i'm not talking about the mating habits of badgers or anything like that. i'm talking about thought provoking documentaries like: "Bowling For Columbine", serial killer documentaries, "Paradise Lost", etc.
what do you recommend?
2006-07-05 17:46:29 · 15 answers · asked by skylightdan1 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Murderball, Ken Burns' magnificent 9 "inning" series baseball, Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out Of Balance, Supersize Me and Roger & Me. Oh yeah: The Who: The Kids are alright.
2006-07-05 17:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by moviemike3 3 · 9⤊ 0⤋
My favorite documentary is Dziga Vertov's The Man with the Movie Camera (1929), but I would also highly recommend Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (1922), Terry Zwigoff's Crumb (1994), Errol Morris' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons of Robert S. McNamara (2003), Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man (2005), Michael Wadleigh's Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music (1970), The Rolling Stones: Give Me Shelter (1970), Jeff Stein's The Who: The Kids are Alright (1979), Michael Snow's Wavelength (1967), Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man (1964), Orson Welles' F for Fake (1973), and Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (1982).
2006-07-06 00:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
America Exposed (uncut) are a great series of documentaries about different problems in America.. gangs, teen killers, serial killers, There is one episode about the West Memphis 3 in there. Also "come home alive" they are documentaries of people who have been held captive whilst overseas. Unfortunately though Im not sure where you can get these as I watch them on the crime channel, but I do know they are part of a series and you can get it, where is the question though. But perhaps this gives you something to look for :) Also a series of documentaries called "cold case files" they are hour long programs that show you a case and what the person did etc.. very interesting!
2006-07-06 00:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jade H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Grizzly Man, Lost in LaMancha
2006-07-06 01:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by V for Victor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the 8 Errol Morris docs, specifically I'd recommend:
Mr. Death
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
The Fog of War
2006-07-06 00:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by deane28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly recommend "Capturing the Freidmans". Its about a family in jersey where the father and younger brother get arrested for child molestation. You get to see how screwed up the whole family is.
2006-07-06 00:55:59 · answer #6 · answered by crippler5511 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this counts, but...Pearl Harbor. The recent ones...it combines all my favorite element: history, romance, war, action, a little comedy, and the women wear old fashioned clothes!
2006-07-06 00:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spinal Tap!
2006-07-06 00:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by keats27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to see "Super Size Me" its awesomeee!!! its about morgan spurlock on a all mcdonalds diet for 30 days and the results are- well, youre just going to have to watch it. trust me- this doc won many awards b/c its great and will keep your atttention!
2006-07-06 00:52:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when we were kings. Its about Mohamed Ali From the start of his career till now. I thought it was great.
2006-07-06 01:41:38 · answer #10 · answered by dianesaunders2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋