Favourite Documentary/Documentaries??

nuffingman

I can never remember the names of the documentaries I've watched. So some help is needed.

1. Inside North Korea
It was a doc showing the work of an eye surgeon removing cataracts from elderly North Koreans. It was horrifying how they had been brain washed. Their recovered sight wasn't due to the surgeon but their fuckwit leader the Great General Kim Jong Il.

2. Doc about Bejing Olympics
This was about the construction for the Olympics. It showed how numerous Chines people were just kicked out of their homes so new roads/stadia could be built. The compensation they received wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. The TV crew received a bit of rough treatment as well.

dr0ptheleash

No Impact Man

A good one to check out about reducing your carbon footprint

BinauralJam

i just saw "The Art of the Steal",

An un-missable look at one of the art world’s most fascinating controversies and a celebrated selection of the Toronto, New York and AFI Film Festivals, Don Argott’s gripping documentary THE ART OF THE STEAL chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.

In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes formed a remarkable educational institution around his priceless collection of art, located just five miles outside of Philadelphia. Now, more than 50 years after Barnes’ death, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court for control of the art, and intend to bring it to a new museum in Philadelphia. Standing in their way is a group of Barnes’ former students and his will, which contains strict instructions stating the Foundation should always be an educational institution, and that the paintings may never be removed. Will they succeed, or will a man’s will be broken and one of America’s greatest cultural monuments be destroyed?


This was Good, more proof, Rich people SUCK!!!

g under p

If you want to know more about how and where your food is made/grown then give a look at

Food Inc....trailer.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

Earthlings...trailer...http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=55942446934

Peace

Heisenberg

Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_MWRlwrqj8

Song Sung Blue http://www.songsungblue.com/index.php

Crazy Love http://www.crazylovefilm.com/

Dig! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84oiQJ1N9To

Man On A Wire

Born Into Brothals

Anything Errol Morris does.

Heisenberg

BinauralJam wrote:

i just saw "The Art of the Steal",

An un-missable look at one of the art world’s most fascinating controversies and a celebrated selection of the Toronto, New York and AFI Film Festivals, Don Argott’s gripping documentary THE ART OF THE STEAL chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.

In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes formed a remarkable educational institution around his priceless collection of art, located just five miles outside of Philadelphia. Now, more than 50 years after Barnes’ death, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court for control of the art, and intend to bring it to a new museum in Philadelphia. Standing in their way is a group of Barnes’ former students and his will, which contains strict instructions stating the Foundation should always be an educational institution, and that the paintings may never be removed. Will they succeed, or will a man’s will be broken and one of America’s greatest cultural monuments be destroyed?



This was Good, more proof, Rich people SUCK!!!

Agreed

phunkymunky

Capitalism: A love story - Moore's latest...quite disturbing in parts
Wonders of the Solar System - 6 part series on the planets and the similarities to parts of the earth
Rip! A Remix Manifesto - great doco on copyright law in the music industry
Apocalypse - 6 part BBC doco on WWII
The Genius of Charles Darwin - series on the theory of evolution presented by richard dawkins
Who Killed The Electric Car
Sicko
A Year and Half in the Life of Metallica

phunkymunky

g under p wrote:

Earthlings...trailer...http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=55942446934

this has to be one of the most harrowing documentaries i have ever seen. i'd seen something similar when i was in high school, but this is just...just...

BinauralJam

phunkymunky wrote:

g under p wrote:

Earthlings...trailer...http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=55942446934

this has to be one of the most harrowing documentaries i have ever seen. i'd seen something similar when i was in high school, but this is just...just...

Good God , i could not watch this.

Jearlpam0925

Has the 'Wild and Wonderful Whites' been mentioned here yet?

markymark550

NickyNooch wrote:

THE KING OF KONG:A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS - Probably the best documentary I have ever seen. It's about one man's quest to beat the Donkey Kong world record.

Saw this one not too long ago. Thought it was interesting and enjoyed watching it. I gotta say that the Billy Mitchell guy seems like a douche.

Heisenberg

markymark550 wrote:

NickyNooch wrote:

THE KING OF KONG:A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS - Probably the best documentary I have ever seen. It's about one man's quest to beat the Donkey Kong world record.

Saw this one not too long ago. Thought it was interesting and enjoyed watching it. I gotta say that the Billy Mitchell guy seems like a douche.

This WAS a fantastic documentary. Whatever happened to the rumor that they were either going to make a follow up to this or a "dramatic theatrical version" (which would have been an awful idea and hopefully is nothing more than a rumor.)?

g under p

BinauralJam wrote:

phunkymunky wrote:

g under p wrote:

Earthlings...trailer...http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=55942446934

this has to be one of the most harrowing documentaries i have ever seen. i'd seen something similar when i was in high school, but this is just...just...

Good God , i could not watch this.

Someone posted it over on AMT in my Food Inc thread. I watched the whole thing...the first 35 minutes is really really brutal but after that we humans can adjust to anything. I'm a vegetarian once again this was by far the most gruesome of ALL the documentaries I've EVER seen on this subject. :shock:

I'm glad I didn't eat breakfast that morning when i watched.

Peace

markymark550

H.I. McDunnough wrote:

markymark550 wrote:

NickyNooch wrote:

THE KING OF KONG:A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS - Probably the best documentary I have ever seen. It's about one man's quest to beat the Donkey Kong world record.

Saw this one not too long ago. Thought it was interesting and enjoyed watching it. I gotta say that the Billy Mitchell guy seems like a douche.

This WAS a fantastic documentary. Whatever happened to the rumor that they were either going to make a follow up to this or a "dramatic theatrical version" (which would have been an awful idea and hopefully is nothing more than a rumor.)?

According to wikipedia a movie version is in the works, although the director of the documentary said it might become a sequel focusing on the rivalry and how King Of Kong impacted the players' lives --- so, anybody's guess at what, if anything, is done

dr0ptheleash

I love the lists of docs here, they always inspire me to check out the ones I know nothing about. I'm a big fan of many of the ones listed above.

I did artwork for a movie that just got accepted into the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. I back this documentary not just because I am a part of it, but because of the million other reasons I love this film. It was inspired by both Into The Wild and Dear Zachary. Soundtrack is awesome, all done by local artists who haven't made it big.

Check it out if you wish, it's called "For Aaron, the Documentary." Full length film with a lot of heart and soul.

BinauralJam

dr0ptheleash wrote:

I love the lists of docs here, they always inspire me to check out the ones I know nothing about. I'm a big fan of many of the ones listed above.

I did artwork for a movie that just got accepted into the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. I back this documentary not just because I am a part of it, but because of the million other reasons I love this film. It was inspired by both Into The Wild and Dear Zachary. Soundtrack is awesome, all done by local artists who haven't made it big.

Check it out if you wish, it's called "For Aaron, the Documentary." Full length film with a lot of heart and soul.

Do you have a Link? or is it on youtube? or not out yet?

Heisenberg

dr0ptheleash wrote:

I love the lists of docs here, they always inspire me to check out the ones I know nothing about. I'm a big fan of many of the ones listed above.

I did artwork for a movie that just got accepted into the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. I back this documentary not just because I am a part of it, but because of the million other reasons I love this film. It was inspired by both Into The Wild and Dear Zachary. Soundtrack is awesome, all done by local artists who haven't made it big.

Check it out if you wish, it's called "For Aaron, the Documentary." Full length film with a lot of heart and soul.

Thanks for sharing. Always looking for new docs.
If you have a link, throw it out there. Also, as someone in the industry, can we see the artwork you created?

dr0ptheleash

H.I. McDunnough wrote:

dr0ptheleash wrote:

I love the lists of docs here, they always inspire me to check out the ones I know nothing about. I'm a big fan of many of the ones listed above.

I did artwork for a movie that just got accepted into the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. I back this documentary not just because I am a part of it, but because of the million other reasons I love this film. It was inspired by both Into The Wild and Dear Zachary. Soundtrack is awesome, all done by local artists who haven't made it big.

Check it out if you wish, it's called "For Aaron, the Documentary." Full length film with a lot of heart and soul.

Thanks for sharing. Always looking for new docs.
If you have a link, throw it out there. Also, as someone in the industry, can we see the artwork you created?

It's property of the production company now, I have no copies of it unfortunately. Thanks for all the support though! Here is the link to the PRIFF, it's on the right side, click on it and it will bring you to a little article and the trailer.

http://priff.org/schedule.html

Heisenberg

It's property of the production company now, I have no copies of it unfortunately. Thanks for all the support though! Here is the link to the PRIFF, it's on the right side, click on it and it will bring you to a little article and the trailer.

http://priff.org/schedule.html

Looks interesting. This isn't a documentary but it's somewhat of a similar story I came across a while back.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/01/04/266954/grieving-dad-bikes-to-stop-suicide.html

So did you do cover artwork for this?

dr0ptheleash

Thanks for the article, I was not familiar with that before. It sounds like a fairly similar concept, at least with a similar motive behind it. Always such an emotional journey..

I did not do the cover art, there is a shot of the movie reserved for that. The film is divided into chapters (I think 8, in all) and I did the artwork for each transition from one chapter to the next. I've never travelled across the country in anything except a plane, so the scenery is really incredible, especially by bicycle!