Great Documentaries

[Mr. Felix]

i'm in the mood for some vérité, so if you please reccomend to me some good documentary films? and don't say the 3 obvious ones (those 3 being F for Fake, Bowling for Columbine, and Hoop Dreams).

[Reginald I. Perrin]

Touching the Void
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Are my own personal recommendations.

Other well-regarded cuts that I quite desperately want to see:

Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog's latest - that's all you need to know. Sounds like he's fucking knocked this one out of the park)
Herzog collection: Gesualdo: Death in Five Voices, My Best Fiend, Lessons in Darkness
Spellbound
Errol Morris trilogy: Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, Fog of War
Overnight
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

[Mr. Felix]

i LOVE Aileen and Touching the Void!

[Kinbote]

Night and Fog

[motorcyclemptiness]

The Thin Blue Line and Hearts of Darkness, definitely.

Also:

American Movie
Capturing the Friedmans
The Filth and the Fury
Keep the River on Your Right

[Squirrel]

I want to see Grizzly Man so badly.

Also American Movie is like one of my favourite films ever.

Also, I reccomend Lost In La Mancha and March of the Penguins.

And The Corporation is alright, but it really bummed me out.

And Document Of The Dead.

And Wisconsin Death Trip.

Although that might not be a documentary, I don't know.

I'm hungry.

[Silence]

The Boy Whos Skin Fell Off.

[Fab]

It was good, but it wasn't a documentary film, it was just a BBC thing.

[revgoozen]

here are several that i like a lot:

when we were kings
my best fiend
dogtown and z boys (i have a man crush on stacey peralta because his team, the bones brigade, were my childhood idols).
spellbound
the fog of war
gimme shelter
the last waltz
gigantic
the man with the movie camera

[revgoozen]

Originally posted by Fab
It was good, but it wasn't a documentary film, it was just a BBC thing.

it was a filmed document of actual events, hence, it was a documentary.

[Barbara]

Crumb - very weird
Grass - funny, and with a lot of really old footage
Spellbound

I want to see March of the Penguins really bad too but haven't yet

[Drunkenmaster]

KIDS was crazy, but disgustingly good.

[motorcyclemptiness]

"Kids" ain't no documentary.

If we're talking about the Larry Clark "Kids."

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness
"Kids" ain't no documentary.

If we're talking about the Larry Clark "Kids."

still, i think KIDS was great. it might as well have been a documentary.

[motorcyclemptiness]

Nope, it was a work of fiction.

An exploitative one at that.

[Drunkenmaster]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness
If we're talking about the Larry Clark "Kids." Is there another?

[vordabois]

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

This documentary is quite impressive. If you are interested in finding out just how the media can be so biased politically, this is definitely one film to check out.

Website: http://www.outfoxed.org

The trailer: http://www.outfoxed.org/clips_trailer_wm.php

Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/outfoxed/

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness
Nope, it was a work of fiction.

An exploitative one at that.

I hate Kids!

DrunkenMan: There is another similar film called "Bully" by the same director. same setting.

decent docu? check out "Bus 174" its shit hot, but maybe doesnt have as much action as teh blurb would have you think. still interestesting though

[Fab]

Originally posted by revgoozen
it was a filmed document of actual events, hence, it was a documentary. It wasn't a documentary film though, which is what was asked for. The difference being it was never released at the cinema or on video or whatever, so it was pointless recomending it since no one would be able to watch it.

[motorcyclemptiness]

Originally posted by Drunkenmaster
Is there another?

http://www.imdb.com/find?q=kids;s=all

[Mr. Felix]

i just so happened to catch tonight on TLC "The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off". i have to say, i was moved. it brought tears to my eyes.

[Drunkenmaster]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness
http://www.imdb.com/find?q=kids;s=all WELL CAN I GET FRIES WITH THAT!!

[Kelly Kapowski]

oh my god, 'the fog of war' made me want to peel my eyeballs like an onion and then boil the peels and then walk out.

[motorcyclemptiness]

Originally posted by Drunkenmaster
WELL CAN I GET FRIES WITH THAT!!

I don't know what this means!

[vaya con dios]

I just wanted to say that Larry Clark can just go to hell. That's it.

[Mr. Felix]

i like larry clark. i liked kids and another day in paradise.

[Drunkenmaster]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness
I don't know what this means! (because i got served)