The Documentary Film Thread

[FloorFiller]

Also, the Death of Superman Lives is available.

Anybody watched this? Only just seen that it's out so shall be giving it a watch soon! Sounds like one of the most hilarious yet intriguing 'could've been' films

[The Nal]

Enjoyed this one

 

Cheers looks great!

 

Anybody watched this? Only just seen that it's out so shall be giving it a watch soon! Sounds like one of the most hilarious yet intriguing 'could've been' films

 

Yep well worth a watch. They're all a bit mental.

[t8yman]

I love Randi. He is the man who made me an atheist. He is the man who made me look at magic through completely different eyes. And he made me question absolutely everything I see, read, hear and watch. He changed me. 

[When Jokers Attack]

I love Randi. He is the man who made me an atheist. He is the man who made me look at magic through completely different eyes. And he made me question absolutely everything I see, read, hear and watch. He changed me.

Which one of his books should I get?

[t8yman]

Flim Flam is all you need. But I watched so much YouTube stuff about him, and he was always on Penn Jilettes podcasts in the early days. His work on Sylvia Browne is fantastic, as well as the geller and popov stuff.

There's tons of case files on the jref website.

[lost]

So just watched soaked in bleach. Obviously I'm not a ballistics expert or a graphologist so don't have the knowledge to ascertain if what the people are saying is true but its VERY convincing.

 

I'd like to read something addressing the counter argument as from watching this it seems nailed on Kurt didn't kill himself.

 

The main points being

1) Nobody in history has been found to be conscious with that much heroin in their body let alone able to hold a gun a pull the trigger

2) Where the gun was found on his chest vs the position of the shot gun cartridge is impossible, the gun would of had to of been rotated 90 degrees as it fell which no gun in the world recoils in that way

3) the top part of the note which is about music seems to be in a different hand writing style to the bottom which reads like an obvious suicide note.

Edited July 31, 2015 by lost

[The Nal]

This looks great. Out on Friday.

 

[t8yman]

That looks fantastic.

[Winslow Leach]

Finally got round to watching Bitter Lake. Pretty extraordinary stuff. I know Curtis is easy to mock and parody, but I really admire his style. He's making art collages as much as he's making documentaries, and his narration is just one of the constituent elements rather than the objective core truth of the films. 

[The Nal]

Looks good

 

 

As does this one on Janis Joplin

Edited September 14, 2015 by The Nal

[When Jokers Attack]

This looks great. Out on Friday.

 

 

 

Anyone watched this yet?

 

Just grabbed a copy

[The Nal]

Enjoyed this one

 

As did I. How big are Peter Popoffs balls? Some neck on him.

Miracle money!

https://youtu.be/eaFCGx3SIFs

 

 

Edited October 15, 2015 by The Nal

[t8yman]

Watched this yesterday, brilliant doc. Was totally unaware of the story, but Michael Dowd was on Joe Rogans podcast the other day, so decided to look into him a bit. Incredible story of a dirty cop. A very dirty cop. He worked the 75th Pct in NYC in the 80's

 

[When Jokers Attack]

Watched this yesterday, brilliant doc. Was totally unaware of the story, but Michael Dowd was on Joe Rogans podcast the other day, so decided to look into him a bit. Incredible story of a dirty cop. A very dirty cop. He worked the 75th Pct in NYC in the 80's

 

I came in here to post about this, outstanding viewing, watched it over the weekend. My friend told me about it when he saw it over the summer, forgot all about it until Dowd was on Rogan's podcast (still listening to to that). Brilliant stuff.

Edited October 20, 2015 by When Jokers Attack

[t8yman]

He's a right c**t. Dunno if I can sit through the podcast after reading the comments on rogans board. People are saying he was laughing it up during the podcast......

[When Jokers Attack]

Cartel Land is superb. 

Edited October 22, 2015 by When Jokers Attack

[The Nal]

Cartel Land is superb. 

Excellent its next on the list.

I've been spending my time (too much time) in JFK assassination territory.

https://youtu.be/eknDNhDCSo8

 

Also can't wait for this!

Edited October 23, 2015 by The Nal

[t8yman]

Cartel Land is superb. 

it left me unfulfilled, I enjoyed it, and thought it was very well made, but didnt make me feel like rabidly shouting from the rooftops about it, which I thought it might.

[BlackHole2006]

Seeing as it's coming up to halloween, I've found this documentary on haunt attractions in the states. Apparently there's a massive underground subculture of people who make them in their back gardens. Some of these attractions look absolutely terrifying. I'm not sure why anyone would want to put themselves through something like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqILn-N2Ww

Edited October 27, 2015 by BlackHole2006

[The Nal]

Amy Winehouse doc is available.

[The Nal]

Listen to me Marlon is available and apparently excellent.

[When Jokers Attack]

Nice one, didn't even know about that doc, missed your previous post about it.

[FloorFiller]

had the sudden urge to watch some documentaries so have been watching a couple that i remember people talking about on here

watched the Scientology one which i thought was great. a lot of stuff i knew before, but other stuff (namely the physical abuse etc) really shocked me

just finished binge watching The Jinx. fucking hell that last episode is intense. i'd stupidly ruined the ending for myself so knew what was coming, but it didn't spoil just how insane it is when it all unfolds at the end there (and him previously having his mic on in an earlier episode without realising was a nice little precursor to what would eventually happen)

anybody got any other suggestions for some 'must see' type documentaries? reckon i'll be giving that King Of Kong one a watch next after seeing it mentioned on the first page. there's probably a list somewhere about some must sees but always better to have peoples suggestions rather than just go on critical acclaim etc

Edited November 17, 2015 by FloorFiller

[Winslow Leach]

56 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

had the sudden urge to watch some documentaries so have been watching a couple that i remember people talking about on here

watched the Scientology one which i thought was great. a lot of stuff i knew before, but other stuff (namely the physical abuse etc) really shocked me

just finished binge watching The Jinx. fucking hell that last episode is intense. i'd stupidly ruined the ending for myself so knew what was coming, but it didn't spoil just how insane it is when it all unfolds at the end there (and him previously having his mic on in an earlier episode without realising was a nice little precursor to what would eventually happen)

anybody got any other suggestions for some 'must see' type documentaries? reckon i'll be giving that King Of Kong one a watch next after seeing it mentioned on the first page. there's probably a list somewhere about some must sees but always better to have peoples suggestions rather than just go on critical acclaim etc

Have you watched Bitter Lake yet? 

[t8yman]

Just rewatched "Dear Zachary" today with my daughter, its just as intense the second time round. Its just seems such a perfect storm of crazy that it almost doesnt seem possible for it to be true.

 

and yes, bitter lake is one of the best ive seen for a while.