Documentaries?

[CowboyMcCoy]

Gonna check this out for sure, King of Kong was great

Was that the one about Donkey Kong players competing and/or cheating?

 

[Ren]

Was that the one about Donkey Kong players competing and/or cheating?

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[CowboyMcCoy]

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That one was great. Saw it a few years ago...glad to know the title now.

 

[Seven]

Avoid everything Michael Moore has ever done. I mean everything. That is the best advice I can give.

x 1000

 

[YosemiteSam]

Discussing or even quoting Michael Moore's name should be a political discussion violation since it is to say the most powerful man in the free world's name! :laugh2:

 

[dwdj75]

Revolution series about the American Revolution was pretty good in my opinion. And John Adams was an awesome, awesome miniseries !

 

[dwdj75]

Also the Rise/Fall of the Third Reich which is told from the German point of view was very interesting.

 

[Temo]

Exit Through the Gift Shop was the best documentary I've ever seen.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

I couldn't find the first doc I looked for, but will try to Zune it when I re-up my points...

Anyway, I watched that Anvil story. My wife didn't care for it, but I thought it was ok.

Was about a bunch of old guys who never gave up the dream of finding fame ... really sort of pathetic on their part not to get the right people around them. But the lead singer's ego and anger problems were probably the root of that and the doc didn't get into that aspect..

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

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I meant to ask you, how are you doing?

 

[Mitcha68]

Joy Division - a documentary about the band.

 

[MetalHead]

Joy Division - a documentary about the band.

Flight 666-even better.
A band flies around the globe in a customized 757 in 36 days.
The catch?
The lead singer piloted the aircraft.

 

[MFWitt63]

recently watched one called "Dont You Forget About Me" - about a group of young filmakers that travel to the home of John Hughes seeking an interview and to ask him why he left the movie industry and stopped making moves in 1993. He was the king of teen movies in the 80s (ferris bueler, 16 candles, breakfast club..) and its no secret that that genre today is nothing but sh**.

 

[YosemiteSam]

recently watched one called "Dont You Forget About Me" - about a group of young filmakers that travel to the home of John Hughes seeking an interview and to ask him why he left the movie industry and stopped making moves in 1993. He was the king of teen movies in the 80s (ferris bueler, 16 candles, breakfast club..) and its no secret that that genre today is nothing but sh**.

I saw this about a year ago or so. It was interesting, but still ended up being a fail since he wouldn't talk to them.

 

[MFWitt63]

I saw this about a year ago or so. It was interesting, but still ended up being a fail since he wouldn't talk to them.

i know, and then the jerk croaked!

 

[Mitcha68]

Flight 666-even better.
A band flies around the globe in a customized 757 in 36 days.
The catch?
The lead singer piloted the aircraft.

Yes! That was awesome.

Love Wasted Years, brings back memories of my younger days.

 

[paladin]

Major kudos on "the rise and fall of the third reich" - one of the best WW2 docs.

Guns, Germs & Steel - Explains why Western Europe was able to become a dominant force.

Connections by James Burke. a history of inventions. How one discovery in a field of science,over time, can lead to world-changing effects in far different fields. IE The invention of the radar and advanced telecommunications began with the invention of the horse stirrup.
Sounds crazy??? I thought so too... then I watched and was enthralled

Both docs available on youtube

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Major kudos on "the rise and fall of the third reich" - one of the best WW2 docs.

Guns, Germs & Steel - Explains why Western Europe was able to become a dominant force.

Connections by James Burke. a history of inventions. How one discovery in a field of science,over time, can lead to world-changing effects in far different fields. IE The invention of the radar and advanced telecommunications began with the invention of the horse stirrup.
Sounds crazy??? I thought so too... then I watched and was enthralled

Both docs available on youtube

I remember reading an anthropology text or American studies text about this...was interesting.

Things like iron were sadly key in slave trading, etc. too.

 

[trickblue]

The Bridge...

Here's the official synopsis:

People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of 2004, recording most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and preventing several others). They also taped interviews with friends, families and witnesses, who recount in sorrowful detail stories of struggles with depression, substance abuse and mental illness. Raises questions about suicide, mental illness and civic responsibility as well as the filmmaker's relationship to his fraught and complicated material.

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It's a fascinating piece...

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.

Great film.