[Muhabsssa]

Nuit Et Brouillard/Night And Fog- by Alain Resnais.

Filmed in the 1950s, Resnais counterpoints the quiet of a deserted Auschwitz with footage from pre-war Nazi Germany.

One of the most affecting films I've ever seen.

[drexigordiche]

The "Ross Kemp on gangs" series is pretty interesting, this guy travels around the world trying to get in touch with dangerous street gangs. From El Salvador, South Africa, Moscow to California.

[Rx-Ultram]

[Hedkffiz]

Exactly.

[mypharmalife]

- The Fog of war

Documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the World Bank. The documentary will combine an interview with Mr. McNamara discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century, archival footage, documents, and an original score by Philip Glass. - 24 hour party people

Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.

[singleGirl]

An Inconvenient Truth...

It's 1 1/2 hours long. If you cut out the 1 hour telling us how great Al Gore is, the remaining 1/2 hour is very good.

[BloofPailafum]

The Lost Red Paint People - Nova

strong evidence of trans-Atlantic cultural contacts dating back long before the henge and megalith cultures ringing the European coast

[Lydiaswingert]

Originally posted by reds4ever
24 hour party people is a film not a docu...... But it has documentary value, IMO. You learn a thing or two about the Manchester scene, from the emergence of Punk to the death of Acid House.

BTW, Ian Curtis thinks you're a cu nt

[markkisil]

Grizzly Man

[Qzmsdoem]

thin blue line

[SNUfR8uI]

Anything/everything by Michael Moore.

[toyboy]

Slander/libel!!!! You Sir, will be hearing from the lawyers!!

[DoctorTOneery]

May you burn in the hell fires reserved for neocon conspirators and accomplices.

[Lerpenoaneway]

Originally posted by Wezil


Documentary? Not in my books.

I have 4 M. Moore DVD's but I don't consider any of them to be documentaries. Most people seem to associate 'documentary' with National Geographic wildlife flicks or bland History Channel rehearsals.

'Documentary' doesn't imply neutrality or objectivity. Documentary >>> Discovery Channel.

[Orefsmisits]

L'erreur boréale (1999), a shocking and well-informed look at the state of the boreal forest in Quebec.




Absolut Warhola (2001), a biting yet humane look at the Slovak village of Medzilaborce, home of Andy Warhol's family, where today lies a wholly decrepit museum surprisingly filled with Warhol's finest originals.

[Amirmsheesk]

Granted, there's dishonesty involved in that. Just look at 'documentary' in the general sense of non-fiction.

[Czrzftmz]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Granted, there's dishonesty involved in that. Just look at 'documentary' in the general sense of non-fiction. Wouldn't that imply that it should be non-fiction?

[WoCTrt0X]

frankly, the best documentaries are israeli.

you simply never get the depth in any other place.

though i have seen some stunning bbc documentaries, and Louis Theroux.

[Mowselelew]

Anything by Ken Burns, basically. The Civil War is especially good, but Molly already beat me to that one.

I am downloading his baseball documentary as we speak. Looking forward to that one.

Also there is a rather new 4 hour documentary about Auschwitz that has just been released on DVD here in Denmark. Thinking about buying it, but so far I have been to lazy to check up on it.

Asmodean

[Buincchotourbss]

This is the one I was talking about. Apparently it is 2 years old - and made for the BBC

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Auschwitz-Na.../dp/B0006FNXNA

Just released on DVD in my country.

Asmodeab