My favourite Docs...Your fav Docs...

Discussion in 'Documentaries' started by gandhiwars, Mar 14, 2006.

  1. gandhiwars

    gandhiwars Member

    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    2
    My favourite Documentaries have to be:

    - Dark Days (music done by DJ Shadow)
    - Woodstock Director's Cut
    - Stevie (done by the guy who did Hoop Dreams)
    - The Weather Underground <-----Deff. see this
    - Baraka
    - The Quatsi Trilogy (though #3 is only Ok)
    - Rivers and Tides
    - Dig!
    - Capturing the Friedmens
    - Bus #174 (Brazillian and hard to get)

    ...and there is more...much, much more....
     
  2. gandhiwars

    gandhiwars Member

    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    2
    hmmm well I wanted to ad one to the list

    - Peace one Day
     
  3. Mojorising

    Mojorising Member

    Messages:
    190
    Likes Received:
    0
    What about Grizzly Man...
     
  4. gandhiwars

    gandhiwars Member

    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    2
    I havn't seen Grizzly Man yet...is it good?
    I have to wait to get back to my homeland of MN to see it- it feels appropriate.
     
  5. AerialReaver

    AerialReaver Member

    Messages:
    544
    Likes Received:
    0
    Bowling for Columbine

    Kurt and Courtney
    Woodstock
    My Generation (also about woodstock but in 1969, 1994, and 1999)
    Grass
    Supersize Me
     
  6. CadenceKid

    CadenceKid Member

    Messages:
    153
    Likes Received:
    0
    Dark days was a pretty good movie
     
  7. AfricaUnite

    AfricaUnite Member

    Messages:
    871
    Likes Received:
    4
    Yeah Im glad to see Dark days and the weather underground on there I didnt think many other people have seen Dark days. Grass was really good. Cant think of anything not on the list at the moment.
     
  8. Lindsay

    Lindsay Member

    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    I liked March of the Penguins!

    ...I am beginning to fear that I might be boring. :p
     
  9. We_All_Shine_On

    We_All_Shine_On Senior Member

    Messages:
    1,311
    Likes Received:
    2
    I cried in march of the pengys.
     
  10. ryukahotpink

    ryukahotpink Member

    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    0
    How about "Vietnam, The Ten Thousand Day War"

    It's not the world's best documentary, but it's one of the best on Vietnam. And I wish i could find it. Never on TV anymore. No ways to get dvd's, it was made in 1980. All the key figures were interviewed, were still alive and well, and it has a "recent" feel to it. It's less politisized than it would be if made today.
     
  11. dollydagger

    dollydagger Needle to the Groove

    Messages:
    3,242
    Likes Received:
    5
    Monterey Pop '67
    Woodstock(of course)
    Legend: Bob Marley(really beautiful)
    Dogtown and Z-Boys
    Riding Giants
     
  12. dollydagger

    dollydagger Needle to the Groove

    Messages:
    3,242
    Likes Received:
    5
    oh how could I forget Rainbow Bridge...everyone's gotta see that!
     
  13. PSYCHEDELICA MAN

    PSYCHEDELICA MAN The psychman

    Messages:
    2,546
    Likes Received:
    41
    the weather underground and dear america letters home from vietnam
     
  14. run its kaylaa

    run its kaylaa Member

    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    -woodstock
    -gimmie shelter
    -tarnation
    -bowling for colombine (EXTREMELY POWERFUL DOC. A MUST WATCH!)
     
  15. run its kaylaa

    run its kaylaa Member

    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    oh yea! & lords of dogtown/dog-town and z-boys

    looove tony alva
     
  16. autophobe2e

    autophobe2e Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,747
    Likes Received:
    404
    "bra boys" is incredibly underrated in my view. probably because a) its australian and low budget, hasn't crossed the waters too well and B) the front cover and title make it look like one of those crappy jackass spinoffs. it was actually fairly moving.
     
  17. lucid_nicole

    lucid_nicole Guest

    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
    :sifone:
     
  18. camell12

    camell12 Guest

    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    1
    "century of the self", very long but very interesting.
     
    1 person likes this.
  19. gunison

    gunison Member

    Messages:
    245
    Likes Received:
    0
    Two favorites:

    1) One Day In September (1999) - About the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich summer olympics. Wonderfully done. Difficult to comprehend how incompetent the German police were in resolving the crisis. Also, a killer soundtrack.

    2) King of Kong (2007) - [just hear me out here] About the quest to set the all-time high score on Donkey Kong. The story centers on nice-guy Steve Weibe and his quest to break the Donkey Kong record, how he actually breaks the record, but due to internal and nasty politics from then original games, the record is invalidated.

    I know, 'Who wants to watch a documentary about a bunch of video game nerds?' but trust me, it's interesting as hell.
     
  20. guest312

    guest312 Visitor

    Fran Lebowitz: Public Speaking
    Collapse (hard smack in the face)
    Exit Thru the Gift Shop
    Art of the Steal (amazing!!!)
     

Share This Page

  1. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
    Dismiss Notice