What's the best documentary you've seen?

Dudess

Their act is called Prussian Blue, which is another expression for Zyklon B.

Hearing them singing about the "communists, n*ggers and Jews" (like they even know what a communist is) and about how glorious apartheid was... is just soul-destroying...

Orando Broom

Dudess wrote: »

Their act is called Prussian Blue, which is another expression for Zyklon B.

Hearing them singing about the "communists, n*ggers and Jews" (like they even know what a communist is) and about how glorious apartheid was... is just soul-destroying...

There were associated with Thorns. who were associated with the Norwegian black metal scene. Grisnak of Burzam and Mayhem and all that crazy, crazy jazz.

Nhead

Dudess wrote: »

Their act is called Prussian Blue, which is another expression for Zyklon B.

Hearing them singing about the "communists, n*ggers and Jews" (like they even know what a communist is) and about how glorious apartheid was... is just soul-destroying...

Yeah it is was, you couldn't help but feel sorry for them as they never had a chance with the family they came from.

NomdePlume

Living Dolls - child beauty pageants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwttqXiCE-I

The Cult - Heaven's Gate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTq19ii2KA

Making Millions the Easy Way - about a group of students who found a way to beat the casinos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjB2aO04lg

Ulysses Gaze

Gates of Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsOkbKJBTZ8

ColeTrain

babyface11 wrote: »

All the ITV2 kerry katona docs, omg what a hard life she has, i hope she is recovering

That's like saying Spice World is the best film you've seen. For shame.

BickNarry

Dudess wrote: »

The Louis Theroux documentary on neo nazis:...... skinheads - very scary...

They were white supremecists,not skinheads. BIG difference.

CluelessGirl

Katie.........My Beautiful Face

Katie and My Beautiful Friends.

It has changed my life and how I used to view people and differences.

She is so inspiring and hot to boot!

Watch it!

trackguy

King Of Kong!

Jose Jones

More of a lurker but just want to thank people for the recommendations.

watched king of kong and thought it was brilliant, good oul Billy Mitchell

been looking for the name of a documentary for years and thanks to this thread i rediscovered American Movie, what a ****ed up life story. mike shank can't be real?

been a huge fan of The Devil and Daniel Johnston for a few years now, the plane crash story will stay with me forever i reckon.

cheers again for the recommendations.

p.s half way through Big River Man, great so far.

Dionysus

Fog of War was superb.

Manic Moran

dubtom wrote: »

After watching this one,I'm not sure who disgusts me more,the Serbs or the Dutch UN.

I think the Dutch get short shrift in most Srebrenicze assessments. The line troops were willing to make a go of it, but they got absolutely no support from higher, combined with the entire 'don't shoot first' mentality of the instructions they were given.

Alien Planet is definitely a different sort of documentary. Technically, it's not even a documentary as much as a science program, but it's very good watching. On a related note, I enjoyed the 'Walking with...' series, even though there were some technical inaccuracies.

Uncle Saddam is just odd. Made in 2001, everything you ever wanted to know about your favourite now-ex-dictator. Ever notice that the correct form of greeting him was to kiss his armpits?
http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2002/11/24/arts/24loos.184.jpg

I actually sortof disagree with Restrepo. It's a good movie, but I think over-hyped. Gunner Palace, I think, was the best of the 'fly on the wall' movies to come out of GWOT.

nacho libre

Dogdaysareover wrote: »

Mugabe and the White African.
http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/

This was part of the true stories series on more4 not too long ago, powerful stuff.

The farmer died recently.

Anyway i recommend the following:
Autism: The Musical
Taxi to the Dark Side
Trouble the Water
They killed sister Dorothy
Pray the devil back to hell
The Cove
Which Way Home
In Search of Memory
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Sins of My Father
Catfish
Inside Job

TT09

"Brits get rich in china" on YouTube, thinks there's 8 x 10 minute episodes ,very good.

oppenheimer1

I really enjoyed "The Corporation", "The Smartest Guys in the Room" (Enron collapse), "The Fog of War, 11 Lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara", "Collapse" (2009), and "Into Eternity" (Onkolu Nuclear waste depository).

All very thought provoking and some quite scary.

Nodin

Manic Moran wrote: »

I think the Dutch get short shrift in most Srebrenicze assessments. The line troops were willing to make a go of it, but they got absolutely no support from higher, combined with the entire 'don't shoot first' mentality of the instructions they were given.

Alien Planet is definitely a different sort of documentary. Technically, it's not even a documentary as much as a science program, but it's very good watching. On a related note, I enjoyed the 'Walking with...' series, even though there were some technical inaccuracies.

Uncle Saddam is just odd. Made in 2001, everything you ever wanted to know about your favourite now-ex-dictator. Ever notice that the correct form of greeting him was to kiss his armpits?
http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2002/11/24/arts/24loos.184.jpg

I actually sortof disagree with Restrepo. It's a good movie, but I think over-hyped. Gunner Palace, I think, was the best of the 'fly on the wall' movies to come out of GWOT.

Suffice to say one of the "Restrepo" directors will not be able to improve his craft in any future endavours.

"Armadillo" - a dutch danish documentary - is apparently excellent. Filmed in Afghanistan.

Otis Driftwood

Thread tl;dr so I dunno if these have been mentioned however they are both worth checking out.

Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Titicut Follies

Manic Moran

I think "armadillo" is Danish.

NTM

markesmith

"World at War" is absolutely brilliant if you're into WW2 and suchlike

Funglegunk

Don't forget the Ascent of Man and Civilisation. Both excellent docs, like being at a lecture from a kindly grandfather or something.

nacho libre

Armadillo caused uproar in Denmark. I'm eager to see it. Restrepo was disappointing to say the least.

pappyodaniel

There was a great documentary about Bobby Charlton last night on BBC. It chronicled his life from a young boy, going to Man Utd, The Munich disaster, the 1966 World Cup, 1967 European Cup and his ongoing involvement in Old Trafford.

A true football man and a gent.

swarm.of.bees

Its somewhat old (1980) but thouroughly enjoyable and def worthy is Carl Sagan's Cosmos

swarm.of.bees

nacho libre wrote: »

Armadillo caused uproar in Denmark. I'm eager to see it. Restrepo was disappointing to say the least.

Both are quite good, but Armadillo is def the better of the two. Restrepo has a somewhat poignant feel to it now that Tim Hetherington is dead.

kingtubby

Not sure if it has been mentioned already but the best documentary I have ever seen is "Burden of Dreams" about the making of the Werner Herzog movie "Fitzcarraldo".

"Fitzcarraldo" was a notoriously difficult movie to make falling into numerous difficult obstacles(a large portion had to be shot in the jungle in extreme conditions,40% of the movie was shot with two lead actors before the had to be replaced and the making had to start from scratch again)

The documentary is almost completely behind the scenes footage with a lot of really insightful interviews with Herzog himself.

Dozen Wicked Words

There was a brilliant documentary a few years back on the BBC This World series. Vodka's my Poisin with the great John Sweeney.

Oh, and despite its almost 100% positive outlook, The Pixar Story is very good.

The Baltimore Sun

My big fat gypsy wedding
or
the man who was a tree:D

R P McMurphy

Good thread, can't remember the name of the documentary but there was one about a woman who let 200 fellas have sex with her in one day. The interesting part was when she went back home to Japan and her parents had heard what she was up to and were not very pleased

--Kaiser--

Planet Earth, hands down

MitchKoobski

Just passing through, not sure if anyone has mentioned Restrepo. Best documentary I've ever seen. Director was killed while filming in Libya just over a week ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCPnJaxC17o