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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #200 on: March 25, 2013, 01:13:18 pm »
Watched 'Senna' yesterday, really enjoyed it.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #201 on: March 25, 2013, 02:53:19 pm »
Just watched Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold story of Ozploitation

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996966/?ref_=sr_1

Tells the story of the surge of Australian genre films throughout the 70's and 80's. (Mad Max probably being the most well known examle) Lots of well known actors getting their starts from these films. Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson and even Helen Mirren who featured in one very very early in her career.

Really fun, light hearted documentary. Has Quentin Tarantino in it, who was quite the expert I must say!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLm1ppE_Ib0

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #202 on: March 25, 2013, 04:27:02 pm »
Does anybody know where I could download a copy of that BBC2 drama-doc with William Hurt about The Challenger disaster enquiry?  I don't want to download the iplayer version but can't find a torrent for it anywhere.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #203 on: March 25, 2013, 06:44:29 pm »
Does anybody know where I could download a copy of that BBC2 drama-doc with William Hurt about The Challenger disaster enquiry?  I don't want to download the iplayer version but can't find a torrent for it anywhere.

Torrentleech.org has it in both normal and HD

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #204 on: March 25, 2013, 07:40:19 pm »
Thanks for that, but are there any places that don't require a registration?
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #205 on: March 26, 2013, 02:01:32 pm »
The History channel's series of documentaries America: the story of us, is fascinating. A real journey through the centuries into how America became a superpower from a few settlements.

Even better is National Geographic's the story of Earth, which is quite literally a breathtaking view of our planet's journey through 4 and a half billion years to today.

Both are available on youtube.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #206 on: April 10, 2013, 04:31:54 pm »
I’m naturally drawn to stories of pain, destruction, death and the ongoing tragedy of life.

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In short, if you want to be left feeling heartbroken and overwhelmed then go ahead and watch them.

Same with I've just watched, very sad.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #207 on: April 10, 2013, 05:02:12 pm »
Anyone seen King of Kong:A fistful of quarters?

watched it the other day and it was very good.

Its about trying to beat world records in classic arcade games, mainly Donkey Kong.

Well worth a watch very interesting/funny

highly reccomended.

http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0923752/

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #208 on: April 13, 2013, 11:47:59 am »
Morning, I need to some quick research on Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pott, Thatcher western involvment and also Mugabe Rhodesia and the history of Zimbabwe.

Does any one have any recommendations on this subject?

Also, anything good about journalism? A day in the life of stuff like that.   

Thanks a lot !
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #209 on: April 13, 2013, 03:45:46 pm »
Anyone seen King of Kong:A fistful of quarters?

watched it the other day and it was very good.

Its about trying to beat world records in classic arcade games, mainly Donkey Kong.

Well worth a watch very interesting/funny

highly reccomended.

http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0923752/
Watched it on Netflix a few months ago, really fun film.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #210 on: April 13, 2013, 10:27:27 pm »
Autoluminescent. About Roland S Howard, the guitarist from The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls and Crime & The City Solution. Amazing film about an amazing man.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #211 on: April 13, 2013, 11:12:00 pm »
inside combat rescue afghanistan. worth a watch .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rc4_2_YXuw

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #212 on: April 15, 2013, 02:13:52 pm »
When We Left Earth - Ordinary Supermen (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXo_y_YNQ8

Series about the early days of NASA onwards, really interesting and well made.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #213 on: April 15, 2013, 02:31:22 pm »
Morning, I need to some quick research on Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pott, Thatcher western involvment and also Mugabe Rhodesia and the history of Zimbabwe.

Does any one have any recommendations on this subject?

Also, anything good about journalism? A day in the life of stuff like that.   

Thanks a lot !

Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia gives an excellent insight. I found it extremely upsetting.

I have also seen one about Western involvement in the Indonesia occupation of East Timor – East Timor – The coup the world miss by a fantastic documentary maker named John Pilger. I recommend all his work.

Also did a docu about  the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean called stealing a nation.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #214 on: April 15, 2013, 02:38:36 pm »
Dave Grohl's " Sound City" is fantastic viewing.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #215 on: April 16, 2013, 04:21:11 am »
Also, anything good about journalism? A day in the life of stuff like that.   

Thanks a lot !

A documentary I saw a little while ago called Page One: Inside the New York Times might be something along the lines of what you're looking for.

Saw a bit of it and it seemed good.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #216 on: April 16, 2013, 02:03:50 pm »
Thanks for all your recommendations!
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #217 on: April 16, 2013, 02:07:36 pm »
'Room 237' is hidden gem for fans of The Shining and Stanley Kubrick movies in general.


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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #218 on: April 21, 2013, 01:07:24 pm »
Just seen Searching for Sugar Man. Best music documentary I've ever seen. Just bought Cold Facts from Amazon, hope he gets some of the royalties.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #219 on: April 21, 2013, 03:52:03 pm »
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #220 on: April 26, 2013, 02:34:49 am »
Just seen Searching for Sugar Man. Best music documentary I've ever seen. Just bought Cold Facts from Amazon, hope he gets some of the royalties.

He does now and from his shows but apparently just gives it all away!

Watched the doco Central Park Five the other day. Was very good but so frustrating. Amazing that miscarriages of justice can be so blatant and yet still get the state a result.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #221 on: June 6, 2013, 03:27:24 pm »
It may have been mentioned but may I  recommend War Game, its a docu-drama, pretty grime stuff, was made in the sixties but did n't get shown for 20 years as it was deemed to shocking.

Also, does anyone one have any recommendations on documentaries about,


The Red Scare in 50's America, Mcarthyism, police in the 50's america, 50's culture in America.



Thanks in advance.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #222 on: June 6, 2013, 03:38:53 pm »
I watched a Japanese documentary the other day called 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi.' It's about an octogenarian sushi chef who has been practicing the art for over sixty years and is considered the greatest sushi chef in the world. Very, very interesting and it'll make you ravenous, the food looks fantastic. Eccentric but compelling characters, they just want perfection. Jiro Ono, the chef in question, also has three michelin stars, a rating that is considered that the restaurant is good enough to travel to the country to, just to eat there.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #223 on: June 9, 2013, 02:34:35 am »
When We Left Earth - Ordinary Supermen (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXo_y_YNQ8

Series about the early days of NASA onwards, really interesting and well made.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #224 on: June 9, 2013, 02:39:10 am »
I watched a Japanese documentary the other day called 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi.' It's about an octogenarian sushi chef who has been practicing the art for over sixty years and is considered the greatest sushi chef in the world. Very, very interesting and it'll make you ravenous, the food looks fantastic. Eccentric but compelling characters, they just want perfection. Jiro Ono, the chef in question, also has three michelin stars, a rating that is considered that the restaurant is good enough to travel to the country to, just to eat there.
Gave me a fucking boner for sushi!
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #225 on: June 25, 2013, 11:24:41 am »
Noticed on the i player that they have put up some new Storyville documentaries always worth a look.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #226 on: June 25, 2013, 02:29:32 pm »
Gave me a fucking boner for sushi!
;D Me too, definitely. It was all the worse because I was eating my tea at the time, a chicken breast with peas and brocolli. Felt so unsatisfying it was unbelievable, just as Ono-San was layering Fatty Tuna over rice and seaweed. I plan to go to Tokyo within the next few years. If I can plan ahead adequately, I'm going to book a table and have money put aside for it as it's around £300 or Y30,000.

I watched another doc called Exit Through The Gift Shop, which I'm sure has been discussed at length in here, as it's quite well-known. Actually left me a little disillusioned about the whole process, that someone as clueless as that Thierry fellow (some have posited he's a character made-up by Banksy though) could make millions of sub-Banksy level regurgitated crap non-art. I appreciate some of the stuff Banksy does (although not all of it). Thierry's work was basically a 'no-mage,' a shit copy with diluted, scrambled ideas. Yet off the back of illusory, self-created hype, he made a hell of a lot of money.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #227 on: July 15, 2013, 06:15:04 pm »
http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/documentary-oxyana#sthash.mvVXFuZN.dpbs


"Tucked in the Appalachian mountains of Southern West Virginia, Oceana, is a small, once thriving coal-mining town that has fallen victim to the fast spreading scourge of prescription painkiller Oxycontin. As the coal industry slowly declined and times got tough, a black market for the drug sprung up and along with it a rash of prostitution, theft and murder. Soon its own residents had nicknamed the town Oxyana and it began to live up to its reputation as abuse, addiction and overdoses became commonplace. Oxyana is a harrowing front line account of a community in the grips of an epidemic, told through the voices of the addicts, the dealers and all those affected. It is a haunting glimpse into an American nightmare unfolding before our eyes, a cautionary tale told with raw and unflinching honesty.


Winner of Best New Documentary Director, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival 2013"


Looks promising
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #228 on: July 15, 2013, 07:31:58 pm »
Thanks for all your recommendations!

have a look here mate... all free to watch... loads of subjects..  ;)

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/watch-online/
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #229 on: July 15, 2013, 10:56:56 pm »
Don`t know whether this has been posted. Documentary on BBC iplayer about Don McCullin the war photographer. Great documentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036j3fp/imagine..._Summer_2013_McCullin/

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #230 on: July 15, 2013, 11:58:23 pm »
Noticed on the i player that they have put up some new Storyville documentaries always worth a look.

No idea if it's on there or not but I watched 'The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story' last year and that was really good.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #231 on: July 16, 2013, 01:04:56 pm »
Anyone seen King of Kong:A fistful of quarters?

watched it the other day and it was very good.

Its about trying to beat world records in classic arcade games, mainly Donkey Kong.

Well worth a watch very interesting/funny

highly reccomended.

http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0923752/

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #232 on: July 16, 2013, 09:07:37 pm »
Anyone seen King of Kong:A fistful of quarters?

watched it the other day and it was very good.

Its about trying to beat world records in classic arcade games, mainly Donkey Kong.

Well worth a watch very interesting/funny

highly reccomended.

http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0923752/

Just watched this. At first I thought maybe this was a mockumentary!
Great doccie though. Billy Mitchell... a man's man.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #233 on: July 16, 2013, 10:02:10 pm »
http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/documentary-oxyana#sthash.mvVXFuZN.dpbs


"Tucked in the Appalachian mountains of Southern West Virginia, Oceana, is a small, once thriving coal-mining town that has fallen victim to the fast spreading scourge of prescription painkiller Oxycontin. As the coal industry slowly declined and times got tough, a black market for the drug sprung up and along with it a rash of prostitution, theft and murder. Soon its own residents had nicknamed the town Oxyana and it began to live up to its reputation as abuse, addiction and overdoses became commonplace. Oxyana is a harrowing front line account of a community in the grips of an epidemic, told through the voices of the addicts, the dealers and all those affected. It is a haunting glimpse into an American nightmare unfolding before our eyes, a cautionary tale told with raw and unflinching honesty.


Winner of Best New Documentary Director, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival 2013"


Looks promising
I came in here to see if anyone had info on a torrent or dl for this,it look's really good.When I find one I'll let you know.

The story of what Oxy has done in the  Appalachians is really interesting.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #234 on: July 17, 2013, 01:54:01 pm »
Don`t know whether this has been posted. Documentary on BBC iplayer about Don McCullin the war photographer. Great documentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036j3fp/imagine..._Summer_2013_McCullin/

Excellent documentary about an incredible photographer. As a side note it was also a reminder about the damage that Murdoch did to a once great newspaper - incredible news stories with stunning photographs replaced by advertising fodder.
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #235 on: July 28, 2013, 10:23:44 am »
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #236 on: July 28, 2013, 05:25:52 pm »
Anyone seen King of Kong:A fistful of quarters?

watched it the other day and it was very good.

Its about trying to beat world records in classic arcade games, mainly Donkey Kong.

Well worth a watch very interesting/funny

highly reccomended.

http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0923752/
ha ha, brilliant, loved it.

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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #237 on: July 28, 2013, 05:28:05 pm »
The Woody Allen 2-parter on the BBC this week was triffic...
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Re: Awesome documentaries thread
« Reply #238 on: July 28, 2013, 05:38:36 pm »
watch a lot of the espn 30 for 30's on netflix, some are excellent, all are well worth watching.
a few personal favorites:

Unguarded
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« Reply #239 on: July 28, 2013, 05:55:02 pm »
have a look here mate... all free to watch... loads of subjects..  ;)

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/watch-online/
Bookmarked cheers for this. Agree about the Don McCullin doc. Started watching Lewis and Clark by Ken Burns (on PBS) on America's expansion into west, great as ever.
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