of which we are reminded at least 17 times each and every episode, and last weeks episode was another one dedicted to him and his book, about the third or fourth they've done. there is a documentary from the 70s which was the predecessor to the show that's interesting too, but doesn't have as flashy visuals or re-eneacments

this week they were trying to say how could vikings travel about in boots to far away places when no-one else was doing it (like how could they know what happened in them days), so of course they had to have ancient alien technology. one of them obviouly watched the marvel thor movie and thought the space bits must mean that real aliens helped real vikings as they had a bit on thors hammer, which i'm sure you can guess, is based on alien technology

one other documentary i should have mentioned was the sound city one by dave grohl, that's excellent

K I had too. The grand daddy of them all.

unique said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Speaking of aliens, does anyone remember Erich von Daniken?

he's a regular on ancient aliens as it was him that started it all with his book chariot of the gods, of which we are reminded at least 17 times each and every episode, and last weeks episode was another one dedicted to him and his book, about the third or fourth they've done. there is a documentary from the 70s which was the predecessor to the show that's interesting too, but doesn't have as flashy visuals or re-eneacments

this week they were trying to say how could vikings travel about in boots to far away places when no-one else was doing it (like how could they know what happened in them days), so of course they had to have ancient alien technology. one of them obviouly watched the marvel thor movie and thought the space bits must mean that real aliens helped real vikings as they had a bit on thors hammer, which i'm sure you can guess, is based on alien technology

one other documentary i should have mentioned was the sound city one by dave grohl, that's excellent

Yes! I've really been wanting to see that! Sorry I missed it in the theaters...I'll have to get it on DVD.

i think the cinema release of sound city was limited, in fact very limited, as it wasa just for promo reasons maily. i think it was shown on PPV in HD. this would have stoked sales of the cd and the live shows

So, what did you end up watching?

lazycrockett said:

K I had too. The grand daddy of them all.

Loved it!

Thank you

Ottensen said:

So, what did you end up watching?

An episode of Ms. Marple, Alain de Botton on Status Anxiety, whilst feeling sorry for myself that Londonboy doesn't love me.

lazycrockett said:

Is Vice anygood?

Yes, topics are well chosen.

Not very deep, but fits current culture.

Interesting topic, not to long and it's up to you if you want to elaborate or just pick up what you get served.

This one is thought provoking.

unique said:

searching for sugarman

TPB - the pirate bay movie

hearts of darkness

woody allen a documentary

cormans world

senna

american the bill hicks story

the hbo series "vice". the oliver stone history of the worl series, that other 10 part thing that was on at xmas, can't remember the name about the eveolution of man

Anybody with a clue?

NDRU said:

You're probably not interested in the topic, but I just watched Ken Burns' Baseball documentary, and it was great.

I also watched Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead and liked it quite a lot. The end was incredibly touching.

Haven't tried yet, but will.

Never know, maybe it will be my all time favorite.

Thank you for the tip.

dJJ said:

Ottensen said:

So, what did you end up watching?

An episode of Ms. Marple, Alain de Botton on Status Anxiety, whilst feeling sorry for myself that Londonboy doesn't love me.

Okay, here's some more! Maybe you will watch one if you get an "itch" for a documentary again- and they will keep you from thinking about old Londonboy

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

The World According to Dick Cheney

The History Channel: Bust... - YouTube

Guest of Cindy Sherman



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The Ku Klux Klan A Secret History

There's plenty more where that came from. We're watching a documentary on China right now and about to start one on Gypsy Jazz and the legacy of Django Reinhardt. Outside of org suggestions for US shows (that I can find online), I pretty only watch documentaries on tv here

Grizzly Man

The Story of Anvil

Gates of Heaven

Last Train Home

Up The Yangtze

Salesman

Southern Comfort

Harlan County USA

Dark Days

Crumb

King of Kong

Wasteland

Mr Death

Grey Gardens

Into the Abyss

Roger and Me

retina said:

The Story of Anvil

This one was great. Sad and weird and hilarious at times

NDRU said:

retina said:

The Story of Anvil

This one was great. Sad and weird and hilarious at times

Yeah, I love it when documentaries aren't one-note, but feature a wide range of emotions. Ultimately I thought it was really uplifting. Nothing could break his sense of hope and optimism.

Paris Is Burning!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...v2L2UGZJAM

Another sports doc

When We Were Kings

It Might Get Loud

not amazing, but totally enjoyable. The Edge is a bit of a mismatch, but I do really like and appreciate his style.

A few I have seen in the last few years that resonated with me:

Searching for Sugar Man - Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez. This won the Amercan Academy Award for best documentary feature this year and is a great feel good story. 4.5/5

The Cove - Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. This one was heartbreaking. 5/5




Chasing Ice - Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. The cinematography is stunning. 5/5

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold - A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement. Lighthearted and very entertaining. 4.5/5