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11-25-2008, 10:04 AM | #2 |
Woman should only make babies
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Apartment "G UNIT!"
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bowling for colimbine opened my eyes for sure
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11-25-2008, 10:10 AM | #3 |
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kansas City
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Supersize Me
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11-25-2008, 10:13 AM | #4 |
MVP
Join Date: Sep 2005
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My three favorites are:
Ken Burns - The War Why We Fight The Fog of War |
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11-25-2008, 10:16 AM | #5 |
King Sandbagger
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Summit, MO
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for all you film buffs out there, i recommend:
The Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession |
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11-25-2008, 10:18 AM | #6 |
[b]Supporter[/b]
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: A Hypnagogic Landscape
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I'm excited for Ken Burns' The National Parks series in 2009.
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11-25-2008, 10:31 AM | #7 |
Reap the whirlwind
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Olathe
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11-25-2008, 10:41 AM | #8 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fayetteville, AR
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Crumb: about the weirdo R. Crumb.
Grizzly Man: about the weirdo who got eaten by grizzlies in Alaska. Dig: about the weirdo behind Brian Jonestown Massacre Furious Freaks: about the weirdos that make up the Flaming Lips The Dancing Outlaw: about the weirdo Jessico White, a schizophrenic mountain clogger. The Devil and Daniel Johnston: about the weirdo Daniel Johnston. Yes, I like movies about weirdos. |
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11-25-2008, 10:43 AM | #9 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fayetteville, AR
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A few more:
Riding Giants: about Laird Hamilton and big wave surfing The Eyes of Tammy Faye: surprisingly sympathetic look at Tammy Faye Bakker. Devil's Playground: about bad Amish kids. |
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11-25-2008, 10:45 AM | #10 |
Blah Blah Blah
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: In front of the computer.
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Frontline ran a documentary called Country Boys a couple of years back that was fascinating and sad at the same time. It followed these two teens in Appalachian Kentucky and their struggles with school and family in an unbelievably dirt poor part of the country.
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11-25-2008, 10:47 AM | #11 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fayetteville, AR
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Few more:
Genghis Blues: about Paul Penga and Tuvan throat singing I am Trying to Break Your Heart: about Wilco making the YHF album. Dog Town and the Z Boys: the documentary, not the movie. Born to Brothels: about child prostitution in India and a lady who tries to make a difference. |
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11-25-2008, 10:49 AM | #12 |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Holland*
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I really liked Scratch.
Oh hey, it's on Youtube. |
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11-25-2008, 11:17 AM | #13 |
Reap the whirlwind
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Location: Olathe
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11-25-2008, 11:19 AM | #14 | |
Reap the whirlwind
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Location: Olathe
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My wife ordered this one on Netflix. I was skeptical about it, but ended up enjoying it somewhat. She was also the one who ordered Meerkat Manor. I really thought that would be dumb, but I was hooked after the first few minutes of watching. |
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11-25-2008, 12:18 PM | #15 |
My Black Friend, Alan
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Manhattan
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The last few I saw were:
The Bridge Over the span of a year, director Eric Steel's cameras capture tormented souls attempting to commit suicide by leaping from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Through poignant interviews with family, friends and eyewitnesses, the film reveals a common thread of depression, despair and chronic mental illness. This provocative documentary further reinforces the landmark's iconic legacy as the world's most popular suicide destination. Cocaine Cowboys This penetrating and sometimes harrowing documentary from director Billy Corben pulls out all the stops to explore the many dimensions of Miami's cocaine-trafficking boom of the 1980s, from how the drug was moved and the financial impact on the city to the havoc and violence that followed in its wake. Told by the smugglers, cops and average citizens who were there, this film is an unflinching study of Miami's most notorious and lethal vice. American Drug War: The Last White Hope With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history. Taking viewers from prisons and inner-city streets to the halls of Congress and his own kitchen, Booth attempts to sort out the intricacies of the national drug policy -- and the reasons for its unmitigated failure. They are all very interesting, and American Drug War is definitely the most eye-opening. |
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