The Documentary Film Thread

[When Jokers Attack]

Finally going to see The Bill Hicks story on either Friday or Saturday

[When Jokers Attack]

Bill Hicks story was so good, Alot of footage I had never seen. Tragic ending though.

[The Nal]

Bill Hicks story was so good, Alot of footage I had never seen. Tragic ending though.

Expected though surely?

I wonder what he would've made of Bush Jnr, 9/11 etc.

*Sigh*

[sifi]

I've got "How the Weed Won the West" documentary to watch. Anyone seen it? Sounds interesting.

[When Jokers Attack]

Expected though surely?

I wonder what he would've made of Bush Jnr, 9/11 etc.

*Sigh*

Yeah absolutely, Was very impressed with the animation feature they used to show his early life and that.

Aye I always wonder that aswell, Scary even thinking about how much more he would of had to say.

[The Nal]

Documentary about Maradona on More4 tonight at 10pm

[The Nal]

Watched The Most Dangerous Man in America about Daniel Ellsberg - Pentagon worker who stole and leaked top secret documents during the late 60s about the Vietnam war. A must watch for anyone with an interest in the 60s, politics or war. Or documentaries actually.

[philipsteak]

I havent seen this, but I have seen some of his stand up, or on things like the Daily Show and he is a bit shit. Put me off watching Religulous even though it sounds interesting

The guy pontificates just as much as the Catholic Church he is knocking! Not a patch on either Colbert or Stewart. The "New Rule" stuff just grinds my gears - sorry.

He did a brilliant interview with Chris Rock once though which was great.

Did get round to watching this a couple of days ago. Was actually pretty interesting. And Bill Maher was less irritating than usual. I thought most of the interviews were pretty good, but he was still annoying when he was doing his talking to camera bits.

[Mahdnyw]

Watched The Most Dangerous Man in America about Daniel Ellsberg - Pentagon worker who stole and leaked top secret documents during the late 60s about the Vietnam war. A must watch for anyone with an interest in the 60s, politics or war. Or documentaries actually.

I'll add this to my list.

Just started re-watching Adam Cutis' The Trap, but being 3 hours in total it's can be a bit full on if you try do do it in one sitting.

[Kowalski]

Watched Outfoxed the other night. Think it would have been better if Michael Moore had done it though, as it seemed to be lacking in something. It was very interesting but a bit flat in bits.

[The Nal]

Watched Outfoxed the other night. Think it would have been better if Michael Moore had done it though, as it seemed to be lacking in something. It was very interesting but a bit flat in bits.

Good doc though, Im amazed they're allowed call themselves "news". The end is a bit shit though.

Watched No End in Sight. Very good film about the state of post "mission accomplished" Iraq. A total mess basically and shows Bush et al to be even bigger c**ts than before.

[Wooderson]

The Cove. Harrowing stuff.

[Kowalski]

The Cove. Harrowing stuff.

A fantastic documentary. One of the best I've seen.

[t8yman]

WOW, yesterday I watched one of the best docs I have ever seen.

Tapped

I have always been disgusted by the bottled water industry, and this doc just goes on to reinforce my feelings.

The bottled water industry is the greatest example of style over substance the planet has ever seen.

The first reader review on imdb says pretty much everything there is to say about the movie, but to sum up - it is beautifully shot, and amazingly well put together. They basically take every single aspect of the bottled water industry and rip it to f**king shreds. I dont know if they tried really hard, but they managed to get one of the most smug twats ever to come on and defend the industry.

I really think its about time we stood up against this ridiculous industry, UK festivals should have a blanket ban on the sale of bottled water. In fact the UK should have a blanket ban on the sale of bottled water.

watch it, I doubt you will ever buy a bottle again.

[t8yman]

Good doc though, Im amazed they're allowed call themselves "news". The end is a bit shit though.

Watched No End in Sight. Very good film about the state of post "mission accomplished" Iraq. A total mess basically and shows Bush et al to be even bigger c**ts than before.

watched that last night. very well made - I noticed alex (enron) gibney was exec producer.

great doc, and quite the eye opener. summed up the Bush administration as a whole quite well I thought.

[Wooderson]

Watched "Bastards of the Party" and "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" recently which I found really interesting. Recommend both.

[Alcatraz]

I watched Big River Man at the beginning of this month. That was f**king crazy what happened in that

[When Jokers Attack]

Currently watching the series Ancient Aliens that aired on the history channel earlier this year.

Also purchased Carl Sagans dvd Cosmos from the eighties.

Watched the first episode and it was mindblowing.

[Wooderson]

Gonna watch "Beyond the Lighted Stage" over the weekend. Just picked up the DVD. Looks super.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush:_Beyond_the_Lighted_Stage

[The Nal]

Watched Riding Giants last night. Surfing doc. Absolutely superb stuff. Lots and lots of footage of big wave riding and people getting "wiped out". Covers the history of surfing, the culture vs typical early 50s culture etc etc. Really well done.

Edited September 15, 2010 by The Nal

[Wooderson]

This looks absolutely essential. "Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields".

He's an incredible songwriter - one of the best around in my book.

http://www.strangepowersfilm.com/

Edited October 24, 2010 by Wooderson

[Wooderson]

This looks absolutely essential. "Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields".

He's an incredible songwriter - one of the best around in my book.

http://www.strangepowersfilm.com/

Just watched it there. Really good.

[When Jokers Attack]

This looks absolutely essential. "Strange Powers - Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields".

He's an incredible songwriter - one of the best around in my book.

http://www.strangepowersfilm.com/

Yeah Merritt is a genius, Where did you watch the full doc?

[Kowalski]

Watched "Believe", the biopic on Eddie Izzard. I expected it to be a tad self indulgent but it wasn't, it was very good.

What a huge amount of effort and perseverance he put in when he was younger before he made his breakthrough.

[The Nal]

So after the Pilger doc last night, what would people consider his best? I found the The New Rulers of the World very interesting and in hindsight (as of last night), Killing the Children of Iraq is very important too.