Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Flea Bottom Forum → Movies → Documentaries
 

Topic: Documentaries

Post Info
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Documentaries
Permalink  
 

I am a big fan of them, surprised we haven't made a thread for this yet. Will update with some recommendations later.



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 

yus, true, weird we didn`t open this thread before, although I think we talked about some documentaries in other thread. I love documentaries too.

"Lightning over water" comes to mind, Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray. Need to watch that again.

And I think I posted something about Herzog´s "Cave of forgotten dreams"

 



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
Black as Snow
Mistress Of The Coin
Status: Offline
Posts: 1917
Date:
Permalink  
 
andrea wrote:

And I think I posted something about Herzog´s "Cave of forgotten dreams"

Yes you did!  A wonderful documentary, but the soundtrack forced me to mute a lot of it and read the subtitles.  Truly a case where a poor choice of music has a tremendous negative impact on a film.  Still, I would highly recommend it.  Especially if you don't mind reading subtitles. 



__________________
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

c'mon Don, you can't open a thread saying you love documentaries and then don't give an example! It's like Al opening a thread that's called "Movies" and he says he will get back to it later.

I think I said something about Searching for Sugarman (just wonderful and uplifting) and The Imposter (creepy) in other threads, two documentaries I can't recommend enough.

Though if there's one documentary that sadly burned all its images on my eyeballs it's Bulgaria's Abandoned Children. I somehow never like to recommend this one because it basically will make you lose all hope in humanity. So if you already have, you can maybe watch it and cry yourself to sleep: www.youtube.com/watch



-- Edited by JapieQ on Tuesday 24th of December 2013 07:01:58 PM

__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 
JapieQ wrote:

I think I said something about Searching for Sugarman (just wonderful and uplifting)

 Yes, this one too! Probably the only movie I enjoyed these last few years.



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

 

this was very fun, old black lady telling about all her jewel thieving shenanigans and while filming the documentary she's still busy stealing things and getting prosecuted because mdoern technology has caught up with her. Apparently will be a movie with Halle Berry.



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

One very good documentary is "Blackfish"...

I can verify that the doc is very accurate, because I was a SeaWorld employee...I even knew the trainer that got killed.

Here are some pics of me when I worked there back in 2002 ( wow I was skinny back then! haha )

I was a show tech, so I did lighting for all their venues and events, I even spotlighted the whales during the nighttime shows. My favorite memory was coming in the park at 6am, before it opened. And I would walk by the viewing area ( which are giant underwater windows ), and sometimes the whales would see you and stop and look at you at the glass. Having a truck-sized animal stare you eye to eye is not something you forget easy.

sw9.JPGsw8.JPGsw7.JPGsw3.JPG



Attachments
__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

Was looking on Netflix if they showed it and it seems they have a lot of goodies, I'll try to watch it tonight. Cool pics Donny.

There are a ton of good documentaries on Netflix, these I still want to see: Knuckle/Indie Game/Chasing Ice/the Aileen Wuornos docs/Waking Sleeping Beauty/room 237/Best Worst Movie/Still Bill/the Final Member/16 Acres/Bronies (troll). Fuckity, it's a long list.

Other fantastic documentary I just remembered about how basically nothing changed and all the same people stayed in power since the recession, Inside Job:



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
Macha
Priestess of R'hllor
Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 

Inside Job was terrific, yes.

Saw Blackfish yesterday, what a tough thing to watch these wonderful creatures being treated this way, and the horrific consequences of that. Heartbreaking, really.

The pics are nice though, Don. Must have been magical, seeing these big beauties up close.

Would like to see God Loves Uganda, but I can't find it anywhere yet.



__________________

"Fuck you, Andy Pandy. I AM the loop."

JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 
Macha wrote:

 

Saw Blackfish yesterday, what a tough thing to watch these wonderful creatures being treated this way, and the horrific consequences of that. Heartbreaking, really.

The pics are nice though, Don. Must have been magical, seeing these big beauties up close.

 

Since I watched it too yesterday, exactly this.

 

Also saw Chasing Ice, about a guy photographing all the melting gletsjers and proving how our earth is fucked and all is going to shit. Pretty pictures though and this was one of the most amazing things I ever saw:

Anyone has any uplifting documentaries?



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
Cary Storm
Lord Bannerman Of The Smileys
Status: Offline
Posts: 2420
Date:
Permalink  
 
JapieQ wrote:
Anyone has any uplifting documentaries?

I just saw G-Dog.  Particularly interesting as I've been to the Homeboy Industries Headquarters and eaten at the Cafe.  Yeah, so it's my focus, but I think it's also quite uplifting in the long run. 



__________________

"There's no cure for being a cunt."  Bronn
"King Stannis is my god."  Davos
"Who the fuck is Jon Snow?"  Locke
Macha
Priestess of R'hllor
Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 
JapieQ wrote:
Anyone has any uplifting documentaries?

 I could say "Stories We Tell", but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Interesting concept, nice story, but a bit dragged out and weird to watch. Made me feel too much like a voyeur.



__________________

"Fuck you, Andy Pandy. I AM the loop."

JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

Oh, I'll check G-Dog out on Netflix. Forgot an uplifting documentary myself, unless you are the devil and hate Elmo!



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

Uplifting documentaries? I love to be disturbed, and nothing scares me more than Jesus Camp. 

 



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 
Oh yes, Jesus Camp disturbed the shit out of me. Ok, watched some very disturbing shit tonight: The Final Member.

It's about an Icelandic guy's quest to complete his penis-museum with an example of a Homo Sapiens willy. Now you probably think: "This guy is bonkers" but it gets more bonkers, because there is an American guy who is willing to cut of his willy (which is named Elmo, and he claims it was named Elmo before there ever was a muppet named Elmo) and donate it to the museum just so he could be the first human willy ever in a museum. He is afraid he'll come in second place if he doesn't cut it off because there is a 90-year-old Icelandic adventurer (who claims to have fucked about 300 women) who will donate his willy to the museum after his death.

NOW I DARE YOU TO NOT BE ENTICED TO WATCH IT

__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

You want to be disturbed?

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/05/storyville-gaddafi.html

 

 

Filmed in Cuba, the Pacific, Brazil, the USA, South Africa, Libya and Australia, this hard-hitting documentary features interviews with palace insiders, victims of his violent regime and some of those who gave shape to Gaddafi’s dark dreams.

An FBI fugitive tells of Gaddafi’s ‘murder-for-hire’ team, set up to kill his enemies worldwide; his former plastic surgeon tells how he found himself operating on Gaddafi in the middle of the night and without general anaesthetic because he was afraid of being poisoned.

We hear from the widow of the Libyan foreign minister, whose body Gaddafi kept in a freezer; a female bodyguard who adored him until she was forced to watch teenagers being executed; and the teacher at a school visited by Gaddafi tells how he turned up unannounced to select girls to be taken back to his palace for his pleasure, tapping students on the head to indicate to his henchman which ones he wanted.

Gaddafi was a dictator like no other; their stories are stranger than fiction.



-- Edited by JapieQ on Monday 27th of January 2014 10:08:10 AM

__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 
I admit I like dark documentaries! teehee

__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
Macha
Priestess of R'hllor
Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 

@Jap - Didn't they also tell all sorts of stories about Saddam after his death? Not saying they were true or not, I haven't studied the subject, it's just that I'm a bit skeptic in general about this sort of documentary. But BBC documentaries are usually good, so it should be interesting. I'll look for it.


Speaking of BBC documentaries, have I told you about Crusades, presented by Terry Jones? It's fantastic. There are so many documentaries on the subject, but this one is hilarious. You can find it entirely on youtube if you feel like giving it a shot.

And a more recent one, Gideon's Army. It follows three public defenders as they're struggling with their clients and their line of work. Really liked it.



__________________

"Fuck you, Andy Pandy. I AM the loop."

JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

I haven't seen it yet, but if there's one man capable of these horrors then it's that lunatic. That man was as bonkers as it gets and the whole world let him get away with it.

After season 2 of House of Cards I want to quit my Netflix, so I'm binging on some docs in the last weeks:

The ones I really liked:

- both Aileen Wuornos documentaries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos Yes she killed some men, but she got intensely fucked in the ass by her partner in crime, her lawyer, and her new adoptive mom. More evidence the death-penalty is a crime against humanity.

- Thin Blue Line: aaaaaaand another excellent argument how the system just wants to put people on death row instead of giving the accused a fair investigation and trial. This documentary actually helped the main person get out of jail.

- an 8-part documentary about a crazy staircase death: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupçons You are witness through the entire trial, especially the defense lets you see every detail of how they work. Amazing glued to your tv-stuff and you just can't believe all the intrigue that keeps on piling up in every new hour. (highly recommended)

- 16 Acres. www.imdb.com/title/tt2234419/reference A good documentary why it took so many years before they started building on Ground Zero in NY again. Jeez, fucking politics.

- G-Dog. See Cary's post.

- Best Worst Movie: www.imdb.com/title/tt1144539/reference Documentary that starts really fun, about the cult following of the worst movie ever made: Troll 2. In the end you feel really awkward about some people though.

- Murder on a Sunday Morning: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01709pk More shady policework in the US, scary stuff: black innocent kid gets picked of the street and is identified as the killer by an eyewitness (husband of the lady that got shot point blank). No further investigation whatsoever, the defense attorney totally destroys the investigators and the prosecution. I love documentaries where we can follow the entire trial and where corrupt police is getting fucked in the bunghole.

The ones that are ok:

- Mitt: Netflix-exclusive documentary about Romney's candidacy starting in 2006 going to 2012. You get to see a different side of him, maybe one he should have shown during his run. But I somehow got the feeling it's missing something, no idea what though.

- Greatest Movie Ever Sold: guy is trying to finance his documentary completely by product placement. Nice behind the scene footage how product placement is such a huge factor in tv and movies these days, and he does it in a comedic way.






-- Edited by JapieQ on Monday 27th of January 2014 05:40:10 PM

__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 
Macha wrote:

 


Speaking of BBC documentaries, have I told you about Crusades, presented by Terry Jones? It's fantastic. There are so many documentaries on the subject, but this one is hilarious. You can find it entirely on youtube if you feel like giving it a shot.

 

Watched this the last days and I looooooooooooooved ityippie. Admittedly, I knew jackshit about the crusades, probably because my catholic school thought this part of history was better left out of the curriculum. History full with snark and sarcasm, why don't they do this more often? Did Terry Jones do any more documentaries like this?



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
Cary Storm
Lord Bannerman Of The Smileys
Status: Offline
Posts: 2420
Date:
Permalink  
 

Watching 20 Feet from Stardom right now and am very excited about it... already drawn in in the first 5 minutes.

#UPDATE: this movie was incredible. I have tears in my eyes at the end. 



-- Edited by Cary Storm on Sunday 6th of April 2014 12:43:50 AM

__________________

"There's no cure for being a cunt."  Bronn
"King Stannis is my god."  Davos
"Who the fuck is Jon Snow?"  Locke
andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 

why I never watched this documentary is a mistery to me but I didn´t. Was on national tv but I think you can find it in youtube too, if you like Orson Welles. Or even if you don`t because the guy was a very entertaining genius and said great things about movies, directors, snobs, actors, theatre, whatever you like. It´s called "Orson Welles: Paris interview" (1960 I think).

Spoiler

 

Oh and I stumble with this (macha hold your panties), Orson Welles and Peter O´Toole talking about Hamlet. Also on youtube.

Spoiler

 



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

Finding Vivian Maier

 

amazing photographs, interesting story.

 

Jodorowsky's Dune

 

 

such a funny guy, it pains you to see this Dune version was never made.



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

If you have Netflix, watch this:

 

The awesome story about the Portland Mavericks, a team that didn't want to be part of farmsystem baseball and the awful old gentleman's club controlling the sport.



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

I finally, FINALLY, got around to watching Senna. I wasn't really looking forward to it because I knew it would break my heart, I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, even though I was just 8 years old. Formula 1 has never been the same again.

 



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
Macha
Priestess of R'hllor
Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 
JapieQ wrote:

I finally, FINALLY, got around to watching Senna. I wasn't really looking forward to it because I knew it would break my heart, I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, even though I was just 8 years old. Formula 1 has never been the same again.

 Yes this. It's a beautiful documentary, and amazing to see how F1 in those days was such a completely different animal than what it is now.

 

I'm on the look-out for these new pieces:

Virunga (because aaaawww gorillas)

Concerning Violence

and Tomorrow We Disappear

but no luck in finding them so far.



__________________

"Fuck you, Andy Pandy. I AM the loop."

JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

for Atreyu

 



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 

oh come on.



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

I don't think Atreyu reads this thread, or else he would have watched the awesome Battered Bastards of Baseball documentary already.

Ok for all you sushi lovers, I am late to the party but if you are too, watch it:

drool



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
TormundsWoman
Defender Of The Realm
Status: Offline
Posts: 2792
Date:
Permalink  
 
Hey, I saw the Battered Bastards of Baseball. It was quite good. I wanted them to win the 1977 pennant ! That's how much I liked the story. I had no idea Bing and Kurt were so much into baseball. And just for the kicks I'll hashtag #GoMavricks.

__________________

 
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 
Macha wrote

 Yes this. It's a beautiful documentary, and amazing to see how F1 in those days was such a completely different animal than what it is now.


 

Yesterday I saw:

 

 

great great great documentary about the history of formula 1.



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

Now that I have HBO, gonna watch "Going Clear" the HBO expose on the Church of Scientology



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

Addicted to HBO documentaries...now "The Jinx" it might be one of the best documentaries ever. Watch it! calmyotits



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
TormundsWoman
Defender Of The Realm
Status: Offline
Posts: 2792
Date:
Permalink  
 
Excellent series on Netflix: Brain Games. I'm not sure it is a documentary, but it is incredible. The memory and attention span episode is hilarious. They even invited a master pickpocket to prove some of the things our minds completely overlook on everyday lives. Really cool. Must Watch. www.youtube.com/watch

__________________

 
Rygar
Grand Maesterbator
Status: Offline
Posts: 3538
Date:
Permalink  
 
Started to watch the Kurt Cobain doc on HBO. Its really good so far.

__________________

"If you drink, don't drive.  Don't even putt."  - Dean Martin
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 
Damn, I gotta watch that one, thanks Ry.

__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
Rygar
Grand Maesterbator
Status: Offline
Posts: 3538
Date:
Permalink  
 
It was really good. They used real interviews/video and audio and combining it with pages from Kurts journals and artwork. Courtney Love is still an asshole.

__________________

"If you drink, don't drive.  Don't even putt."  - Dean Martin
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

Disturbing!



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 

Garbo: the spy. Good doc about a very singular WWII hero, catalan guy named Juan Pujol García. I wonder how many people knows about him. Documentary could have been much better though. It´s a crazy story I think it needed a crazy director.

 



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

This documentary is terrifying, holy shit.



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
TormundsWoman
Defender Of The Realm
Status: Offline
Posts: 2792
Date:
Permalink  
 
Don, is it me or they didn't say who is this big bad. I mean the suggested all these environmental org don't want to take it on or ignore it. But it's still not mentioned. Feels like the agriculture and Monsanto. I'm just blaming it on them and the GMO business 😄

__________________

 
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 
Watching Making a Murderer on Netflix these days. You can't make that shit up, if the police ain't killing black people they are apparently framing white trash to life in prison. Gotta love the USA. Must watch TV though, haven't been this invested in a series since The Wire.

__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 
Holy Shit Japie, amazing recommendation. freakout I binged this puppy for 6 hours today.

Only two eps left!

__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

Finished it, dang, that was pretty fucked up.

Spoiler



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
JapieQ
Lord Paramount
Status: Offline
Posts: 986
Date:
Permalink  
 

 

This is such a beautiful heartbreaking documentary about the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, it's close to perfection. Wim Wenders is the director.



__________________

Outta here, Outta here!
Macha
Priestess of R'hllor
Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 
JapieQ wrote:

This is such a beautiful heartbreaking documentary about the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, it's close to perfection. Wim Wenders is the director.

 Yep, saw it too, what Japie said. Definitely worth a look. 



__________________

"Fuck you, Andy Pandy. I AM the loop."

andrea
Mistress of the Rookery
Status: Offline
Posts: 1986
Date:
Permalink  
 

THIS HAPPENED!  freakout

I don´t hype but this is just too good:Jarmusch making a documentary about Iggy Pop. yippiecheesesausagebootybananahappybouncemousesapitocrazychicken



__________________

"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).

 

 

 
TormundsWoman
Defender Of The Realm
Status: Offline
Posts: 2792
Date:
Permalink  
 
Watched Red Army. I thought it will be a our Russia's army and the Cold War. Close enough it was about the USSR hockey team during their glory era. Didn't know they HAD a glory era since well... I never watched hockey but I had flashbacks to my childhood and the mentality of the ones who lived their lives under the Russian block. I need to watch happier documentaries.

__________________

 
DonalNoyesArm
Wielder of the Baratheon BANHAMMER
Status: Offline
Posts: 4649
Date:
Permalink  
 

This one was interesting too, esp since all heard about the case in one way or another.



__________________

"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
Muffin Bran
Hedge Knight
Status: Offline
Posts: 42
Date:
Permalink  
 

Beware the Slenderman is set to be released by HBO in January as a true-crime documentary.

"Tells the tale of the notorious 2014 stabbing of a 12yo Wisconsin girl by two of her classmates. The accused girls told authorities they did it to appease the Slender Man... The case becomes a media sensation and a lesson on the thin line between fantasy and reality." - TV Line



__________________
 
1 2  >  Last»  | Page of 2  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
 


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard