whats your Favorite Documentary? - Page 4

Ray27Ray52 · 04-12-2019, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Just my own opinion, but Dear Zachary was an absolutely terrible documentary. Very repetitive and somewhat annoying. Would have made a better podcast than film. I turned it off with five minutes left as I found the storytelling of what happened to be atrocious.

If you want a better told story that falls along the same lines, listen to the podcast Cold about the disappearance of Susan Powell. Now that is a gut wrenching story.

I hated it too. It's universally acclaimed but I never understood why. How many testimonials from friends and relatives did we need to know that he was a good guy? I was bored senseless.

jdandns · 04-13-2019, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by patchgenie

did you see the inventor? elizabeth holmes gives me the creeps. good doc by alex gibney. feel bad for the guy who died though.

Kate McKinnon has been tapped to play Elizabeth Holmes in a dramatization of her spectacular rise and fall. Given Kate's comedic talents, it's likely there will be some laughs in it, amidst the ruining of lives and livelihoods.

A recent big-budget film based on a documentary that didn't go over was Steve Carell's "Welcome to Marwen". I thought is was OK, but the source material, "Welcome to Marwencol" was superb.

Truth is often stranger than fiction. The odd tale of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, first explored in the HBO documentary "Mommy Dead and Daddy Dearest" is now being adapted into a Hulu series called "The Act".

Bulls90s · 04-13-2019, 06:40 PM

Serial Killer with Piers Morgan is very interestin' documentary show..I realized serial killers are not bright individuals.

BOboy · 04-13-2019, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulls90s

Serial Killer with Piers Morgan is very interestin' documentary show..I realized serial killers are not bright individuals.

But they are industrious. Read a lot of serial killer books back in the 90's and always thought I could never be a serial killer...I'm to lazy.

charnick · 04-14-2019, 03:23 PM

Well, I'm a bit biased, but my favorite doc right now is Getting Over... but that's because I directed it! Premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival, and now available on your cable system or most major streaming platforms!

http://bit.ly/GettingOverTrailer
http://www.gettingoverfilm.com

Nicnac · 04-14-2019, 03:51 PM

did anyone mention Searching for Sugarman?

calculusdork · 04-15-2019, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray27Ray52

I hated it too. It's universally acclaimed but I never understood why. How many testimonials from friends and relatives did we need to know that he was a good guy? I was bored senseless.

You're out of the will.

watts108 · 04-17-2019, 07:11 AM

My Top 10 Docs of all time
1. Making a Murderer
2, Loose Change
3. Inside Job
4. Cocaine Cowboys
5. A Week in Watts
6 Here's to Flint
7 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
8.The Missing 43: Mexico's Disappeared Students
9. Who Killed The Electric Car?
10.The Smartest Guys in the Room

Loose change really hit me. eye opener

Ray27Ray52 · 04-17-2019, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by watts108

My Top 10 Docs of all time
1. Making a Murderer
2, Loose Change
3. Inside Job
4. Cocaine Cowboys
5. A Week in Watts
6 Here's to Flint
7 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
8.The Missing 43: Mexico's Disappeared Students
9. Who Killed The Electric Car?
10.The Smartest Guys in the Room

Loose change really hit me. eye opener

Loose change is full of half truths, deception, and outright lies. It has been edited and rereleased 3 different times in order to avoid litigation from those it slandered. You know this right?

sigmachi · 04-17-2019, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pearce77

American Movie is one of my favorites. I saw the lead guy Mark at Whole Foods in Milwaukee shopping on a Sunday afternoon. I said "American Movie?". He said "yup".

I love American Movie. Uncle Bill was my favorite character! I watched that so much in high school and bought it on VHS.

My favorite was Hoop Dreams...this movie basically set the bar for documentaries as it was among the first made and pretty widely acclaimed. Arthur Agee went to college at Arkansas State where I had season tickets and eventually got 2 degrees from and I got to speak with him several times. He's a super nice guy who has done well for himself. This one will always have the #1 place in my heart!

indyguy · 04-17-2019, 09:11 AM

Winnebago Man (you've probably all seen the out takes)

Cocaine Island (new Netflix re-enacted documentary) - not my favorite, but its a fun one.

Devils Playground (about Amish teens on Rumspringa)

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charnick Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 2,514	Well, I'm a bit biased, but my favorite doc right now is Getting Over... but that's because I directed it! Premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival, and now available on your cable system or most major streaming platforms! http://bit.ly/GettingOverTrailer http://www.gettingoverfilm.com __________________ Team Collecting: New York, New York: Yankees, Rangers, Nets, Jets Player Collecting: Nolan Ryan, Dr. J (Nets), Trout, Darvish, Revis (Jets), Namath, Lundqvist, Gehrig, Sheldon Richardson & Jack Eichel Set Collecting: 1992 Star Pics SNL Autographs

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Nicnac Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: nutty Florida Posts: 12,281	did anyone mention Searching for Sugarman?

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watts108 Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 50 wwwnothinbutsinglesportscardscom watts108 wwwwestsportscardscom	My Top 10 Docs of all time 1. Making a Murderer 2, Loose Change 3. Inside Job 4. Cocaine Cowboys 5. A Week in Watts 6 Here's to Flint 7 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz 8.The Missing 43: Mexico's Disappeared Students 9. Who Killed The Electric Car? 10.The Smartest Guys in the Room Loose change really hit me. eye opener

04-17-2019, 09:11 AM	#86
indyguy Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 8,512 arndru indyguyat	Winnebago Man (you've probably all seen the out takes) Cocaine Island (new Netflix re-enacted documentary) - not my favorite, but its a fun one. Devils Playground (about Amish teens on Rumspringa)