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proustme
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thoreau
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Marjoe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjoe
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Marjoe was a precocious child preacher with extraordinary talents, who was immensely popular in the American South. His parents earned large sums of money off him up until the point he outgrew his novelty. Marjoe rejoined the ministry as a young adult solely as a means of earning a living, and not as a believer; he spent the next several years using his fame and status as an evangelist to defraud a small fortune out of individuals both through tent revivals and televangelism.
Eventually, Gortner suffered a crisis of conscience and decided to renounce his ways, offering the documentary film crew unrestricted access to him during his final revival tour, repeatedly admitting on camera that he was a con-artist and revealing the tactics used by himself and other evangelists to swindle money from people. |
The King of Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Kong
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| The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is an American documentary film that follows Steve Wiebe as he tries to take the world high score for the arcade game Donkey Kong from reigning champion Billy Mitchell. The film premiered January 22, 2007, at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival[1] and has been shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, the TriBeCa Film Festival, the True/False Film Festival, the Aspen Comedy Festival, and the Fantasia Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on August 17, 2007, in 5 theaters, and by September 9, 2007, the film had expanded to 39 theaters in the U.S.[2] Later in 2007, it appeared on the cable network G4. |
The Gorilla King
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-gorilla-king/introduction/734/
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| NATURE retraces the life of Titus, silverback leader, from birth to present reign, spanning a tumultuous period in the history of a species and a nation in The Gorilla King. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
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7drunkennights
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=50289&zcc=1254056962388
outstanding and amazing documentary, the art of war. Best Ive ever watched.
"Robert S. McNamara discusses his experiences and lessons learned during his tenure as Secretary of Defense under John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He talks about his work as a bombing statistician during World War II, his brief tenure as president of Ford Motor Company, and the Kennedy administration's triumph during the Cuban Missle Crisis. However, the film focuses primarily on his failures in Vietnam. The theme of the film are his "eleven lessons" learned during this time. Some of these include improving military efficiency, understanding your enemy, and the frustrations of trying to deal with (and unsuccessfully trying to change) human nature" |
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oskinny1
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Watch some docs by Louis Theroux. Can't go wrong. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| Watch some docs by Louis Theroux. Can't go wrong. |
You have to love the Paul Daniels one.
Say "yes Paul!" |
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prideofidaho
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Underwaterbob
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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Man On Wire
About the French guy who rigged and walked a tightrope between towers 1 and 2 of the World Trade Center in the 70's.
141 reviews over the last year on Rotten Tomatoes, with a rating of 100%. |
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ddeubel
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Good call. I really enjoyed that one. |
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blurgalurgalurga
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David Lynch's ongoing Interview Project is awesome.
He and his crew traveled the US and interviewed a hundred odd random characters, and are putting the results up online, a new episode every three days.
No famous people--no Ryan Seacrest--no sycophantic dreck of any kind. Just a bunch of random people in their own words.
Worth checking out.
Doesn't really matter if you start at the beginning or not. Here's the latest one...
http://interviewproject.davidlynch.com/www/#/all-episodes/040-mr_blue |
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ddeubel
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Oh I forgot 2 other great ones.
1. Born into this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRc6mHS9PjE
More to learn about life in this 2 hours than 2 million hours of life.
2. Baader Meinhoff Complex.
Maybe you'll need to be German to get into this and understand. Maybe not. But it explores those idealistic types that are made / become terrorists.
DD
http://eflclassroom.com |
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Gibberish
Joined: 29 Aug 2009
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| Gonna also suggest American Movie (even though it's fairly dated now, it's still a great piece) and The Kid Stay in the Picture. |
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