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Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu
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Vinyl- about record collectors
Dope Sick Love- junkies
Wild Man Blues- (for Woody Allen fans)- Allen touring with his New Orleans jazz band.
Garbage Warrior- Michael Reynolds' struggle to bring self-sufficient housing (Earthships) to the U.S. |
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Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| I just want to warn anyone here that is told that The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a good film - I hope you enjoy watching a 2 hour movie about an introverted hack loser. |
Great, great movie about the relationship between one man's creativity and his mental illness. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:15 am Post subject: |
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I've seen a heck of a lot of docs and my favs in no specific order are....
Crumb
The Trials of Daryll Hunt
When the levees broke
Harlan County USA
Etre et Avoir
The King of Kong
Shoah
Night and Fog
My Best Friend
DD
http://eflclassroom.com |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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It's stupid to eat whale anyway. The bigger the fish, the higher concentrations of mercury. Not exactly something I want in high concentrations in my food. |
The same way that steak stays in your intestines for up to 6 months, right? |
Hey! No one said that red meat was good for you. 
Speaking of meat, you should watch Food Inc. if you haven't already. Cheap meat = not healthy. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
Hey! No one said that red meat was good for you.
Speaking of meat, you should watch Food Inc. if you haven't already. Cheap meat = not healthy. |
Wow, has no one really mentioned Food, Inc. yet? Great doc! A must-see for sure.
Actually, you might not care if you're not from the States.
It's unbelievable how powerful and dominant some of these giant food corporations are; and yet, they remain under the radar. |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Best Documentaries Which ones to watch? |
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I just finished watching this one, thanks. It encouraged me to invest in a small cap water company I've been looking recently.
(MWG.L) Modern Water PLC (Listed on AIM in the UK for anyone who is interested)
The company owns a range of water technologies, including a cutting-edge desalination filter that cuts the energy cost of the process and results in fewer hazardous chemical byproducts. |
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Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:03 am Post subject: |
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The Thrilla in Manila- fine retrospective of one of the Ali- Frazier fight.
Facing Ali- Ali's career retrospective- biased but good interviews.
Murderball- wheelchair athletes, pride, betrayal, redemption...I think one of the best films about sport ever made.
Unforgivable Blackness - Ken Burns on Jack Johnson (the boxer).
Many other fine docs are in the previous threads on this subject, already linked. |
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Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Thanks for this. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:35 am Post subject: |
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History Channel -- Prehistoric Mega Storms --Volcanic Winter
Or how the Toba Catastrophe nearly wiped out humanity, but sped up evolution, instead. |
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Lunar Groove Gardener
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Location: 1987 Subaru
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:59 am Post subject: |
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Anvil: the story of Anvil
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Dig!
Sublime: documentary
Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus
Dancing Outlaw
American Movie
Streetwise
The Last Waltz
The Man who Lives with Bears
Lake Mungo
*Great story telling/documentary radio:
www.thisamericanlife.org |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| Pink Freud wrote: |
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Thanks for this. |
My pleasure. Gotta share that good stuff.  |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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I like Daniel Johnston and introverted losers. :/
I forgot in my last post The Daddy of Rock N Roll about schizophrenic "punk" musician Wesley Willis. He was just so interesting and a fabulous visual artist to boot.
Rock over London. Rock on Chicago. Wheaties. The breakfast of champions. |
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guava
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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http://www.blip.tv/file/2129699
Interview With an Executioner is a documentary about an American prison warden who turned against the death penalty. Made for Amnesty International in 2003, this short film was shown at the United Nations International Film Festival, among others. |
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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I don't think anyone mentioned Cocaine Cowboys.
The Frontline shows from PBS are documentary like news shows. They are really well done. If you like documentaries, you'll probably eat those up.
I've also been watching the VICE magazine channels on VBSTV.com. |
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