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Panzeh posted:Probably late on this but I watched OJ: Made in America and was blown away by how good it is after watching the dreck that was The Last Dance. I’ve only watched 5 episodes of the last dance so far but I think it’s been fantastic. What’s dreck about it to you?
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# ? May 12, 2020 13:18 |
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GutBomb posted:I’ve only watched 5 episodes of the last dance so far but I think it’s been fantastic. What’s dreck about it to you? Every interesting storyline ending up back at Jordan. I know, it's Jordan's authorized documentary, but it works against the quality of the work.
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# ? May 12, 2020 16:18 |
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We need an unauthorized extra episode laying down all the poo poo people say about Jordan too, for balance. I'm still looking forward to it, but I know the OJ docu wouldn't have been as good if Juice signed off on it.
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# ? May 12, 2020 16:24 |
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Panzeh posted:Probably late on this but I watched OJ: Made in America and was blown away by how good it is after watching the dreck that was The Last Dance. I've been enjoying TLD for what it is but OJ: MIA is on another level with its incisive and nuanced rumination on how sports, race, politics, law, and popular culture uniquely intersected in OJ's life and career. Honestly one of the best documentaries ever made. TLD on the other hand is a fluffy, nostalgic hagiography dressed up as an insightful, prying biopic. For those of you not reading the SAS thread, David Roth has written great recaps of each episode and in his discussions of the last two eps he's done a good job of teasing out how the documentary when viewed with a skeptical eye actually does a good job of revealing the true character of Jordan: https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/the-last-dance-part-7-recap.html https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/the-last-dance-part-8-recap.html The man just has, in his own words, a "competition problem."
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# ? May 12, 2020 16:32 |
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Watched American Factory, would definitely recommend it. I cannot believe some of the poo poo people were willing to say on camera. The most primo capitalism moment was when they fire the entire US management team, who had been anti union, and replace them with Chinese managers. Some real crab bucket poo poo.
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# ? May 26, 2020 03:11 |
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Lemony posted:Watched American Factory, would definitely recommend it. I cannot believe some of the poo poo people were willing to say on camera. The most primo capitalism moment was when they fire the entire US management team, who had been anti union, and replace them with Chinese managers. Some real crab bucket poo poo. I loved the American manager telling the Chinese how the American work ethic sucks. Some real pearls there.
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# ? May 26, 2020 06:07 |
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:I loved the American manager telling the Chinese how the American work ethic sucks. Some real pearls there. Followed up by him trying to implement the pseudo military style stuff with his team in the American plant while the team members all give him side eye looks that say "This is dumb as poo poo." Then he gives the lamest half assed attempt at a morning brief.
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# ? May 26, 2020 15:38 |
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Lemony posted:Watched American Factory, would definitely recommend it. I cannot believe some of the poo poo people were willing to say on camera. The most primo capitalism moment was when they fire the entire US management team, who had been anti union, and replace them with Chinese managers. Some real crab bucket poo poo. I have family that lives in a town like that and yeah it's so good. Hit very close to home.
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# ? May 26, 2020 16:02 |
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precision posted:Wrinkles the Clown on Hulu, uh, sure is something I love that the premise is that that's some of the best work clowns can get. It makes sense. Like the saying goes, kids are scared of clowns and adults think they're stupid so what's the point?
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# ? May 26, 2020 16:46 |
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Does HotDocs have an app?
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# ? May 27, 2020 18:38 |
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Lemony posted:Followed up by him trying to implement the pseudo military style stuff with his team in the American plant while the team members all give him side eye looks that say "This is dumb as poo poo." Then he gives the lamest half assed attempt at a morning brief. I just stopped watching it, I thought it was really depressing seeing people being sold out like that. Especially the workers who just want a job but all the wages are cut and all the other horrible stuff happening.
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# ? May 28, 2020 06:12 |
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Been watching the Epstein thing. This is absolutely horrific.
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# ? May 29, 2020 10:34 |
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One of my recent faves The Challenge is on Hulu. If you like weird poo poo with amazing photography, this is it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_hts5A_fWc
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Kull the Conqueror posted:One of my recent faves The Challenge is on Hulu. If you like weird poo poo with amazing photography, this is it. Yo this is really really fuckin good y'all
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Mr Shiny Pants posted:I just stopped watching it, I thought it was really depressing seeing people being sold out like that. Especially the workers who just want a job but all the wages are cut and all the other horrible stuff happening. Oh agreed, super depressing. I pretty much spent my entire viewing angry, especially because while I wasn't familiar with this particular case I knew exactly how it would go from the start. I especially wanted to reach through my screen and smack the "labour consultant" the factory brought in to tell lies about unionization.
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Lemony posted:Oh agreed, super depressing. I pretty much spent my entire viewing angry, especially because while I wasn't familiar with this particular case I knew exactly how it would go from the start. I especially wanted to reach through my screen and smack the "labour consultant" the factory brought in to tell lies about unionization. I just hate to see well meaning people get hosed over through no fault of their own, I mean just making ends meet and providing for your family seems like not to much to ask, but even that it too much.... work more for less. You are your job, and you will smile while we gently caress you over. Goddamn. Waltzing Along posted:Been watching the Epstein thing. The whole thing is so out there and implicates so many people it is mind blowing.
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# ? May 30, 2020 09:14 |
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I'm three quarters of the way through the Epstein doc and it's amazing how much they don't even touch on. Like the fact that the person who hired Epstein at Dalton even though he didn't have a degree was Attorney General Bill Barr's father. Or that Epstein's hedge fund, which exclusively works with billionaire investors and which was the primary source of his wealth, has no real operational staff to speak of. Or that he wanted to use his NM ranch as a base from which to impregnate huge numbers of women and seed the human race with his DNA. Or that he wanted his head and weird egg-dick to be frozen for posterity, so that he could rape girls from beyond the grave. Probably for the best that they kept it focused though. The one detail from this doc I'd never heard of but which makes a lot of sense was that he had a sexual relationship with Les Wexner, and probably blackmailed him or something. That goes a long way towards explaining the bizarre stranglehold he had on that guy. MeinPanzer fucked around with this message at 20:11 on May 30, 2020 |
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I just wanna reiterate so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle: you want to watch The Challenge. It's surreal, beautiful, sad, infuriating, alien, even kinda funny. It's really interesting.
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# ? May 30, 2020 20:27 |
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I’ve wanted to see that one for time, it’s never had the best distribution. Maybe I’ll just buy it on Amazon’s digital service.
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MeinPanzer posted:I'm three quarters of the way through the Epstein doc and it's amazing how much they don't even touch on. Like the fact that the person who hired Epstein at Dalton even though he didn't have a degree was Attorney General Bill Barr's father. Or that Epstein's hedge fund, which exclusively works with billionaire investors and which was the primary source of his wealth, has no real operational staff to speak of. Or that he wanted to use his NM ranch as a base from which to impregnate huge numbers of women and seed the human race with his DNA. Or that he wanted his head and weird egg-dick to be frozen for posterity, so that he could rape girls from beyond the grave. they didn't go into how he got his money, mainly being an embezzler for other billionaires? they go into ghislaine maxwell and her being in Chelsea Clinton's wedding lol?
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# ? Jun 6, 2020 00:58 |
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Can anyone recommend a good documentary on the history of the Soviet Union? Thanks!
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# ? Jun 15, 2020 19:12 |
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Werner Herzog did a movie a couple years ago that was an extended interview with Mikhail Gorbechev--it's a fantastic inside look at the rise and fall of the soviet union.
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# ? Jun 15, 2020 20:42 |
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mod sassinator posted:Werner Herzog did a movie a couple years ago that was an extended interview with Mikhail Gorbechev--it's a fantastic inside look at the rise and fall of the soviet union. Really enjoyed that one!
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# ? Jun 16, 2020 14:23 |
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I posted this series in the thread 9 years ago, but here's a cool series I used to like watching on the Discovery Channel when I was a kid: Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious Universe - 1994 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpf-o-gGms2AzvlUFaIulsrTZeuyL-6KD Arthur C Clarke presents 30 minute episodes about paranormal mysteries. It takes a surprisingly neutral, open-minded yet skeptical look at things like crop circles, crypto-zoology, ghosts & hauntings, etc.
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# ? Jun 28, 2020 06:55 |
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mod sassinator posted:Werner Herzog did a movie a couple years ago that was an extended interview with Mikhail Gorbechev--it's a fantastic inside look at the rise and fall of the soviet union.
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# ? Jun 28, 2020 07:09 |
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Ages ago, someone recommended the IDFA website (which has loads of documentaries) and in particular Ukrainian Sheriffs. Caught up with it last week and it's fabulous. The pitch is that somewhere in rural Ukraine, in the absence of any proper police two guys have been appointed as ad hoc town sheriffs. SO they rattle about in a decrepit Lada, settling domestic abuses, clearing up rubbish, talking the town drunk into cleaning up his act. Meanwhile, Russia is invading the Crimea ... bleak, but oddly heartwarming too, with some deadpan humour.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 11:07 |
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Here's a documentary about Dax Flame that idubbbz just put out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYk4ymtQ1WM
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# ? Jul 23, 2020 00:56 |
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Nostalgia for the Light is a fantastic documentary exploring the intersections between history, science, and memory. I only read part of the description, thinking it was just going to be about the telescopes in Chile and was happy to find out that it spent a lot of time talking about the aftermath of the dictatorship under Pinochet
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# ? Jul 26, 2020 21:30 |
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Just watched this awesome doc that has interviews with a ton of comic book artists and writers, both indie and pro, many of whom are still working in the field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8SgkTEjH1k
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# ? Jul 26, 2020 22:08 |
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Fleetwood posted:Nostalgia for the Light is a fantastic documentary exploring the intersections between history, science, and memory. I only read part of the description, thinking it was just going to be about the telescopes in Chile and was happy to find out that it spent a lot of time talking about the aftermath of the dictatorship under Pinochet I've found that from talking to docmakers and attending lots of screenings, Nostalgia for the Light is one of the major recent touchstones for nonfiction artists looking to push the medium forward. As much as it has this sort-of heady premise on paper, where we're comparing and contrasting astronomy with dictatorship, it remains eminently watchable and accessible. It's an essential watch.
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# ? Jul 27, 2020 17:06 |
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I don't know if it's proper for me to do this so give me a hard time if it isn't. I recently wrapped up production on my longest mini-doc to date, this time following the Clonaid story of the early 2000s where a French cult got financial backing to begin research into human cloning. As you can pretty well imagine...things don't quite shake out how they wanted them to. Aside from some staunch opposition from both the US government and Catholic Church, members of the public took it upon themselves to challenge both the ethics and the legitimacy of their claims. Enter Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, a charismatic French figure who claims to hold two Ph. D's who acted as spokesman for Clonaid. She was happy to give interviews to whoever would have her on where she espoused how great cloning was and how it'll give humanity a shot at immortality. Now you're probably thinking this cult business is just your average doomsday prophecy or something of the sort. Oh goodness no. Rael, the leader of this cult, is very much into aliens. In fact, he thinks life on Earth came about in a manner similar to the Star Trek episode 'The Chase' where we find out our DNA was manipulated, along with that of many other species, to go along a path similar to an advanced race of extraterrestrials with a stake in earth. Honestly this is just scratching the surface of it; there's a lot of insane small details like Michael Jackson's supposed involvement and what troubles they got into overseas. If you like it, please let me know, if you don't like it, also let me know because I'm still an amateur but don't want to be stuck in the "YouTuber" quality of content forever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jawKOcvLDJA
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 15:47 |
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I will definitely watch this
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# ? Aug 6, 2020 20:57 |
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Ha, I haven’t heard anything about the Raelians since Tom Green messed around with them. A blast from the past for sure.
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Fleetwood posted:Nostalgia for the Light is a fantastic documentary exploring the intersections between history, science, and memory. I only read part of the description, thinking it was just going to be about the telescopes in Chile and was happy to find out that it spent a lot of time talking about the aftermath of the dictatorship under Pinochet Thanks for the recommendation! Are there any other documentaries in the same vein as this? The Act of Killing comes to mind atleast.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 22:59 |
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I just watched Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story and it was really good. It does go into the horrible things John K. has done and the documentary makers do confront him about it.
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We Know Catheters posted:I just watched Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story and it was really good. It does go into the horrible things John K. has done and the documentary makers do confront him about it. Where did you watch this? I don't see it on streaming anywhere. Maybe i'm just missing it or something?
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# ? Aug 17, 2020 06:51 |
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It’s new, so it’s rent/purchase on Amazon and iTunes Store (and probably others) rather than Netflix or Prime streaming.
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battlepigeon posted:Thanks for the recommendation! Are there any other documentaries in the same vein as this? The Act of Killing comes to mind atleast. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
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# ? Aug 17, 2020 16:40 |
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Just watched Spaceship Earth on Hulu. It's about Biosphere 2, a self-contained replica of Earth's ecosystem built in 1991 by a group of genius dreamers/ counterculture weirdos/ dangerous cult members (depending on who you believe), with the plan to live in it for two years. My wife and I loved it, but it's only got a 65% audience score on RT, so check it out if it sounds interesting, I guess. VV
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I agree it was a very interesting documentary. It's pretty traditional in its setup but it works.
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