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FWB 56,337 posts
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faux-C 11,204 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHow does this thread not have Senna?
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RichieTenenbaum 2,774 posts
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Registered 9 years agoStupidity
A bit shit but I liked it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDsnCrSfzCQ&feature=related -
Page One: Inside the New York Times is excellent and a lot more interesting than it sounds. -
Syrette 50,492 posts
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Registered 17 years agomowgli wrote:
Sounds about right.
BinaryBob101 wrote:
I just cringe pooped a little.
Super High Me, awesome and hilarious response to a similar documentary, but much funnier. There are no surprises here to those in the know, but it's still a very entertaining 90 minutes.
Next up, Knuckle. -
urban 13,088 posts
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Meeting People is Easy
The entire film is up on that youtube link bizarrely.
Meeting People Is Easy takes place during the promotion of Radiohead's 1997 release OK Computer, containing a collage of video clips, sound bites, and dialogue going behind the scenes with the band on their world tour, showing the eventual burn-out of the group as the world tour progresses. The inaugural show of the OK Computer tour began on 22 May 1997 in Barcelona, Spain. Their final performance, 104 concerts later, was in New York's Radio City Music Hall.
Arcade Fires Miroir noir
To give you a taste of it...
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BinaryBob101 27,631 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@ecureuil Well, I found it pretty funny, as did MrsBob. -
localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 11 years agoRobert Hughes' early 80s docs The Shock of the New are available here
A classic eight part documentary that offers a comprehensive view on the development of modernist art in its cultural context. It focusses minly on painting and sculpting but pays some attention to architecture as well. The documentary is presented and narrated by the art critic Robert Hughes, whose views on modernism have left an unmistakable stamp on the film. It was originally aired by the BBC.
Arthouse? Ahhhh!
(there are loads of art films on Ubu. No, not that kind of "art"
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urban 13,088 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDocumentary Blog
This is a pretty damn good blog for Documentary fiends. Frustrating but brilliant too, tells you about Documentaries you instantly want to see then you find out they're only out on limited release in America.
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urban 13,088 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMr-Brett wrote:
Is destruction the only path to revolution?
Page One: Inside the New York Times is excellent and a lot more interesting than it sounds.
Superb documentary, changed my opinion by expanding my knowledge base ever so slightly. Which is the very definition of a Documentary. Good thing.
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A documentary flick that I love has to be The Kid Stays In The Picture - about the rise and fall of Hollywood producer, Robert Evans. Well worth watching if you have any interest in the history of some of the great 60s and 70s blockbusters. -
DarmokJalad 63,744 posts
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Registered 18 years agourban wrote:
Love this movie and the sequels. Make sure you check out Baraka too. I love it as much as Kyaanisqatsi
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Koyaanisqatsi - A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. - Can't recommend it enough. Stunning!
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OllyJ 4,692 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBest Documentary ever
The follow up docs are equally powerful. -
Razz wrote:
Been a fan of Baraka for a while. It's my most prized Blu-Ray and single-handedly justifies the purchase of my projector - falls somewhat outside the documentary premise though, wouldn't you say?
urban wrote:
Love this movie and the sequels. Make sure you check out Baraka too. I love it as much as Kyaanisqatsi
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Koyaanisqatsi - A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. - Can't recommend it enough. Stunning!
Either way, the one most seem to have missed is Chronos, a shorter proto-Baraka with great music, umpteen world locations and loads of the classic motion-timelapse stuff. The Blu-Ray is great, it has an interactive map that goes into detail about the locations used for the film -
wizbob 922 posts
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Registered 15 years agoJonathan Meades on France was pretty good last week;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSBTTuXFMI
made me laugh like a drain.
Also American Hardcore reminded me what dicks those straight edge guys were in a high entertaining fashion;
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richardiox 8,014 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThought American Hardcore was about the 80s punk/hardcore scene rather than about straight edge? Most of the bands weren't straight edge. -
wizbob 922 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@richardiox You get to see Ian McKaye squirm about some of his more questionable lyrics which good enough for me. The book has more about the whole knocking-drinks-out-of-peoples hands thing and beating up smokers.
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Khanivor 44,319 posts
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Registered 18 years agoBaraka is what Blu Ray was made for. So mind bendingly incredible to look at. I'll have to check out that other one mentioned in the thread.
Damn, only available on DVD on Netflix. -
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
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Any one been watching the death row series on C4 by werner Herzog. Utterly compelling. and wonderfully produced. The director of photography in the first film was awesome as well. ?
alos believe his got a film version of different people coming out as well. -
TheSaint 19,244 posts
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Registered 14 years agoJust finished watching Ken Burn's The War on US Netflix. It's an epic documentary consisting of six two hour episodes but absolutely excellent and facinating.
I'm starting his documentary on The Civil War now and it seems equally as good. -
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Registered 18 years ago@joel I saw the first one, and thought it to be rather well screwed together. Missed tonight's but I may try to 4oD it later. -
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Registered 12 years agoThere's a huge amount of documentaries on the US Netflix. Currently watching 'I Want That Record' which is about indie record stores and it's decline. Super interesting! -
FUUUUCCKK!!! Got my mailing for the Bradford Film Festival a few weeks ago but just skim-read it. Having another look today I realised they're showing the UK Premiere of Ron Fricke's SAMSARA.
Only it's well and truly sold out
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mrpon 35,925 posts
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Registered 13 years agoNot sure if this has been mentioned in here, but snagfilms.com seems pretty good for documentaries/shorts/indie films. Lots of apps for it, though annoyingly the iOS one is US only. Works on Roku as well (Rhythm!). -
mad_caddy 3,732 posts
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Registered 16 years agofaux_carnation wrote:
I sat down to watch this which my wife didn't really have an interest in, she was enthralled by it, couldnt move her away from it if i tried, and yes she cried at it as well, when it finished her first words to me were:
How does this thread not have Senna?
I just got goosebumps watching the trailer again.
"Oh my god, that was incredible, what an amazing film"
It was after this I convinced her to watch King of Kong and the Rally documentary that was on BBC recently. -
mrpon wrote:
Cheers. Didn't show up on the list of channels that are available but I'll see if I can add it as a custom one.
Not sure if this has been mentioned in here, but snagfilms.com seems pretty good for documentaries/shorts/indie films. Lots of apps for it, though annoyingly the iOS one is US only. Works on Roku as well (Rhythm!).
I should update the TV Streamer thread but annoyingly I found (after buying one) that the Roku can't be tweaked to use a custom DNS so there's no possibility of using Unblock US or similar services -
Rhythm wrote:
Right, cinema has kindly put me on the reserve list. If anyone drops out I'm in!
FUUUUCCKK!!! Got my mailing for the Bradford Film Festival a few weeks ago but just skim-read it. Having another look today I realised they're showing the UK Premiere of Ron Fricke's SAMSARA.
Only it's well and truly sold out -
6 days left to see Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years, which was really interesting, if occasionally terrifying.
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