Documentary recommendation thread

Agent Coulson

The Nal wrote: »

Watched the first 3. Some good stuff in there but another 6 hour doc that should've been 90 minutes.

The 6 hours really is showing the cat and mouse game being played between the documentarian and Q.

rubadub

gmisk wrote: »

Sky have the Tina Turner doc Tina available it's a really good watch. She was some performer, the live performances are electric!

This was very good, if a bit depressing. I have a few dvds of her live in the 60s youtube is full of them if you want to see more old stuff.

Monkey arris

Amazing lady.

The Nal

Reeling In The Years - 2010-2019 starts on Sunday.

Dufflecoat Fanny

Filmworker

Documentary film about Leon Vitali who gave up acting to learn everything about the film making process under Stanley Kubrick.

The poor man is all I can say after watching it

bodhrandude

I recommend watching some of the Vice documentaries on Youtube, the content is very topical and with journalists ranging from the gonzo journalism popularised by Hunter S. Thompson, war-torn situations, pandemics. many wide ranging subjects. The cocky American journalist who visits North Korea and finds a karaoke bar where the machine is European made so it has westernised pop music. The journalist gets the shy karaoke host to sing the Sex Pistols God Save the Queen along with him, a moment worth watching. The Gonzo stuff, drug taker/scientist/journalist Hamilton Morris goes on ultimate drug trips around the world and describes his experiences while off his head. There is also a bunch of potential Louis Theroux types who work for the documentary covering a wide range of subjects. Worth a gawk once in a while.

bcklschaps

For true crime/serial killer fans, maybe this has been mentioned before (apologies, if it has)

The Real 'Des': The Dennis Nilsen Story

https://www.itv.com/hub/the-real-des-the-dennis-nilsen-story/10a0156a0001


Also the 3 part TV miniseries "Des" based on the Dennis Neilsen story is pretty decent.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_(TV_series)

marklazarcovic

sherpa on netflix,pretty good

fryup

this is a fascinating watch...

An account of the two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam. Were they trained killers or simply pawns?

Assassins sky/now tv

bcklschaps

bodhrandude wrote: »

I recommend watching some of the Vice documentaries on Youtube, the content is very topical and with journalists ranging from the gonzo journalism popularised by Hunter S. Thompson, war-torn situations, pandemics. many wide ranging subjects. The cocky American journalist who visits North Korea and finds a karaoke bar where the machine is European made so it has westernised pop music. The journalist gets the shy karaoke host to sing the Sex Pistols God Save the Queen along with him, a moment worth watching. The Gonzo stuff, drug taker/scientist/journalist Hamilton Morris goes on ultimate drug trips around the world and describes his experiences while off his head. There is also a bunch of potential Louis Theroux types who work for the documentary covering a wide range of subjects. Worth a gawk once in a while.

Its ok. Starts off great, but then becomes a snooze fest.

Agent Coulson

I'll second the Tina Turner documentary a hard watch at times with a happy ending finding love.

For an 80 year old woman she looked damn well sitting there being interviewed in that black suit.

Mike Guide 69

If anyone has access to Sky Crime, I’d highly recommend the 5 part documentary “A Wilderness Of Error”, based on the Jeffrey McDonald case in which he is serving three life sentences, Renowned documentary film maker Errol Morris appears in the series and makes some interesting observations on the case and subsequent trial that took place and the fallout of it.

Five Eighth

'Promises and Lies: The Story of UB40' BBC. (Could be available on the iPlayer).

Great watch. Not primarily about their music...

Watched Allen v Farrow on Sky docs. recently. Four-parter. Worth watching.

Watched Sherpa on Netflix last night and it was excellent. Some great shots of Everest, learned a lot about the Sherpa people, and encountered one of the most arrogant displays of US arrogance ever seen.

joe40

Deleted User wrote: »

Watched Sherpa on Netflix last night and it was excellent. Some great shots of Everest, learned a lot about the Sherpa people, and encountered one of the most arrogant displays of US arrogance ever seen.

I'll second that. The tragedy happened during film making, but they then got a fascinating insight into the mindset of some of the climbers. The self entitled attitude was incredible.

When you have people talking openly about how devastated they are to miss the climb seemingly oblivious to the tragedy that just happened.
I can understand disappointed, but to talk about been devastated in those circumstances was crass in the extreme.

Sugarlumps

Tina Turner doc was excellent. Such a harsh life. What a fecking comeback. Glad she found the love of her life at 50. Inspirational woman, not like the current dose today.

Just passing, so thought I'd throw a few out there that others may have not seen:

The Mole - North Korean arms deals
Maradona - self explanatory
Three identical strangers - triplets separated at birth get reunited
King of Kong: a fistful of quarters - Epic Pacman related doc, the best in this list probably
Word Wars - Tracking the competitive scrabble circuit as it tours america

Mike Litoris

RichT wrote: »

The Keepers

Had to resist the urge to throw something at the TV screen when I watched The Keepers. Very very frustrating watch!

Jesus this is a tough watch. Not sure if I can see this one through.

LapsypaCork

gmisk wrote: »

The dissident is on amazon prime.
It is a terrific documentary about Jamal Khashoggi.

I watched this, amazing and well worth a watch. You couldn’t make it up, poor man must have had a horrific, agonising death, how did they think they’d get away with it.

marklazarcovic

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Jesus this is a tough watch. Not sure if I can see this one through.

you must.

Mike Litoris

marklazarcovic wrote: »

you must.

Does it get any easier? I only made it to the end of ep 2. The urge to get away from the stomach churning ugliness of it overtook any curiosity to see if justice was done.

marklazarcovic

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Does it get any easier? I only made it to the end of ep 2. The urge to get away from the stomach churning ugliness of it overtook any curiosity to see if justice was done.

It does not ,it gets more appalling,things went on for a long time,a familiar story unfortunately.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just passing, so thought I'd throw a few out there that others may have not seen:

The Mole - North Korean arms deals
Maradona - self explanatory
Three identical strangers - triplets separated at birth get reunited
King of Kong: a fistful of quarters - Epic Pacman related doc, the best in this list probably
Word Wars - Tracking the competitive scrabble circuit as it tours america

Three identical strangers was very enjoyable.

The Real Manhunter on Sky Crime is very interesting imo, episode 4 this week.

robwen

One to keep an eye out for new documentary about the unsolved murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork, five-part series, directed by Jim Sheridan, is coming to Sky Crime soon

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40270100.html

completedit

robwen wrote: »

One to keep an eye out for new documentary about the unsolved murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork, five-part series, directed by Jim Sheridan, is coming to Sky Crime soon

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40270100.html

Someone mentioned here on Boards how this case and the fascination surrounding it is just a modern for of gossip and curtain twitching. True Crime is such a strange mass appeal cultural phenomenon of our times.

I can see it being something that future generations will find odd and bizarre.

breezy1985

completedit wrote: »

Someone mentioned here on Boards how this case and the fascination surrounding it is just a modern for of gossip and curtain twitching. True Crime is such a strange mass appeal cultural phenomenon of our times.

I can see it being something that future generations will find odd and bizarre.

Our time is a bit of a stretch it at least goes back to Jack the Ripper

Mantis Toboggan

completedit wrote: »

Someone mentioned here on Boards how this case and the fascination surrounding it is just a modern for of gossip and curtain twitching. True Crime is such a strange mass appeal cultural phenomenon of our times.

I can see it being something that future generations will find odd and bizarre.

True, I was originally involved in setting up the true crime forum here on boards.

I think it's natural to want to know what drives people to murder someone else and the investigation that follows. It's like a game of cat and mouse, the psychology involved, what happened and when, the evidence, tv Court case, it can be very interesting especially with serial killers.

Interest has gone onto a different level in the last 10 years, the quality of the documentaries has really stepped up, podcasts are a new dimension and are hugely popular. I've stopped consuming alot of it though as it can be normalised and nothing shocks anymore, but every now and then a good true crime documentary or podcast is hard to beat.

tipptom

Watched The Inventor;out for blood in Silicon valley on Sky documntaries last night for the second time and i just cant keep my eyes of Elizabeth Holmes,she is the nearest thing to a charismatic robot i have ever seen and mindblowing how she fooled people like Schultz,Matis,Kissenger,the Walton family,Rupert Murdoch to name a few.

Wild Country is superb and has got me into listening to singer Bill Callahan who sang the beautiful theme song for it,The Drover

skimpydoo

The Last Narc on Amazon is well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC9zhwPRxzQ

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Deleted User wrote: »

Watched Sherpa on Netflix last night and it was excellent. Some great shots of Everest, learned a lot about the Sherpa people, and encountered one of the most arrogant displays of US arrogance ever seen.

joe40 wrote: »

I'll second that. The tragedy happened during film making, but they then got a fascinating insight into the mindset of some of the climbers. The self entitled attitude was incredible.

When you have people talking openly about how devastated they are to miss the climb seemingly oblivious to the tragedy that just happened.
I can understand disappointed, but to talk about been devastated in those circumstances was crass in the extreme.

I watched Sherpa tonight and was absolutely gobsmacked when one of the Western climbers said “There’s no way you can talk to their owners?”. Owners? Like the Sherpa are donkeys. Or slaves. Not fellow human beings. And he seemed totally oblivious to the dehumanising thing he had just said. :mad: