Hey! I like movies! You can find out about that here.
Lately though, I've been watching alot of documentaries (Style Wars, King of Kong, Helvetica, We Are Traffic).
I was wondering if anybody had good recommendations for any?
I want to see the new Banksy film, but I gotta organize some friends seeing it.
Also, I have Netflix, but there seems to be lots of poop and little substance there.
Any direction would be killer! Thanks!!
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Philly
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Anaheim, California
Movies I have seen all the way through:
Grass: about marijuana laws and its history in America
New York Doll: it follows around Arthur "killer" Kane in his last days, he is the former bassist of the New York Dolls
Who the Fuck is Jackson Pollock: loved this movei, its about a lady who picks up a possible Jackson Pollock from a thrist stroe and attempts to see if its worth anything, interesting look into the art world
My Kid Could Paint That: about a young girl who paints abstract art and whether or not she is an imposter
the first and thrid decline of western civilizations: both about punk scenes the first focusing on the early LA scene and the third focusing on the hardcore scene in LA, have not seen the second one, but I know its about the 80's metal scene in SoCal
Festival Express and Rock City: both clips from music festivals, the first being on a train with more country and folk musicians from the ^0s and the latter going around and capturing UK artists from the 60s
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey: study of Metal by an anthropologist who is also a metalhead
Woodstock, if you haven't seen it, SEE IT NOW
Movies I have seen part of:
Beautiful Losers, about alternative artists, very interesting from what I have seen
American Hardcore, America's hardcore punk scene, good if your into that type of music
We Jam Econo: about the Minutemen (the band)
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New York, New York
Everyone should watch We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen.
I saw about 9 minutes of the intro of Style Wars. I hope to see the whole thing once I buy a copy.
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Hmmm I watch a lot of documentaries. I've included TV stuff because a lot of the best comes from BBC. You can watch all of this stuff online, one way or another.
Cocaine Cowboys; The Root of All Evil; The Fog of War; The Corporation; The Boy with the Incredible Brain; Status Anxiety (Alain de Botton); The Trap (BBC - Adam Curtis); Jesus Camp (I grew up around the stuff in this film - it scares me); Life Without Memory: The Case of Clive Wearing; Kim Peek: The Real Rain Man; Commanding Heights; The Private Lives of Plants; Sagan's Cosmos; The Century of the Self (BBC - Adam Curtis); The Power of Nightmares (BBC - Adam Curtis); Roman City; Journey of Man; Kenneth Clarkâs Civilisation.
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Anything by Richard Dawkins I'm a fan of, he's great at explaining things. Something to check out as well are Louis Theroux's documentaries, I find them very entertaining. Food, Inc. also stands out as a good one about the American food industry, and Between The Folds was a very interesting doc on pushing the boundaries of origami.
As far as where to watch documentaries, I agree with RushCoil on watching BBC, and PBS has some surprisingly good documentaries as well; They present a ton of different documentaries on a show called Independent Lens.
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Brooklyn NY US
I really liked BBS: The Documentary, about early dial-up bulletin board technology & subcultures.
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Crumb, Black Sun, The devil and Daniel Johnston, Beach Boys : An American Band (for the tons of footage) , Lost in La Mancha, Dig!
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England
Air Guitar Nation was pretty good. I enjoyed that.
Also The Wicker Man is an excellent documentory on life in Scotland.
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Finland
Air Guitar Nation, Cocaine Cowboys and Metal: Headbangers Journey are all very good, even if you dont have any interest in their topic. Same goes to It Might Get Loud which is a documentary about 3 guitarists (Jimmy Page, The Edge, Jack White). It's pretty funny + shows that The Edge is kinda douchey dude, haha.
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Jellica wrote:
Also The Wicker Man is an excellent documentory on life in Scotland.
I thought Trainspotting was a more accurate portrayal 
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lolusa
Bit Shifter wrote:
I really liked BBS: The Documentary, about early dial-up bulletin board technology & subcultures.
I liked that one a lot too.
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calmdownkidder wrote:
Jellica wrote:life in Scotland.
Trainspotting
actually trainspotting (hobby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspott … nspotting) is probably as boring as life in scotland?
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CHIPTUNE
'Who is Bozo Texino?'. Great images / sound / story / topic. Trains, escapism and an obscure subculture. Is it allowed to link to torrents here, or, uh...?
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RushCoil wrote:
... Jesus Camp (I grew up around the stuff in this film - it scares me)
saw that one recently, it's awesome!!! having grown up in an atheist country, i thought it was hilarious, but if you have been involved with these people then i bet it's pretty scary.
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