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[ThingsComeAround]

The Last Waltz

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077838/

I also like the stuff from journeymanpictures, some of which is free on Youtube.com

http://www.journeyman.tv/

[grnmle]

Satoyama. Directed by David Attenborough. (think that's his name.) It's about the ecology of the area surrounding the largest lake in Japan.

It was fascinating.

[alistaircandlin]

Werner Herzog's Lessons in Darkness about Kuwait after the first Iraq war which had some amazing footage - also love the way he uses music.

Also Herzog's Grizzly Man, and the film on the making of Fitzcoraldo. I enjoyed Little Dieter Needs to Fly the first time I saw it, but it was later pointed out to me how unconvincing everything was - has if Herzog had over-dramatised reality in order to make an interesting narrative. This is, in fact, what he's always done - he plays with the borders of fiction and fact - so although it claims to be a documentary he might have staged certain scenes for effect.

I remember being impressed by Errol Morris's The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara but haven't seen it again so I'm not sure about that one. Also vaguely remember seeing a Scorsese film about Jazz, although i might be wrong on this, at about the same time - around 2000 I guess. Whatever it was, it sucked badly.

[alistaircandlin]

Nice thread - I've just rea the previous posts.

I second When we Were Kings - worth reading Mailer's The Fight too. I remember he writes about this young kid who was there, covering the fight, wired on adrenaline and alcohol - Hunter S. Thompson. That whole New Journalism / Non-fiction Novel thing with Mailer, Thompson, Wolfe, Capote et. al, is really a great period.

I loved Crumb too, and will have to see it again.

Thanks for the links on Summerhill - will check them out.

[SCAM2011]

[quote="pangaea"]I have already looked at some other threads but just wondering if anyone can suggest some good documentaries. I just watched [i]The Secrets of Scientology[/i] and [i]For the Bible Tells Me So[/i] - a great and very moving documentary about 5 devout Christian families who find out one of their children is gay. Any other suggestions?[/quote]

hi pangea

as a female, i would recommend 'the business of being born.' it was life changing for me!

also, on a different post i read that you have some personal experience with you & i. i was hoping you could please share you experience with me, as they are interested in my fiancee and i.

thank you!

[rumdiary]

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
Pills, country music, fighting, drugs, babies, tap dancing, guns, drugs, white trash etc.

[Scamps]

Supersize Me

Earthlings

New Diet for America

The Cove

Not a documentary but a true story - Gorillas in the Mist

Food, Inc

Fast Food Nation

[crescent]

Cocaine Cowboys. (1 and 2) The second is not so 'documentary'.
When the pioneers made millions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sJiBoqH1Yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIb6yARcHgk

Objectified:
Consumer product design.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9E2D2PaIcI


Journals of a Wily School:
Following pickpocketers as they learn the trade in India.
http://www.mefeedia.com/video/24761311

[Dev]

OutFOXed - A documentary about the Fox "news" station (excellent!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok01hJHvobM

Inside Job - This is an excellent documentary about the 2008 financial crisis. Watch Wall Street tycoons lie about their involvement straight into the camera. Right now you can see it only in North America, but when it comes out on dvd, or uploaded to the net, this is a must watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2DRm5ES-uA

As for websites, ted.com has some cool lectures.

[tukmax]

[Scamps]

Thanks! I hadn't heard of Fat Head. I have no interest in eating fast food but I will definitely try to watch Fat Head if I can find it online.

[blade]

Terry Jones' Barbarians
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Jones-Barbarians/product-reviews/B000WVPXAE/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

[ocjac]

The Cove and The Lottery - on Netflix instant

[trixied]

carts of darkness
guys and dolls
born into brothels
food, inc.
the cove
paradise lost
ten commandments of the mafia

[Dev]

If you like docs on world politics, Australian journalist John Pilger has some good full-length films on his website. I just finished watching The War On Democracy. He interviews some ex heads of the FBI & CIA about U.S. activities in Central America and gets some interesting answers from them.

The War On Democracy
http://www.johnpilger.com/videos