Favourite Documentary/Documentaries??

ComeToTX

Finally got to see Undefeated. So good. Very worthy of its Oscar.

Byrnzie

Searching For Sugar Man



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

PJFAN13

Heisenberg wrote:

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!

Byrnzie

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:

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.

catefrances

dimitrispearljam wrote:

24 hours party people

wouldn't call this a documentary.

polaris_x

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 ...

BinauralJam

polaris_x wrote:

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.

pjradio

Brick and Mortar and Love. Its a doc about Ear-X-Tacy, a record store here in Louisville, Ky, as it struggles to keep up in the Internet age.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslzaeonP9o

polaris_x

BinauralJam wrote:

Rick Dyer is a Known Hoaxer and a piece of shit, a psycho with delusions of grandeur.

ya ... that definitely comes across in the movie but at the same time - i couldn't help but feel sorry for this guy ...

polaris_x

saw a few more:

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

adropinthepark

Watched 'Gotta Dance' today. It's about the original senior citizen hip hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets. It was totally cute.

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.

Byrnzie

adropinthepark wrote:

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.

mfc2006

Just started Under The Dome again after seeing the commercial for the miniseries. This is my 3rd time to read it.

Byrnzie

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.

amethgr8

not sure if it's been posted.

EAT THE SUN

amy

PJFAN13

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

FieldsOfFire

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.

Losiento

PJ20

ldent42

The Invisible War kinda killed me a little on the inside.

Who Princess

duska3419 wrote:

The Invisible War kinda killed me a little on the inside.

That one depressed and angered me. A lot.