No.332 [Last50 Posts]
ITT: GOAT Documentaries
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No.354
I have to admit I am a huge herzog fanboy though so I am biased.
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No.356
>>354Herzog's the fucking best, got the BFI boxset recently, got some lovely hidden gems. Seen The Great Ecstasy of the Wood Carver Steiner?
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No.358
>>354I'm a fan of his movies —the last one I watched was Where the Green Ants Dream: incredibly dope and heartwarming flick—, even though I have yet to watch his documentaries. I am usually a sucker for documentaries. What could be a nice one for starters?
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No.360
>>358if you're into the rest of his films and can enjoy them then any of his documentaries would be fine I think.
I've only personally seen his old documentaries from the 70s, but they're all fairly short so might be a good place to start.
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No.365
>>356You have no idea how much I envy you. I haven't seen those yet, sadly. I will now though. Once i have enough money again to buy them. Fuck.
>>358Maybe Encounters at the End of the World. Another favorite of mine. It's a little more digestible that some of the "heavier" documentaries he's done.
A secret tip would be Cave of Forgotten Dreams although it's "unfinished". I'm not gonna get into the details of why because that's a long fucking story but you can read up on it.
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No.367
>>365it's a damn good box set, mostly his older stuff which I absolutely love.
they're probably floating about online somewhere, it's been out for a month or so.
Not really seen any of his more recent things, which ones would you say are best?
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No.370
>>367Pretty much the ones I've listed.
Into the Abyss is also fantastic and The Act of Killing although he was only a producer for it. The later one is one of those movies you -have- to see. It's absolutely, for a lack of a better term, magnificent.
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No.373
>>370Fair enough, already seen The Act of Killing, that's a really really great documentary, the parallels between the visit to the murder site at the beginning of the film and at the end are incredible.
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No.375
>>373If you enjoyed it I would also recommend Africa Addio if you can ignore the hardcore racism. If someone were to edit and remove the narration it could be an interesting, although narrow perspective, portrait of Africa in the 60s. Would require some research though since some of it might have been staged. Fascinating story if you read up on it.
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No.377
>>375I'll try and check it out at some point, it does look pretty full on racist but kind of interesting too.
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No.378
>>377It's one of those things only movie buffs watch out of curiosity but I think it's worth it. Even if only to learn how to not make a racist documentary, lel.
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No.379
>>378lol, sounds interesting, although probably won't get round to watching it for a while.
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No.386
>>332Interesting perspective on France during WWII
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No.399
Fire in the night is the goddamn best
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No.404
fucking love this one, so all encompassing.
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No.442
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No.444
>>442this sounded interesting, is it actually that good?
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No.452
>>444It's pretty good not holy shit you are the treating thing ever but it's good if you go in not expecting much 2 it
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No.453
>>452I seriously felt the documentary was entertaining enough to see
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No.459
La Soufrière is an intense 30 minute documentary by Werner Herzog in which he travels around an island evacuated because of a possible volcanic blast and interviews a few people who stayed behind to die.
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No.527
>>442Didn't enjoy it that much to be honest. It's interesting but I felt the subject didn't need a full length documentary. The whole movie can be summed up very easily and to me it dragged on forever.
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No.530
>>404Is this really a documentary? Don't get me wrong it's ace. This and Koyaanisqatsi are the two Ron Fricke films I've seen. What are the others like, I only know of Baraka.
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No.534
Jazz by Ken Burns
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No.625
>>459Is that one of his early things? Not seen that specific one but seen some of his similar documentary shorts and they've all been really damn interesting.
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No.627
>>530I think they're generally referred to as non-verbal documentaries, opnly seen it and Baraka, which I thought was far inferior. The Qatsi films form a trilogy too and Ron Fricke and some other guys have made a few more. Some guy called Carlos Casas has uploaded a few similar things which he's made to Vimeo as well, shorter things but sill worth a watch.
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No.984
>>365you should really see The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner. it's maybe Herzog's greatest.
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No.1031
Kevin Brownlow's Hollywood series is a little under the radar, but worth checking out. It's all about the development of the American silent film industry in Los Angeles, with plenty of interviews with (now deceased) actors and directors of the time. The episodes include many notable scenes so you can choose interesting titles to watch later.
Brownlow also did a series on Euro silents, but I haven't seen any of that yet.
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No.1039
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No.1047
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No.1091
>>354Have you seen Herzog's 3 part documentary on the death penalty in the US?
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No.1100
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>>1031This right here is one of the best documentaries if you like old movies during the golden age of cinema the companion series about europe is also great to watch
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No.1104
>>1100Story of film is also good if you want a overview of every single decade of cinema as well
the accent may take a bit to get used 2 but it's worth watching
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No.1105
>>1100Wish i had the original file so i could add a few other interesting documentaries
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No.1106
a more recent doc but fucking brilliant
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No.1108
I endorse this list
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No.1109
>>1106I heard about this film on /tv/ how good is it and what is it about again?
seems interesting from the cover
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No.1110
>>1108That feel when you get reminded of the time when /tv/ was capable of coming up with lists this good.
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No.1111
>>1110people can still do so if they want just gotta put some effort into it I made at least 2 list the film history documentary one and the one about Cinéma du look one
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No.1113
>>1111>>1110posting titles along with 3x3s would be a start, but infographs are a lot of effort, I bet we could make some really good ones collectively
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No.1115
>>1109about the death of over 500 thousand people in 1960s indonesia
interviews with the executioners who reflect back on it and even recreate their executions on film, very powerful stuff.
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No.1116
>>1113Sounds like a plan.
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No.1119
>>1116>get better tasteI've had this watchlisted for a while. I should get down to it
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No.1121
>>1116it would be handy if some photoshop-savvy anon could make a template and put it on mega so we could edit it and reuse it for any list
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No.1123
>>1115ah sounds interesting enough I'll take a look at it once I get the hard drive space for it
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No.1283
Karamay, it's on youtube.
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No.1473
a masterclass in the art of storytelling
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No.1690
>>375>>378It's bad to depict the decolonisation as it actually happened (das rayciss).
Germany, are you this brainshwashed ?
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No.1691
>>1690It's difficult to be certain about the accuracy of the film (look into it). If you believe it to be true prove it. Otherwise I will continue seeing it as a curiosity and anyone seeing it should take it with a bucket of salt.
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No.2139
Some essential Wim Wenders.
Disclaimer, Pina is a highly visual film which I saw when it was playing in cinemas. Not sure if it will do anything for you, watching it on a TV.
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No.2141
>>1100>>1108Good damn I'm going to have start up a /film/ folder. Really glad this board is taking off
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3391643/Hearts.and.Minds.%281974%29.Won.Oscar.for.Best.DocumentaryAnd this documentary really shows both sides of the Vietnam war, worth a watch if only for the musical number at the beginning. I'm probably going to redownload it soon to cut out that part as a Wemb that can be posted here and on /pol/
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No.2143
The cinematographer for
Hearts and Minds, Richard Pearce, was also involved in a great documentary short called
Interviews with Mai Lai Veterans.
The short was directed by Joseph Strick and filmed by both Pearce and Haskell Wexler. It won the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject in 1971.
It's an extra on the DVD for Strick's 1960 pseudo-doc
The Savage Eye, but someone posted it to youtube in parts:
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No.2451
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No.2469
Perhaps an obvious choice but I love this doc.
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No.2509
This one.
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No.2682
this is excellent along with the sequel covering hair metal.
i never saw part iii.
in a similar vein the gg allin doc "hated" is something you probably have to watch at some point. how do penises get that small.
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No.2688
>>1123Not that anon, but if you have Netflix it should be up there as well, both the theatrical version and the director's cut. I only saw the theatrical version but would definitely recommend checking it out.
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No.2780
surprised to only see this mentioned once. one of the absolute most beautiful films ever made
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No.2995
>>332Just made a pizza, start eating. OOoo! An episode of The World at War is coming up in 1 minute on tv.
>it's the holocaust episode>mfw Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.2998
I just watched Warrendale from 1967. I enjoy documentaries from this period, as the genre was really hitting it's stride.
Director Allan King is a Canadian version of Frederick Wiseman in many ways, presenting an observational documentary for public television with "neutral" POV. Wiseman is probably more detached and less interested in constructing a single narrative than King.
Warrendale reminded me of Wiseman's Primate and Titicut Follies though. Institutions in these docs have evolved to a point where uniformed observers (like me) would be prone to confusion upon witnessing the strange culture and rituals at hand. Yet everyone onscreen has bought in completely. So you're left wondering if these strange rituals do indeed have some merit.
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No.3089
I watched this not too long ago and I quite liked it. I haven't seen many of Herzog's movies but I'd like to see more. His documentaries and original films are pretty great from what I've heard.
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No.3090
>We Live in Public
>TV Junkie
>Crumb
>Land of Silence and Darkness
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No.3094
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>>3089Herzog is definitely a unique and fascinating personality.
> Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 which depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven. Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.3194
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this is not one of his best docs, but i'll always remember this clip
herzog seems to enjoy this type of stuff in a way, the morbidity of nature
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No.3335
>>1100This one is only mentioned in the fine print but it deserves more attention. It's been hard to find for years due to all the clips included without permission. Surprisingly it now has a proper retail release.
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No.3340
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Harlan County USA. Great look at a ruthless labor dispute in the mid 1970's.
The coal miner truly had a miserable life. Enduring a lifetime of thankless bodybreaking work, and coming home to the rural Kentucky wimminfolk who were all either fat, ugly or both.
HCUSA would make a nice double bill with John Ford's How Green Was My Valley
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No.3572
finally an upgrade to the VHS version of this (posted at karagarga)
i don't know why the director has been dragging his feet on releasing this in any decent format. by now he's 3-4 media obsolescences behind.
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No.3573
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No.3627
>>3572> 3-4 media obsolescences behind.…kind of like vinyl itself
(although it's a medium I enjoy regardless)
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No.3631
>>1473>>2509Great choices.
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No.3746
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No.3751
>>3746The only documentarian more overrated than the Maysles hacks is Errol Morris.
May they roll in hell.
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No.3783
>>3751easy there son, the corpse is still warm
what are your recommendations instead of those two?
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No.3823
Cool documentary on the Apollo missions
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097372/ Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.3844
No love for Adam Curtis?
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No.3859
>>3844Been meaning to watch Bitter Lake, haven't got around to it
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No.4050
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Everyone should see Overnight, the story of the bartender who directed Boondock Saints and then let the fame go straight to his head.
A nice look inside the mid-90s independent scene too.
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No.4351
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Since the presidential campaigns are starting up I thought about this documentary on Hilldawg's hubby. Found the whole thing on youtube.
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No.4378
>>4351I just watched this. It's a good time capsule of the first (and hopefully last) Bush vs. Clinton contest. But the fact that Carville and George S. are still on TV all the time makes them less interesting characters here.
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No.4382
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No.4565
Doc Alliance has an interesting batch of documentaries streaming until May 10:
http://dafilms.com/event/207-fragments_usa/
> Fragments of the USA
> Three unique letters that are stirring the global stream of political, economic and cultural events; three letters that have defined the western hemisphere and become the symbol of power and physical strength. However, what are the symbols of contemporary America oscillating between a temple of consumerism, a self-appointed watchdog of democracy and a utopian paradise of dreams come true?
> The selection of six documentary, slightly experimental films explores the stories of diversity found in contemporary American society. American countryside, censorship holes in the inviolable freedom of speech as well as the history of common multicultural coexistence represent mere film fragments of the constantly changing tangle of North American relations.
You can also download them and watch later. I'm going to check out the ones about Youtube censorship and the Mormons.
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No.4710
post some of these on >>>/doc/
I'm trying to revive it
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No.4714
>>4710
Why do we need a board just for documentaries /film/ and /tv/ can serve the genre fine.
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No.4810
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Here an Einstein-obsessed Japanese professor travels across America in search of the man's brain
A real gem
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No.4868
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No.4869
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No.4870
>>3844
>>4869
lol should i read there thread first. top kek.
at the other posters. try 'all watched over by machines of loving grace'. it's quite the head trip.
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No.5101
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A Texas radio station contest that awards a Nissan truck to whomever keeps their hands on it the longest…
These contests used to be more popular, but eventually they stopped because of psychological concerns.
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No.5123
Instantly became one of my favorite films once I watched it.
I don't even know how to describe it. Bill Greaves just died last year and. What a shame. This is seriously one of the funniest, weirdest experimental documentaries I've seen.
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No.5199
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I finally watched this after seeing it mentioned regularly on /tv/ a few years ago.
I liked the political angle. But I wonder why the socialist gov't of Chile is reluctant to expose certain deeds of Pinochet? To me it indicates how left vs. right is just a façade after a certain point…
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No.5200
>>5199
because pinochet is worshiped by a lot of people, its like margaret thatcher for example
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No.5201
>>5200
That's a little surprising to me. But so far I've only heard the anti-Pinochet side of things. Is there anything I can watch to learn more about this?
I figured it was like Obama covering up for Bush (for torture and other shady shit). Leaders supposedly serve the public but their primary allegiance is to the government.
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No.5203
>>5201
and who does the government serve?
lol
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No.5204
>>5203
Itself mostly. There's not a single govt agency looking to reduce its influence, budget or scope. If you think that's out of altruism rather than self-interest, we'll agree to disagree.
I might feel differently if I saw accountability for wrongdoing. Instead we are told to Look Forward Not Backward™. The only person prosecuted and jailed for CIA torture was a whistleblower.
Chile has its own set of problems but there are certain parallels about the way governments behave.
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No.5207
>>5204
i was trying to make a joke that the government serves the leaders (the apparent ones or less visible). the recursive-ness is the source of my lol, but I can easily see how that would be misinterpreted
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No.5343
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I was just thinking of this cool cult documentary and I don't think it's been mentioned. Short and sweet.
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No.5399
>>5343
This was fucking hilarious, thanks breh
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No.5406
>>5343
Prolly one of the greatest mini-docs I've ever seen. Thanks for the post!
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No.5514
What's this, no mention of Ulrich Seidl: Monocle Wearer? Have you guys seen his stuff?
Instead of pretending that the camera is an invisible observer (an impossible goal), Seidl intentionally positions his subjects into appealing compositions. Somehow the oddballs he films still reveal intimate elements of their lives.
It's a different style of "documentary" for sure.
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No.5726
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The music videos for /mu/ remind me of this novel exploration of the creative process. Lars von Trier has a friendly competition with Jørgen Leth to remake one of Leth's early experimental shorts. Each round consists of one director placing five creative "obstructions" upon the work of the other. It's very interesting to witness how artistic limitations can be used to stimulate creativity.
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No.5966
>>3844
Gah I thought I was watching this but it was The Society of the Spectacle instead. Anyone know that one? It's not the best adaptation of a book.
It's someone reading straight from this book ... of social philosophy ... in French ... which you in turn read as subtitles ... in chunks of about 8 words at a time. It's dense and easy to get lost.
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No.6138
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what are some documentaries that exaggerate the cultural significance of a fringe group or person? there was a trend of these for a while (maybe it's ongoing)
i'm thinking of
Dogtown and Z Boys
Scott Walker 30 Century Man
Devil and Daniel Johnston
You're Gonna Miss Me
Searching for Sugar Man
i haven;t seen the last two but they probably fit the same formula
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No.6532
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
People recommended this on charts here and I liked it a lot. It's focused on eccentric WWII veteran Kenzo Okuzaki who has a serious grudge against Imperial Japan, the military and Hirohito. The horrors of the war put Okuzaki on a mission for justice at all costs.
I haven't seen other documentaries from Japan (any more recs?) so it was enjoyable to observe how real Japanese interact. The adherence to formality and politeness is not shaken by awkward, antagonizing situations or even direct personal violence.
Okuzaki had vehicles covered in text presumably to spread his message. Can anyone read what it says here?
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No.6545
Alone in the Wilderness comes to mind.
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No.6548
Making a Murderer is a big deal right now so I'll recommend Soupçons AKA The Staircase
It's a gripping true crime miniseries about a husband accused of murdering his wife, found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Crime or accident?
Start here: https://vimeo.com/122319173
>>6545
That looks great.
Added to my watchlist, thank you
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No.6551
>>6138
>Searching for Sugar Man
I liked that, i don't know how much they exaggerated his story in South Africa, what i know is that he was also somewhat popular in Australia and that the guy had toured there, but that wasn't mentioned in the doc, i'd still recommend it though.
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No.6574
have any of you seen shoah?
are the 9 hours worth it?
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No.7024
>>2780
> one of the absolute most beautiful films ever made
I think there's more personal beauty than visual beauty. The 5 hour project has many "moments" of boredom too. I have mixed feelings about it. I think this person >>2648 has valid remarks.
Mekas seems like an affable eccentric foreigner, intoning and repeating his love for life's minutiae like the Sesame Street Count on mescaline. What I love is the look of the aged 16mm.... even though for all his filming Mekas isn't much of a cameraman.
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No.7053
What's a good way to find out if a documentary has been made on a specific subject? Do you guys know of any quality online resources, like an imdb for docs only?
>inb4 google
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No.7057
>>7053
i can't personally vouch for it, but this is a documentary search site
http://documentaryguide.com/
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No.7067
>>7053
> an imdb for docs only
Imdb has 71,122 documentaries in its keyword search. You probably can't beat that; if there's a better site I haven't seen it.
Have you tried the search features?
http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword
you can use the Refine option to customize results for documentary only
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No.7069
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> Molossia, also known as the self-proclaimed Republic of Molossia, is a micronation, founded by Kevin Baugh and headquartered solely from his home near Dayton, Nevada. The Republic of Molossia has claimed itself a nation but it is not officially recognized as a country by the United Nations or any country.
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No.7183
>>7053
You might try http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
It's definitely smaller than imdb >>7067 but it's organized like a streaming site with video embedded and available to watch.
Documentaries are organized into categories with community ratings and comments
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No.7239
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Poverty Inc is well worth watching for the unintended consequences of dogooderism. Foreign aid has done more harm than good to the developing world.
For example, when "free" rice is dumped on a poor country year after year, local farmers cannot compete and they go out of business. Most of these farmers must move to the cities to find factory work, leading to crowded slums and more poverty than before. To top it off, the country loses the ability to raise its own food.
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No.7244
does anyone know of a good place to find the 30 for 30 series?
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No.7637
Year Zero - The Silent Death of Cambodia [1979]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275085/
This documentary was filmed shortly after Cambodia was liberated by Vietnam. Here's a great segment if you don't have time to watch the whole thing:
https://youtu.be/0rpZz5I_ylo?t=3m59s
also on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/17634265
Pol Pot's political ideology has to be one of the strangest in recent history. He sought to create a society without class, money or property. Sounds like a Marxist paradise, no? In practice urban areas, modern technology/medicine, and decades of accumulated capital were all abandoned so that citizens could begin new lives as rural agricultural peasants/slaves.
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No.7662
>>6574
>watching some shitty 9-hour long documentary about something that never happened
lol no
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No.7672
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Looking for more documentaries about Middle East wars, preferably recent
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No.7702
The films without their title mentioned are:
Mistral - Ivens
Menq - Peleshian
Let Each One Go Where He May - Russell
L'Ordre - Pollet
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No.7705
[Melancholic Dixie music playing]
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No.7724
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No.7742
>>7724
> RT
> documentaries
OK, here's (You), now get the fuck out of here.
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No.7743
>>7742
What other Syrian War documentaries are there?
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No.7744
>>7702
I got that Leviathan one on accident (someone recommended the russian one, same director as The Return and The Banishment, can't remember his name), went in totally blind and, holy shit. quite the film. could have been a bit shorter though, my interest waned in parts, though i get what he was going for (and I dig it)
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No.7749
>>7744
It could have been 3 hours, and I still would have wanted more.
The moment where the camera slowly moves from the fish gut and blood infested bowels of the ship into the sea, to then again emerge amidst hundreds of those seagulls was mind blowingly beautiful. It was like going from hell to heaven all in single take.
One of the finest films of this century IMO. I think it will take a few years before people will truly start to appreciate this experimental masterpiece. It's not an easy film.
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No.7754
>>7637
Anthony Bourdain on Kissinger
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No.7774
on the topic of herzog, cave of forgotten dreams is probably my favorite doc/film of all time
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No.7776
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No.7777
>>7702
Good suggestions. It reminds me of this chart
>>7774
Herzog documentaries are usually pretty interesting. I think I've seen more of his docs than his narrative films.
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No.7781
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No.7788
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No.7791
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No.7792
>>7791
Are there any clips of this show with English subtitles?
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No.7793
>>7792
I couldn't find after some searching. What a shame, they're wonderful documents about the life here in Finland. There's no such program here today, hasn't been since he quit now that I think of it. How to summarize it the best - he focused on the lives of small people, their internal issues, issues they faced from public policies and other 'injustices' he could locate. Mostly about poor people, or government retardation.
Hannu Karpo did some other work for news stations etc. before the show and there were two translated clips in YT.
There is this bit about Tallinna with English subs in YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-kLsZKHL-g, done during Cold War. Historically it was one of the first videos of USSR-Tallinna aired in TV at Finland by independent reporter - so it is somewhat significant I believe. Subtitles are kind of okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrNWASTJLp8
About a mall built in Helsinki. Subtitles for this are pretty straight forward, missing some nuances from the language.
Short bits, but best I could find.
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No.7794
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I'll shill some Finn content a little more since I'm bored - this time with English subs.
This document was actually done in 1971, but it was approved at February 1986 by Finnish Board of Film Classification (our film culture is quite incestuous and possibly corrupted).
In the document they interview and meet people from all social classes (including politicians), backgrounds, travel Finland, but the important context I guess is the big shift from farms to cities during the time the document was made (60s-70s).
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No.7795
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..and can't get more Finnish than this, ugly people in saunas speaking about life.
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No.7802
>>7793
Thanks. Now I understand his style a little bit better.
I think these types of shows will be translated eventually, maybe by fans
Right now it seems like international television programming is mostly neglected. There's no large website (that I know about) with a primary focus on the subject.
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No.7823
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So how is this? I like the topic of future technology.
The trailer makes it seem like a hodgepodge of interviews but I'm sure he finds memorable moments
Herzog is starting to sound old
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No.7996
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>>7672
ok this looks promising
A Very Heavy Agenda: a new documentary trilogy on the post-9/11 neocon movement
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No.7997
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>>7996
Cool I didn't know about that. Do you know where to watch the full version? I'll add Ilha Das Flores (1989) and point out that this thread is now 2 years old
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No.8170
Thoughts?
youtube.com/watch?v=Js19h1GW32o
weshare.me/4f2b9d3bcf9c1ba4/Adam_Curtis_-_HyperNormalisation_p04b183c_default.mp4
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No.8217
>>8170
I just finished it - a long video essay. Compared to Bitter Lake, there's more voiceover and a lower caliber of stock footage. Adam Curtis resembles a bluepilled person trying to be redpilled. Sorry if those terms are cliche/loaded but it's the best way I can describe it. He's obviously sympathetic to the conventional wisdom of leftist movements. While he possesses the ability to look below the surface, my complaint is he doesn't always go deep enough.
I hope that doesn't sound too dismissive because there's plenty to ponder as you watch this.
Are there any good Adam Curtis parodies out there? I wish I had time to make one.
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No.8218
I love this one. The guy is still going.
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No.8222
>>8218
You are a fucking faggot.
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No.8223
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No.8224
>>8222
That's unnecessarily rude.
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No.8225
Speaking of Ondi Timoner, I liked DIG! quite a bit
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No.8385
>>7672
>>7743
This sounds like an uplifting story of an ISIS propagandist
> From her childhood bedroom in the Chicago suburbs, an American teenage girl uses social media to run the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and cameraphones, she helps her social network in Damascus and Homs braves snipers and shelling in the streets and the world the human rights atrocities of one of the most brutal dictators. But as the revolution rages on, everyone in the network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3060338
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No.8386
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>>8385
Here's one about the Kurds
> Bahman Ghobadi's docu-fiction dually following the stories of singer Helly Luv and pilot Nariman from Kurdistan. Both Helly Luv and Nariman pursue to be a source of strength to their society; a society that perpetually deals with the harsh conditions of life, war and ISIS attacks.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3060338
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No.8387
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No.8557
>>6545
Very good. It's like Dear Zachary being a highly respected documentary put together by someone who just happened to know about a great story. I think of it every time I take an extended outdoor excursion.
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No.8582
>>6138
Here's one: Blank City (2010)
Imagine a montage of talking heads
"We were young!
And wild!
And free!
And broke!
We didn't know what we were doing!
And we didn't WANT to know!
It was REAL!"
on and on for 30 mintues, intercut with clips of the most amateur garbage films you ever saw. I think they learned how to make some interesting films eventually, but I wonder how much of it is really worth watching? It's fun to watch the movement develop anyway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Wave_Cinema
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No.8584
>>2139
chantal did pina better
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No.9432
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The Secret State of North Korea
Something to watch before the shit goes down over there
>Just two years in the job and armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea's Kim Jong-Un is the world's youngest dictator, ruling one of the world's most isolated countries. Like his father and grandfather, he wants to maintain tight control over what North Koreans see of the world - and what the world sees of North Korea. But with unique access, FRONTLINE goes inside the secret state to explore life under its new ruler, and investigate the enigmatic "Morning Star King" as he tries to hold onto power. Using new footage smuggled from inside and never-before-told stories from recent defectors living in South Korea, the film offers a rare glimpse of how some North Koreans are defying authority in a country where just being caught with illegal DVDs could mean immediate imprisonment.
alt links
https://vimeo.com/134197570
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/secret-state-of-north-korea/
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No.9526
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uploadrocket.net/iylu8n0q4vaz.htm
uploadrocket.net/je9fjnn71fng.htm
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No.9528
>>9526
better host
1fichier.com/?xef8dhrfpa
1fichier.com/?unut3uvfgs
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No.9561
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No.9564
>>3844
Great taste.
>>9561
I'll check these out. I own the DVD of Africa Addio, that film has a great soundtrack.
While most here have probably already seen it, there is another documentary about the genocide of the white farmers in Africa called Mugabe and the White African.
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No.9747
>>3844
The best i can comment on this is by declaring it an elegantly made pernicious propaganda ,one that seeks to project a venom that it have imbibed itself in, so seamlessly.
It's Michael Moore for the "Politically Aware" and "Culturally Rich".
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No.9756
>>9747
I usually learn new and interesting things while watching that guy's videos. But sometimes he's a little wrong on things I already know about. That makes me wary about talking his word for everything else.
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No.9795
>>9526
I wish those people making homebrew posters had more interesting taste
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No.9844
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England gets hit again (and again and again)
It make me think of this BBC2 documentary on Enoch Powell called "Rivers of Blood"
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No.9855
>>9844
the aspect ratio is incorrect
best to download and watch with forced 16:9
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No.10638
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No.10649
>>984
>>984
>you should really see The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner. it's maybe Herzog's greatest.
I agree more people should watch it. very good for sure. But too short to be his greatest
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No.10733
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How about The Killing of America, directed by Paul Schrader's brother. It's "this country is going to shit" circa 1982. It may be appropriate to watch now because things seem to be going to shit again.
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No.11446
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Iran documentaries? I'm posing a BBC production "The Last Shah" but maybe you guys have some more.
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No.11449
>>332
I can't beilive nobody mentioned pic related yet.
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No.11450
>>11449
She was such a beauty, but sadly only interested in Burt Reynolds
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No.11601
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>>11446
I like Rick Steves' Iran to give insight on the country's people
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No.11602
Best doc I have seen in a VERY long time is Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
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No.11608
>>11602
I've wanted to see this for a while. I finally found a good version of it, now I need to find the time.
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No.11618
My friend told me about a documentary he saw on some channel he forgot the name of documenting homeless teenage junkies in Los Angelas except one kid who lived a trashed house with his mom, one event in it was a man who burned in a building trying to rescue his dog.
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No.11619
Probably not the most complex one ever made but I enjoyed it.
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No.11629
>>11619
Ah I remember that poster. I like mountain movies so thanks for reminding me about it.
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No.11634
>>6532
Recently saw this, it had some very touching moments like the one where he visits his former friend's grave with that guy's mother and near the end where he attends some sort of funeral ritual for that same mother.
>The adherence to formality and politeness is not shaken by awkward, antagonizing situations or even direct personal violence.
This is also something I found both amusing and shocking at times, at some point he started kicking some eldery guy with health issues and he had to go to the hospital later on yet no one seemed to care that much. I also envy that kind of collective stoicism though, seeing them interact like that makes the usual overly emotional and energetic way of communication which the west is used to seem very annoying and that probably plays a role in why they portray westerners in anime as insane, hyperactive Brutes.
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No.11724
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No.11745
Does anyone have a magnet for When You're Strange, the Doors documentary.
>>11618
Found the documentary. All of these kids deserve to die.
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No.11748
>>11745
Kek, you remembered punk musicians as homeless junkies. Or maybe they are "hardcore" rather than punk...I don't really know the difference but I thought hardcore was a Los Angeles thing.
I enjoyed the first two of those DoWC documentaries but I never watched Part III. I was thinking that music documentaries are mostly for people who already like the music, but there are exceptions to that.
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No.11862
>>11745
Part 3 was the director's favourite of the series
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No.11863
>>11862
Because she felt bad for the squirts and got dicked-down by one of them.
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No.11898
>>2469
>>2509
>>2682
>>3089
>>3340
love all these. give them a watch!
im recommending one called 'Reindeerspotting', terrible title and cover art but very good. follows a young finn addicted to Subutex in the early 2000s.
gets pretty exciting throughout. he ended up getting hanged in Thailand and you can find photos of his dead body on a gay necrophile forum
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No.11899
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No.11904
>>11748
Part 3 is a lot more about the audience than the musicians. And they are indeed homeless, almost all of them live a shitty life on the street or in abandoned houses. They come from bad circumstances but they can't or won't rise above it. The punk mindset makes them tough but also makes them rather stupid, as they denounce a lot of things (like working) that would improve their situation. They panhandle and drink all day.
It's a great documentary. The first two are pretty fun, part 3 is more serious and dark.
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No.11963
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SPIN (1995) is a surreal exposé of media-constructed reality. The documentary is composed of raw satellite footage of the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the 1992 presidential campaign, all presuming they're off camera.
The media purposely ignore certain candidates too, just as they do today. In 1992 the blacklisted candidate was Larry Agran: https://youtu.be/PlJkgQZb0VU?t=16m43s
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No.11964
>>11963
Thanks. The campaign stuff was pretty good. I assume it's no longer possible to access that type of footage.
My interest waned as the director started complaining about all the ways that the news didn't conform to his particular worldview.
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No.11965
>>11964
At one point Larry King says "What's the deal with Perot?" I'm wondering the same thing. Why is Perot missing from this documentary? I've only watched the first half.
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No.12089
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WACO: The Rules of Engagement
The Waco atrocity occurred 25 years ago this week
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No.12189
The Shimmering Beast is one of the best direct cinema documentaries. The focus on the behavior of a group of moose hunters — who drink and drink and drink and joke and joke and joke — resonates with me a lot. It reminds me of experiences I had in high school. I'd say there's universal truth to the way these men behave in an isolated situation. Just as hunting has long been vital to human survival, humor has long been an important part of the way that men interact, bond, and battle with one another.
The NFB summary casts some of the documentary in a negative light, using Social Problems as a tag for the film and claiming it depicts "the best and worst in men". I disagree. The documentary does not show the worst in men, it's not toxic masculinity, and it's not some social problem that must be corrected. It is natural behavior that men have likely exhibited for centuries, likely for evolutionary purposes. No other documentary does such a fine job of presenting this aspect of humanity.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/shimmering_beast/
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No.12200
>>12189
>toxic masculinity
What the hell is toxic masculinity anyway.
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No.12201
>>12200
ha ha, I think it means anytime guys are having too much fun
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No.12450
>>11446
>Iran documentaries?
A few people in this thread already recommended The House Is Black, which addresses the difficult topic of modern-day leprosy with a lot of humanity. The director uses words from the Koran, Psalms, and her own poems to create beautiful transcendent moments out of human suffering. It's a shame The House Is Black was her only film because she died a few years after making it.
>There is no shortage of ugliness in the world.
>If man closed his eyes to it,
>there would be even more.
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No.12543
I'm looking for a Finnish documentary or short film about an autistic girl who makes doodles all day, it was made by YLE.
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No.12544
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No.12545
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No.12546
>>12544
>sage
>doesn't sage
What did he mean by this.
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No.12547
>>12546
>>12545
If you want the link so badly
i think you should let me back into your groupchat and Ask me for it in a Respectful way.
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No.12548
>>12543
That sounds like Lilli (2007)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1845829/reference
I don't have it but maybe someone else can find it
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No.12549
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>>12548
It's been found, Hiljaisen Talven Lapsi.
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No.12550
>>12549
wow, so there were more than one Finnish YLE short documentaries on loner artist girls
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No.12614
THE LIFE OF BIRDS (1998) - Great BBC nature documentary series that you might have overlooked, imdb rating of 9/10
All 10 parts are on this Iranian vidsite https://www.aparat.com/search/life_of_birds
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No.12621
Does anyone have the Smithsonian's American in Color, they're very basic documentaries but have original film in color, have to be paid for, and Hooktube has been nudered.
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No.12622
>>12621
Maybe one of these will work. Both of them have a few seeders right now.
https://rarbg.to/torrents.php?imdb=tt7085256
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No.12624
Vimeo embed. Click thumbnail to play. Here is the infamous suppressed Magnitsky Act documentary, online at last. Download it while you can.
I first heard about this project many months ago. I know Russia is very interested in this case and Putin mentioned Bill Browder in his recent meeting with Trump.
>When Nekrasov prepared to air his work “The Magnitsky Act: Behind the Scenes,” he inevitably found himself confronted by billionaire Browder and a battery of lawyers, who together blocked the showing of the film in Europe and the United States. Anyone subsequently attempting to promote the documentary has been immediately confronted with 300 plus pages of supporting documents accompanying a letter threatening a lawsuit if the film were to be shown to the public.
>A single viewing of “The Magnitsky Act” in Washington in June 2016 turned into a riot when Browder supporters used tickets given to Congressional staffers to disrupt the proceedings. At a subsequent hearing before Congress, where he was featured as an expert witness on Russian corruption before a fawning Senate Judiciary Committee, Bill Browder suggested that those who had challenged his narrative and arranged the film’s viewing in Washington should be prosecuted under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), which includes penalties of up to five years in prison.
>Because of the pressure from Browder, there has never been a second public showing of “The Magnitsky Act”.
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No.12656
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Mountain Talk (2003)
Short documentary about life in the Appalachian mountains, their accent and how it's ridiculed, the type of people they are, and the coming gentrification due to richfags and industrialization.
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No.12722
ARAYA reminds me of a couple great Japanese films - Woman in the Dunes and The Naked Island. All of these films deal with the topic of repetitive, soulcrushing labor.
The Japs react to these situations with stoicism, while Araya (especially via narration) highlights exasperation and hopelessness. However you have to keep in mind that Araya depicts real human lives and the Japanese films are fictional.
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No.12920
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>>11450
RIP Burt
I like that documentary even though I'm slightly annoyed by the director who films every second of his life, personal space of strangers be damned. Is the camera a buffer between him and reality? It's the 80s version of the guy who can't put his phone away and experience life as it is.
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No.12984
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>>7672
>Looking for more documentaries about Middle East wars, preferably recent
Here's a quick one that examines the propaganda efforts pushing for more Western intervention in Syria
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No.12986
Vimeo embed. Click thumbnail to play. Chris Marker - The Owl's Legacy (1989)
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No.12987
>>12986
About time for a better version of that
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No.13247
Please Vote for Me (2007)
An experiment in Chinese democracy - schoolkids campaign to be Class Monitor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuMuFsCJFWI
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No.13260
>>13247
OK, now I want to see a documentary about real democracy in China. This one made it seem like no Chinaman has ever voted before. But wikipedia says that local elections have been democratic.
<In the early 1980s, a few southern villages began implementing "Vote for your Chief" policies, in which free elections are intended to be held for the election of a village chief, who holds a lot of power and influence traditionally in rural society.[16] Many of these multi-candidate elections[17] were successful, involving candidate debates, formal platforms, and the initiation of secret ballot boxes
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No.13449
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Streetwise (1984)
d. Martin Bell
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No.13477
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The Gang - How A Government Agency Uses The Law To Destroy Your Rights & Freedoms
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No.13489
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>>7672
Thames Television did segments on the Lebanese Civil War and 8-Year War.
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No.13498
Speaking of wars I just found out about Balkan Wars of Đoka Bogdanović. It's some of the earliest film documentation of real soldiers in a warzone, shot during the Second Balkan War in 1913. I really like watching this stuff even if there's not much action in the footage. Reading about history cannot substitute for seeing it yourself. When you watch you notice subtleties like how people dressed, how they interacted, how their towns looked, etc.
Bogdanović's film has been well-restored for a 3-disc release and many clips are online at http://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/content/pioneer-cinematic-war-reporting-dyordye-dyoka-bogdanovi%C4%87
<Dyoka Bogdanović was no newcomer to cinema. Born to a lawyer’s family in 1860, he set up Belgrade’s first movie theatres in 1905. The experience of the First Balkan War (1912–1913) led him to the idea of re-enacting Serbian victories for the camera. In order to realise this plan, Bogdanović contracted two camera operators who were working for the Vienna outpost of Pathé, Europe’s leading producer of newsreels.
<In the midst of the filming preparations in June 1913, Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece, thus unleashing the Second Balkan War. Bogdanović immediately understood that this was his chance to film real combat operations instead of re-enacted ones. He decided to abandon his original plans and send his camera operators to the front. During the month of July, the men – whose names are unknown even today – shot footage of battles, of devastated villages, of war victims, of prisoners of war, and of soldiers in their everyday life. Out of this footage, Bogdanović quickly compiled a number of short documentaries and newsreels. These films are noteworthy not only because few other moving images of the Second Balkan War exist, but also because they rank among the earliest cinematic recordings showing soldiers in action in real war situations.
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No.13633
>>2998
This and Out of the Blue are the best films I've seen that accurately portray and define Canada for what it is.
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No.13641
>>13633
In what ways do you think Warrendale uniquely captures the essence of Canada?
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No.13645
>>13641
Canada is just northwestern America but made into an entire country, robust types of people and/or with rural edge. It isn't a "nice and friendly" version of America and just about identical, if anything Canadians are bigger assholes. The Canadian flag is also terrible and misrepresents even more with it's culturelessness, "lol we just put a leaf on our flag it means nothing look how easy-going we are" further enforcing the stereotype, in fact it's like the whole thing was made up by the Canadian government to make Canada look better.
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No.13646
>>13645
okay but what does that have to do with Warrendale
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No.13647
Posting this here so I remember to watch it
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No.14031
https://mega.nz/#!cN8VAawD!lM-G9KlXRyPz6gj7Rvqigt8INpKTdnkCIZgvS03n_-s, Harvest was mentioned in the top 250 thread might as well post it here. 1967 documentary about farmers in the American heartland.
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No.14470
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>>2998
Here's another from Allan King.
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No.14471
>>14470
I didn't know about that one. I remember watching A Married Couple which was fairly interesting and surprisingly intimate.
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No.14498
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>>14471
Any recommendations on mental illness or just general freak show documentaries? Something you don't watch to learn stuff, just to enjoy how truly fucked up some people are and laugh at how bad things are.
This is a documentary about a hotel staffed only by down syndromes and a few retard wranglers. I found it pretty entertaining.
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No.14672
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Here is Always Somewhere Else (2007)
The film is about the life and work of Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. As seen through the eyes of fellow emigrant filmmaker Rene Daalder, the picture becomes a sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean. Featuring work from artists Tacita Dean, Rodney Graham, Marcel Broodthaers, Ger van Elk, Charles Ray, Wim T. Schippers, Chris Burden, Fiona Tan, Pipilotti Rist and many others.
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No.14742
>>354
that movie captures the "pathological altruism" of White people more than any other film.
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No.14743
>>12089
this was an important one. really exposes the federal government for being the evil scum they have always been, starting with lincoln.
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No.14785
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>>14672
That's a great documentary and a very interesting story. Donald Crowhurst is another man who mysteriously disappeared during a solo voyage on the ocean. He entered a contest to sail around the world, even though he was completely unprepared for the task.
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No.14792
>>332
Anything by Adam Curtis.
Mainly hyper normalization it's a fuckin trip.
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No.14794
>>14792
Did he have one where he talked about Propaganda and the Formation of Men's Attitudes? I haven't seen too many of his earlier projects, but I remember the editing wasn't as slick back then.
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No.14795
>>14794
I got the two books confused. Curtis discussed Bernays' Propaganda in The Century of the Self.
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No.14811
>>14498
>freak show documentaries
Yeah, try Little Lady Fauntleroy about a child prodigy antiques expert that looks like Harpo Marx and wanted to be Prime Minster but ended up getting a sex change. The rest of hisher family is weird too.
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/little_lady_fauntleroy
(The only video I could find, the stream may not work with every browser.)
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No.14836
Surprised noone has mentioned Dead Souls yet, it's pretty damn great
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No.14953
Can anyone find for me a documentary about Iraqi society filmed during the dawn of the Gulf War. It was 45-60 minutes long and contained interviews with a member of the Iraqi Art Society, leaders of the jewish community, a hairdresser, and a random family. There were discussions on the people's perception of Saddam and towards the end showed a rally against President Bosh.
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No.15164
This is full of historical surprises that will leave you looking at the civilization your living it in a different light.
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No.15299
Peter Whitehead - The Fall (1969)
<Shot around New York between October 1967 and May 1968, Peter Whitehead's The Fall reflects the turbulence and chaos of its conjuncture. Visiting from Britain, Whitehead initially offers an outsider's perspective on the antiwar protests, bizarre performance art pieces, and surreal everyday life that he films.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/42949757
Full: https://vimeo.com/184247853
I only just started watching The Fall to note the passing of Peter Whitehead. He considered this his most important film. It's apparently in the vein of Medium Cool and Hearts and Minds, examining the protest movement and counterculture of 1968. Which makes me wonder: where are the documentaries like this today? We seems to be experiencing a similar era of social disintegration and confusion, yet few (if any) filmmakers care to give broader context to the situation.
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No.15300
>>15299
>We seems to be experiencing a similar era of social disintegration and confusion, yet few (if any) filmmakers care to give broader context to the situation.
I don't want to theorize much: it's because either everybody is tired of all of it, everybody vomits from all the information this world pumps into you or because it's ultimately so ugly nobody wants to capture it.
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No.15301
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If you don't mind a dark sinister tale, Blood Upon The Snow, the Stalin Years is an excellent documentary with footage I'd never seen before. Excellent narration.
Here's episode one. They're all up at You Tube.
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No.15302
>>15300
We're going to look back on this era as a golden age in the near future. I assumed that the world population was 7.2 billion. Somebody on /pol/ said 8 billion. No way I thought. I checked it. It's 7.8 billion now. We're talking about cities like Lagos and Kinshasa Nigeria with 88 and 86 million inhabitants each. We are headed for a dreadful maelstrom.
https://youtu.be/N-_a0TCWb6E
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No.15332
>>12624
this was actually a pretty good one. Showed this to some neocon folks and they flipped the fuck out.
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No.15353
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Thames TV has almost if not all their old broadcasts on their channel, ranging from short reviews of cars and such to half-hour documentations and interviews of crucial wars and political events like the Rhodesian Bush War and the British coal mine strikes.
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No.15354
>>15353
I think extra footage from this report was used in the Rhodesia section of Concerning Violence.
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No.15356
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>>15354
I was mistaken. The clip came from another report made 4 years later.
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No.15420
England has been involved with Ireland for many centuries, leading to frequent uprisings from the native Irish. Unlike many other countries that successfully expelled the English at some point, Ireland fought a losing battle again and again. A nationalist high point was limiting UK rule to just a handful of counties in Northern Ireland.
With that in mind, here's a thought-provoking chronicle of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. The commie bomby Irish Republican Army fights a guerrilla war for a unified Ireland, while Her Majesty's Armed Forces employ heavy-handed tactics to squash the violent insurrection.
It's a fascinating situation where I can't fully discount each side's motivations.
The director Arthur MacCaig was an American living in Europe whose documentaries focused exclusively on the conflict in Ireland. Last year his son made a good companion piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za4Nm3l9ujk
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No.15422
I have a soft spot for weird subjects, like the paranormal, unsolved mysteries, that sort of thing. The genre is utterly flooded with bullshit from every angle possible making it impossible to find the good quality documentaries.
What's some good documentaries on abnormal happenings, urban legends or unsolved mysteries?
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No.15423
>>15422
Quick move there, i got scared my post was for nothing and probably you won't find it useful but i will try look something.
I think i read something about ""Skinwalker Ranch"" getting a documentary. I spend moderate amounts of time reading about paranormal (except the spiritual/alchemist aspect) and to be fair the entire field of the paranormal is filled to the brim with bullshit but the very few instances that are legitimately intriguing are the reason to keep going, still i don't quite recall good filmed work discussing it.
I do remember a couple of decent TV programs from an old Argentinian channel dedicated to this genre (that drastically changed its focus after it got absorbed by Time Warner around 2007) it was about "casual activity", meaning stuff that was widely known and experienced by regular people but still was paranormal in nature (folk belief) namely highway shadows that almost every interstate driver has seen. The argieanon will probably remember the channel but most of the content from it went bust, at least in the rest of the continent, i never saw any of its original programs again. Just checked and there's a listing of the programs' names, i will try to check if i can find something interesting because they also had a lot of bogus before the handover.
We can stop reading here, somewhat related historical rambling that i just realized ahead:
My pop also had a bunch of VHS tapes with old documentaries, somehow Latin America was very receptive to these things. There was one about a triangle sector in Puerto Rico were a famed entity trolled people at night and sucked the blood of the farmstock in the mid-70's: El Vampiro de Moca (Moca's Vampire) it was just a local thing until it reappeared in the late 90's again (1996 i believe) in that instance it was re-dubbed Chupacabras (Goat Sucker) but the inconsistent thing here is that, while it became more rampant in its antics, the locals were divided with 2 very different descriptions; Many saw something like the original one, a giant bat thing that flew above people's head kicking them before/after killing chickens and goats (also left a sulfurous stench) and then you had the other that people saw up in the mountain, the famous grey thing with kangaroo legs and chicken-feet hands, red spots under its fine rug hair and spikes on his back, also a retractable pointy tongue in which this thing jumped on cows and drained them, yet this last one never tried to interact with people and was said by some to be actually repelled by them. None are similar to the Northern Mexican/Southwestern Chupacabras indians and cowboys like to brag about, which is a super d duper big dog that outright butchers cattle instead of elegantly draining them and extracting the organs, hence why sometimes the Puerto Rican version is called the Caribbean Chupacabras although similar cases also appeared in Colombia.
The video had a bunch of technical drawings about the latter, and some sketches about the former, but still it was mostly about some reporters interviewing the ranchers who were either too damn scared (this was recorded at night in the middle of the forest a few months later, one didn't want to talk if he didn't have his shotgun) or too damn confident to be taken serious. The thing i realized just now was how set-up this whole thing was, i thought it was an isolated event but making memories i realize Puerto Rico around that era (mid 90's) had a lot of Hollywood around due to Arecibo's Dish; The X-Files had a crucial episode about contact (1994, second season premiere) and was filmed around the Dish. Then you have 007's Goldeneye which had its final segment filmed on the dish (Spring 1995) and then out of nowhere in 1996 a strange entity appears in Moca and the area surrounding it that supposedly looks similar to the famous things that are the center point of the X-Files series. Now this smells like a touristic stunt or something really silly, the only thing that is missing here are mysterious black helicopters (one being a plot point in Goldeneye) because even material like the drawings were good stuff, made by a talented profiler or some artist and i don't mean to insult law enforcement in rural Puerto Rico or anything, there might've been someone who liked that. Also the municipality of Arecibo is in the same region as Moca but that's relative as the island is quite small.
I feel deceived, but if it was a stunt it didn't work out at all.
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No.15427
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>>15422
Try this one
The Book That Can't Be Read
The Voynich manuscript is a centuries-old book of unknown origin that is written in a mysterious code. To this day no one has been able to decipher it.
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No.15428
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One more about a very strange book that is 15000 pages long, written by an orphan turned WWI soldier turned loner Catholic janitor
In the Realms of the Unreal
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No.15473
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Just saw Sea Spiders (1932). An interesting short travelogue from MGM on life in Tahiti. Includes a look at pearl diving. One odd thing is that the narrator comments a bit suggestively on a little child hula dancing. I don't think that would fly today. lol
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