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Dev
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peppermint
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| if you want a documentary that's less earnest, Man on Wire is fantastic |
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rocket_scientist
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
Location: Prague
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| The Old Negro Space Program. A film not by Ken Burns will make me laugh for a long while. |
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thoreau
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| if you want a documentary that's less earnest, Man on Wire is fantastic |
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Amazing film. One of the only films I've ever seen on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% rating...and that's with 141 reviews. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| peppermint wrote: |
| if you want a documentary that's less earnest, Man on Wire is fantastic |
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Amazing film. One of the only films I've ever seen on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% rating...and that's with 141 reviews. |
Times that by 7. Actually a triumph of the human spirit. It's so good only cliches can effectively describe it.
It's kind of mental that he isn't more famous. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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Century of Self is good until the last episode when it draws completely erroneous conclusions, or fails to play to my prejudices. I forget which one.
Fat Head is a good counter point to Super Size Me
The Free To Choose series by Milton Friedman is a must watch. It blows lefty liberal minds. Probably infuriates them as well. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| 'Fog of War' about former SecDef Robert S. McNamara. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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The 7-Up series is a great examination of class and race but now mostly just the human condition.
King of Kong. I don't know how this can be so inspirational and awesome given the simplicity of the topic, but it is epic.
Dig. Indie rock musicians acting like babies? Sure, why not? |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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I second the "Century of Self" and "Fog of War".
Michael Wood "Story of India", "Legacy"
David Starkey "Monarchy"
Terry Jones "Medieval Lives", "Flying Penguins"
If you like war stuffs: "Lost Evidence"
Some of the "Modern Marvels" are good. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Oh yea, Planet Earth is a master piece. Make sure you get the Attenborough version, not the Sigourney Weaver version. There are so many wtf? Why isn't that animal a household hero moments. |
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Deep Thirteen
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Swamp Land
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Deep Thirteen
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Swamp Land
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, another good one, "Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows". |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Someone on here posted a link to a documentary on the rise of Islam in the UK, and their increasing political influence. I found that interesting because I've been away from the UK for over 4 years. |
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cucumber
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Baraka, Blood in the Face, Bells from the Deep, The House is Black, La Soufriere, Our Daily Bread, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, My Best Fiend, Microcosmos, No Direction Home, Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story, Style Wars, Animal Love, Wheel of Time, American Movie, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, Children Underground, DiG!, Crumb, Forest of Bliss, Grey Gardens, Hated: GG Allin, Mr. Death, Sherman's March, The King of Kong, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist |
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