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meangradin
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 Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: Anvil (the movie) |
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anyone else see this documentary?
Like all good docs., it stays with you for awhile.
In the first ten minutes I thought these guys were tools and hilarious, but by the end, I felt like the tool for not following my dreams as passionately as they. In a way, it is like one of the messages from Don Quixote. If you want to be a knight, then be a knight!
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw the film in Vancouver the day after enjoying the Chickenfoot concert. Always liked Anvil but some albums are mediocre. Strength of Steel comes to mind. |
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Pink Freud
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I'm pretty sure the title is " The Story of Anvil."
I saw it a few months ago and loved it.
If you've seen "This is Spinal Tap", you might agree that it's a case of life imitating art. It's funny, heartwarming and inspiring at the same time.
One of the better human interest docs I've seen since watching " The King of Kong." |
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meangradin
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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If you've seen "This is Spinal Tap", you might agree that it's a case of life imitating art. It's funny, heartwarming and inspiring at the same time.
One of the better human interest docs I've seen since watching " The King of Kong." |
that is also a good one, but a little bit darker.
Air Guitar Nation is also good.
Murderball has to be seen to be believed. |
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roadwork
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Location: Goin' up the country
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:08 am Post subject: |
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If you've seen "This is Spinal Tap", you might agree that it's a case of life imitating art. It's funny, heartwarming and inspiring at the same time.
One of the better human interest docs I've seen since watching " The King of Kong." |
that is also a good one, but a little bit darker.
Air Guitar Nation is also good.
Murderball has to be seen to be believed. |
I checked those out on imdb.com and the first two seem okay, but Murderball looks hokey as hell. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Anvil!:The Story of Anvil, is the best documentary I've seen in years.
An absolute must-see. Doesn't matter if you don't like heavy metal. It's a human story. |
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meangradin
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| I'm on a bit of a 70's kick these days; you know, the whole golden age of cinema thing. Last night I watched "The Parallax View" which was good, and then the last free form documentary from Orson Welles, "F is for Fake" which was fantastic. I am hoping to find a torrent of "Harlan County, USA" which by many accounts is the best doc. of the 70's, but as of yet, my search has been unsuccessful. |
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Pink Freud
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I checked those out on imdb.com and the first two seem okay, but Murderball looks hokey as hell. |
Nope. Extremely powerful film. Nothing hokey about it. |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I am hoping to find a torrent of "Harlan County, USA" which by many accounts is the best doc. of the 70's, but as of yet, my search has been unsuccessful. |
http://isohunt.com/download/24207566/harlan+county%2C+USA.torrent
Harlan County, USA is a great documentary.
I'm downloading "The Story of Anvil" right now. It looks like it should be pretty good. |
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roadwork
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| meangradin wrote: |
| I'm on a bit of a 70's kick these days; you know, the whole golden age of cinema thing. Last night I watched "The Parallax View" which was good, and then the last free form documentary from Orson Welles, "F is for Fake" which was fantastic. I am hoping to find a torrent of "Harlan County, USA" which by many accounts is the best doc. of the 70's, but as of yet, my search has been unsuccessful. |
A documentary on striking miners? Christ, you docu-nerds like some lame stuff. |
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Pink Freud
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| A documentary on striking miners? Christ, you docu-nerds like some lame stuff. |
Go back to your download of American Idol. |
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roadwork
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| A documentary on striking miners? Christ, you docu-nerds like some lame stuff. |
Go back to your download of American Idol. |
Wow, that was really good, labia face. American Idol? Those creative writing workshops are really paying off for you now, aren't they? |
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meangradin
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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cheers for the link movybuf.
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| A documentary on striking miners? Christ, you docu-nerds like some lame stuff. |
different strokes for different folks, but you should give some doc's a chance. As is so common in life, the truth IS stranger than fiction. Try "Gates of Heaven," "Dr Death" or "Grizzly Man." No writer could conjure stranger people.
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is just plain silly. A bit of a slump, I guess. |
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roadwork
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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cheers for the link movybuf.
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| A documentary on striking miners? Christ, you docu-nerds like some lame stuff. |
different strokes for different folks, but you should give some doc's a chance. As is so common in life, the truth IS stranger than fiction. Try "Gates of Heaven," "Dr Death" or "Grizzly Man." No writer could conjure stranger people. |
Have you seen the documentary about The Life and Times of Harvey Milk? I really liked that one. There was another one about Waco that was good, but I can't remember the exact title. The best one I've seen lately was called Taxi to the Dark Side. Pretty gripping stuff
I was just jabbing about the Harlan County documentary, I'll try to download that one later. I've never heard of it. |
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meangradin
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| The best one I've seen lately was called Taxi to the Dark Side |
Been waiting to watch that one, but it just sounds so bleak that one has to be in the right frame of mind to watch it. The Waco doc. was very good also. I have the DVD of "Milk", but I suspect you are not refering to the Sean Penn movie. Crumb was another very good doc., again about a very unusual family. |
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