among the top documentaries ive ever seen. compelling from start to finish. I have been meaning to figure out what they've learned since the release of it, about whether the family really did do that to their son.
Whats crazy is I learned about it from lance armstrong. he tweeted about the movie maybe 3 months ago, pre-admitting on Oprah, and he called it "scary". Kind of interesting since he was an Imposter too.
What was so insane about the story was just how things racheted up and up. The guy simply placed a call to police from a phone booth and it ended up in questions of what a family possibly did to their son.
Watched 'West of Memphis' last night. about the WM3. Sheds some interesting new angles on the clusterfuck that was this case. Judge John Fogleman stands out as a real prize cock.It's shown how he deliberately lied in court - over the issue of the knife - in order to try and win a conviction, even if that meant sending three innocent boys to death row. He also refuses to accept the facts when they're staring him straight in the face. I suppose self-preservation and career progression were always more important to him than finding the real killer/s of three murdered children.
Just another slippery lying lawyer-cum politician.
Watched 'West of Memphis' last night. about the WM3. Sheds some interesting new angles on the clusterfuck that was this case. Judge John Fogleman stands out as a real prize cock.It's shown how he deliberately lied in court - over the issue of the knife - in order to try and win a conviction, even if that meant sending three innocent boys to death row. He also refuses to accept the facts when they're staring him straight in the face. I suppose self-preservation and career progression were always more important to him than finding the real killer/s of three murdered children.
Just another slippery lying lawyer-cum politician.
The guilty were tried and sentenced. It's a trippy feeling that any walk free.
3 raped, sodomized little boys. One accused pleads guilty. It's forgotten because one has a low IQ.
What happened to the Miranda Laws?
Why won't the Supreme Court Look at this? It's too stupid.
I still want a restraining order against them all.
Why would a person say they were too ignorant to say a lie, because they told the truth.
I'm probably going to be kicked off and banned for this. But IT will never cease to make me nuts.
Those frucking .... Trucks. Where is Johnny Depp? I need Help.
I have a low IQ and I have been misjudged? Do I get any money or movie royalties ? I'm innocent. Do I have to kill Boy scouts to meet celebrities ? When is the film crew coming?
Watched 'West of Memphis' last night. about the WM3. Sheds some interesting new angles on the clusterfuck that was this case. Judge John Fogleman stands out as a real prize cock.It's shown how he deliberately lied in court - over the issue of the knife - in order to try and win a conviction, even if that meant sending three innocent boys to death row. He also refuses to accept the facts when they're staring him straight in the face. I suppose self-preservation and career progression were always more important to him than finding the real killer/s of three murdered children.
Just another slippery lying lawyer-cum politician.
The guilty were tried and sentenced. It's a trippy feeling that any walk free.
3 raped, sodomized little boys. One accused pleads guilty. It's forgotten because one has a low IQ.
What happened to the Miranda Laws?
Why won't the Supreme Court Look at this? It's too stupid.
I still want a restraining order against them all.
Why would a person say they were too ignorant to say a lie, because they told the truth.
I'm probably going to be kicked off and banned for this. But IT will never cease to make me nuts.
Those frucking .... Trucks. Where is Johnny Depp? I need Help.
I have a low IQ and I have been misjudged? Do I get any money or movie royalties ? I'm innocent. Do I have to kill Boy scouts to meet celebrities ? When is the film crew coming?
(My opinion)
:shock:
"...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
The guilty were tried and sentenced. It's a trippy feeling that any walk free.
3 raped, sodomized little boys. One accused pleads guilty. It's forgotten because one has a low IQ.
What happened to the Miranda Laws?
Why won't the Supreme Court Look at this? It's too stupid.
I still want a restraining order against them all.
Why would a person say they were too ignorant to say a lie, because they told the truth.
Watched this today. It's very good. Not as back-slapping as the Olympics opening ceremony, and has some very cool footage and interviews with Londoners old and new.
From Peter Bradshaw's review in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug ... lon-review 'Julien Temple has created a brilliant, exhaustive and exhausting clip-collage, a visually throbbing cine-quilt that basically proves the Sex Pistols got their most famous title wrong. It's Anarchy in London, not Anarchy in the UK. London is where the dense swirl of creativity, energy and violence is to be found. In comparison, the rest of the country is placid and dull. It's arguably a bit more subversive than Danny Boyle's masterly Olympic opener – though perhaps no less heartfelt.
The material is well-chosen; the juxtapositions are witty and bold, collapsing the distinction between the modern world and ye olden dayes. After a while, I went into a trance, immersing myself in this Lucy-in-the-Sky trip into the heart of London...
..Not surprisingly, though perhaps without consciously wanting to, Temple puts the spirit of punk at the centre of everything: pugnacious, bloody-minded, revolutionary and reactionary at the same time – and as English as a cup of Indian tea. The point seems to be that London was once the epicentre of empire, a trading nation whose instinct is to absorb influences while periodically, peevishly, attempting to prove national superiority. After the war, migrant incomers and former subject peoples came to London: Jews, Poles, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Russians. Tony Benn and Suggs from Madness are interviewed about their childhood experiences growing up in London and, interestingly, both tell us there is no point in sentimentality and nostalgia about a supposed golden age. "It's about whatever's on the go at any given moment," says Suggs.'
This is a great doc. My film of the year so far. The music's great too. I can't believe I never heard of him until now. Well worth checking out.
It's films like this that remind me why I prefer documentaries over movies these days.
Just saw "Sound City". Absolutely fantastic. There are more insightful documentaries out there, but I haven't had this much fun watching one since PJ20 came out.
Couldn't agree more. FANTASTIC documentary. Superb soundtrack. Dave Grohl is the man...well done.
What a super story - amazing how many phenomenal records were made there. So surprised how hard ol' Paul McCartney rocked out in that thing - wow.
Next up: "Searching for Sugarman" - can't wait!
I watched a documentary recently called 'Chasing Ice' [2012] about a photographer who travels around the World and photographs the effects of climate change by showing the yearly changes to the Worlds ice-sheets and glaciers. I thought this doc was pretty amazing - great scenery, and photography, and some incredible footage of Ice-sheets calving (breaking away and collapsing into the sea), e.t.c. - but then I watched this:
It's a BBC documentary about a bunch of scientists and artists who travel to a remote area of Greenland to see what they can find and experience there during a short yearly opening in an otherwise frozen river channel. They end up sharing ideas, getting drunk, and mostly just reveling in the stunning landscape around them. It has some of the most amazing scenery I've ever seen in a film, and whilst watching I decided that I have to go to Greenland and see the place for myself. Greenland is now up at the top of my list of places to travel to after I leave China.
hot docs is wrapping up here in toronto ... for documentary fans - it really is an awesome festival ...
here's a couple i've seen:
shooting bigfoot http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/shooting_bigfoot
what starts out as a bit of a laugh at some american caricatures turns out to be a really human story about belief and values ...
the defector: escape from north korea http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/defect ... orth_korea
saw this partly cuz i put in some money via kick starter ... kinda cool seeing your name in the credits ... in any case a solid film that highlights the horrid conditions people live in north korea and what people are willing to do to get out ...
hot docs is wrapping up here in toronto ... for documentary fans - it really is an awesome festival ...
here's a couple i've seen:
shooting bigfoot http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/shooting_bigfoot
what starts out as a bit of a laugh at some american caricatures turns out to be a really human story about belief and values ...
Rick Dyer is a Known Hoaxer and a piece of shit, a psycho with delusions of grandeur.
15 Reasons To Live: http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/15_reasons_to_live
Hit and miss and the director documents 15 separate individuals/groups based on a list he saw about reasons to live (love, duty, friendship,etc). Some of them were quite compelling, some not so much ...
Eufrosina's Revolution http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/eufrosinas_revolution
A story about an indigenous woman who broke the cycle of poverty and customs amongst indigenous people in Mexico specifically women. It also shows that there are many obstacles to change. I didn't particularly like the editing job of this film - however, she was a compelling figure.
Here are the winners of the industry awards ... audience award will be announced today ...
A documentary-record-cum-drama with dreamlike musical elements describing a small community on the fringes of the lost American dream, and the dreamers who populate its surreal and poetic landscape.
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish.
Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family.
The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life.
Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations.
The narratives are interspersed with choreographed sequences in which the protagonists dance -- to music specially composed for the film by Zach Condon of the band Beirut and songs by Bob Dylan.
For more info check out the official website:
bombaybeachfilm.com"
I absolutely adored Benny and I love his mother for just letting him be him. Good film. Got it from the library, but will likely purchase a copy.
A documentary-record-cum-drama with dreamlike musical elements describing a small community on the fringes of the lost American dream, and the dreamers who populate its surreal and poetic landscape.
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish.
Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family.
The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life.
Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations.
The narratives are interspersed with choreographed sequences in which the protagonists dance -- to music specially composed for the film by Zach Condon of the band Beirut and songs by Bob Dylan.
For more info check out the official website:
bombaybeachfilm.com"
I absolutely adored Benny and I love his mother for just letting him be him. Good film. Got it from the library, but will likely purchase a copy.
Saw a couple of documentaries presented by the American comedian Rich Hall the other day. 'Continental Drifters', about the history of U.S road movies, and 'You Can Go To Hell, I'm Going To Texas', about, yep, Texas.
Both really cool, and funny movies.
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There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane - :shock:
Realize its a few years old...pretty moving...leaves ya thinking for sure!
Graphic moment with the photo of Diane's corpse...
Highly recommend
Also, Every Fucking Day Of My Life...pretty remarkable look at abuse - spousal and children. Gripping story.
Highly recommend
The Day My God Died...probably the most powerful film/documentary I've ever watched. It chronicles the lives of young Nepali girls who are sold by their parents and taken to Mumbai to be sex workers.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67cMet52mL4
among the top documentaries ive ever seen. compelling from start to finish. I have been meaning to figure out what they've learned since the release of it, about whether the family really did do that to their son.
Whats crazy is I learned about it from lance armstrong. he tweeted about the movie maybe 3 months ago, pre-admitting on Oprah, and he called it "scary". Kind of interesting since he was an Imposter too.
What was so insane about the story was just how things racheted up and up. The guy simply placed a call to police from a phone booth and it ended up in questions of what a family possibly did to their son.
Watched 'West of Memphis' last night. about the WM3. Sheds some interesting new angles on the clusterfuck that was this case. Judge John Fogleman stands out as a real prize cock.It's shown how he deliberately lied in court - over the issue of the knife - in order to try and win a conviction, even if that meant sending three innocent boys to death row. He also refuses to accept the facts when they're staring him straight in the face. I suppose self-preservation and career progression were always more important to him than finding the real killer/s of three murdered children.
Just another slippery lying lawyer-cum politician.
The guilty were tried and sentenced. It's a trippy feeling that any walk free.
3 raped, sodomized little boys. One accused pleads guilty. It's forgotten because one has a low IQ.
What happened to the Miranda Laws?
Why won't the Supreme Court Look at this? It's too stupid.
I still want a restraining order against them all.
Why would a person say they were too ignorant to say a lie, because they told the truth.
I'm probably going to be kicked off and banned for this. But IT will never cease to make me nuts.
Those frucking .... Trucks. Where is Johnny Depp? I need Help.
I have a low IQ and I have been misjudged? Do I get any money or movie royalties ? I'm innocent. Do I have to kill Boy scouts to meet celebrities ? When is the film crew coming?
(My opinion)
:shock:
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
You don't know what you're talking about.
This is the type of documentaries I enjoy
This is one of my favorites.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHnWyJhkzo
Watched this today. It's very good. Not as back-slapping as the Olympics opening ceremony, and has some very cool footage and interviews with Londoners old and new.
From Peter Bradshaw's review in the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug ... lon-review
'Julien Temple has created a brilliant, exhaustive and exhausting clip-collage, a visually throbbing cine-quilt that basically proves the Sex Pistols got their most famous title wrong. It's Anarchy in London, not Anarchy in the UK. London is where the dense swirl of creativity, energy and violence is to be found. In comparison, the rest of the country is placid and dull. It's arguably a bit more subversive than Danny Boyle's masterly Olympic opener – though perhaps no less heartfelt.
The material is well-chosen; the juxtapositions are witty and bold, collapsing the distinction between the modern world and ye olden dayes. After a while, I went into a trance, immersing myself in this Lucy-in-the-Sky trip into the heart of London...
..Not surprisingly, though perhaps without consciously wanting to, Temple puts the spirit of punk at the centre of everything: pugnacious, bloody-minded, revolutionary and reactionary at the same time – and as English as a cup of Indian tea. The point seems to be that London was once the epicentre of empire, a trading nation whose instinct is to absorb influences while periodically, peevishly, attempting to prove national superiority. After the war, migrant incomers and former subject peoples came to London: Jews, Poles, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Russians. Tony Benn and Suggs from Madness are interviewed about their childhood experiences growing up in London and, interestingly, both tell us there is no point in sentimentality and nostalgia about a supposed golden age. "It's about whatever's on the go at any given moment," says Suggs.'
This is a great doc. My film of the year so far. The music's great too. I can't believe I never heard of him until now. Well worth checking out.
It's films like this that remind me why I prefer documentaries over movies these days.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDw7OqVBT-w
What a super story - amazing how many phenomenal records were made there. So surprised how hard ol' Paul McCartney rocked out in that thing - wow.
Next up: "Searching for Sugarman" - can't wait!
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The Expedition to the End of the World [2013]
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Bkpa3jKfI
It's a BBC documentary about a bunch of scientists and artists who travel to a remote area of Greenland to see what they can find and experience there during a short yearly opening in an otherwise frozen river channel. They end up sharing ideas, getting drunk, and mostly just reveling in the stunning landscape around them. It has some of the most amazing scenery I've ever seen in a film, and whilst watching I decided that I have to go to Greenland and see the place for myself. Greenland is now up at the top of my list of places to travel to after I leave China.
wouldn't call this a documentary.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
here's a couple i've seen:
shooting bigfoot http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/shooting_bigfoot
what starts out as a bit of a laugh at some american caricatures turns out to be a really human story about belief and values ...
the defector: escape from north korea http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/defect ... orth_korea
saw this partly cuz i put in some money via kick starter ... kinda cool seeing your name in the credits ... in any case a solid film that highlights the horrid conditions people live in north korea and what people are willing to do to get out ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslzaeonP9o
ya ... that definitely comes across in the movie but at the same time - i couldn't help but feel sorry for this guy ...
15 Reasons To Live: http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/15_reasons_to_live
Hit and miss and the director documents 15 separate individuals/groups based on a list he saw about reasons to live (love, duty, friendship,etc). Some of them were quite compelling, some not so much ...
Eufrosina's Revolution http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/eufrosinas_revolution
A story about an indigenous woman who broke the cycle of poverty and customs amongst indigenous people in Mexico specifically women. It also shows that there are many obstacles to change. I didn't particularly like the editing job of this film - however, she was a compelling figure.
Here are the winners of the industry awards ... audience award will be announced today ...
http://www.hotdocs.ca/news#hot_docs_201 ... _announced
I also recently watched 'Bombay Beach'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J876cYfutg
"The Berlin Film Festival Catalogue-
A documentary-record-cum-drama with dreamlike musical elements describing a small community on the fringes of the lost American dream, and the dreamers who populate its surreal and poetic landscape.
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish.
Film director Alma Har'el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family.
The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life.
Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations.
The narratives are interspersed with choreographed sequences in which the protagonists dance -- to music specially composed for the film by Zach Condon of the band Beirut and songs by Bob Dylan.
For more info check out the official website:
bombaybeachfilm.com"
I absolutely adored Benny and I love his mother for just letting him be him. Good film. Got it from the library, but will likely purchase a copy.
I've got this. Haven't seen it yet though.
www.cluthelee.com
www.cluthe.com
Both really cool, and funny movies.
EAT THE SUN
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Realize its a few years old...pretty moving...leaves ya thinking for sure!
Graphic moment with the photo of Diane's corpse...
Highly recommend
Also, Every Fucking Day Of My Life...pretty remarkable look at abuse - spousal and children. Gripping story.
Highly recommend
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11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
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