What`s the best documentary you`ve ever seen?

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Some great suggestions here.

Just a couple of my faves:

Grizzly Man and Little Dieter NTF
Riding Giants
Dust to Glory

many more ....................

Oh, I thought Dogtown was great from the history/culture perspective.

JohnG
 
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Wow, so many films I still need to see and yet a few good good ones havn't even been mentioned yet:

The End of Suburbia
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Control Room
Outfoxxed
My Date with Drew
 
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I'll watch anything that Dana Brown makes (Step Into Liquid, Dust to Glory), for the cinematography alone.

Other than that...

Persona Non Grata
Farther Than The Eye Can See
Monica in Black and White
Incident at Loch Ness
Spellbound
Everest (IMAX)
 
Eastside Parkway said:
I'll watch anything that Dana Brown makes (Step Into Liquid, Dust to Glory), for the cinematography alone.

Other than that...

Persona Non Grata
Farther Than The Eye Can See
Monica in Black and White
Incident at Loch Ness
Spellbound
Everest (IMAX)
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Wasn't Incident at Loch Ness .......... a mocumentry? :grin:.

BTW, the directors commentary 'extra' on the Incident DVD has THE most insane/funny diatribe by Herzog! That clip alone is worth the price of the DVD. :beer:

JohnG
 
I saw this mentioned earlier, but I would like to mention it too "War Photographer"
http://www.war-photographer.com/

If you're interested in shooting documentaries, this movie might make you rethink your role in the documentary process. I don't even mean that in a war type setting, just any situation where you're capturing a private moment you're not directly involved in.
 
Saw "Deliver Us From Evil" last week. Very difficult subject matter, but highly recommended.

Looking forward to seeing "Iraq in Fragments" and "Cocaine Cowboys" this week, but I'm not sure I'll be able to make it if they don't carry over 'til the weekend. Unfortunately, docs often only run 1 week here due to lack of ticket sales, but I'm just happy they come here at all. Alot of markets only get docs with a proven box office history.
 
Near Death (Frederick Wiseman 1989)

This film changed my view completely, Six hours struggle with the value of life, and the peace of death.
 
There's already been a number of great docs mentioned here so I'll just add my most
recent favs. I'm going to say the two Ted Koppel docs on the Discovery channel are
some of the most informative, insightful and important programs to watch if you're
an American or currently worried about the state of world affairs. Journalism in it's
finest form.
 
If you want to see a crazy doc about the making of Beowulf & Grendel in Iceland, check out Wrath of Gods. As it relates to this thread and the business, Wrath of Gods is one of the best docs out there for behind the scenes chaos.
 
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If you want to see a crazy doc about the making of Beowulf & Grendel in Iceland, check out Wrath of Gods. As it relates to this thread and the business, Wrath of Gods is one of the best docs out there for behind the scenes chaos.
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Joe

Thanks for the 'heads-up'.

I have ordered the original movie. Unfortunately, the doc doesn't seem to be available yet. Perhaps sometime in early 07 according to their web site.

Regards
JohnG
 
The ring of fire by the blair brothers, Two brothers spent 10 years wondering troughout indonesia in the 60s. Amazing stuff....
 
i was a fan of bowling for Columbine. but my girlfriend, who is from Littleton Colorado, insisted that Michael Moore had misrepresented the town she grew up in. And I have to say when i went there to visit with her, my perception of the place was quite different than that represented by the film. which greatly lowered my admiration for it.
 
Here's four of my faves:

1. Sans Soleil - Chris Marker

2. A Grin Without a Cat - Chris Marker

3. Painters Painting - Emile D'Antonio

4. An Injury to One - Travis Wilkerson
 
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i was a fan of bowling for Columbine. but my girlfriend, who is from Littleton Colorado, insisted that Michael Moore had misrepresented the town she grew up in. And I have to say when i went there to visit with her, my perception of the place was quite different than that represented by the film. which greatly lowered my admiration for it.
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'Bowling for Columbine' is not really a documentary; there is too much that's fictionalized. And no matter how valid you may feel the film's points are, if it has to create fictional associations to make 'em, then whatever it may be, it's *not* a documentary...that said, whatever exactly it is, I think it's good...

'Baraka'

'When the Levees Broke'

'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man'
 
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