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Posted on 7/13/10 at 2:57 pm to
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 2:57 pm to
Just bought Man on Wire, The Bridge, and I.O.U.S.A.
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:00 pm to
quote:

Man on Wire



Best documentary eva
Posted by TulaneTigerFan
Seattle
Member since Sep 2005
35856 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

Hoop Dreams

My favorite documentary


I watched this over the weekend. Hadn't seen it in probably 10 years or so. Great documentary
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:05 pm to
Aren't the guys who did hoop dreams doing or did one on LeWalk's free agency?
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18159 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:05 pm to
quote:

The Thin Blue Line

Gates of Heaven


As an Errol Morris fan myself, I'd also suggest "Vernon, Florida."
Posted by iggle
Member since Oct 2007
2649 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:23 pm to
Thin Blue Line is great, but it seems kind of cheesy now only because it was groundbreaking in how it was filmed. After it, every crime doc. on tv copied it to death.

Gates of Heaven is so out there, you just have to watch it. You could watch it 10 different times and interpret it 10 different ways.

I should check out his others, but that's all I've seen by him.
Posted by constant cough
Lafayette
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:29 pm to
Posted by Afreaux
Conway Bayou
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:37 pm to


Soul in the Hole (Greatest streetball player you've never known)



Street Fight (Bloody knuckles Mayoral race in Newark)



Born into Brothels (Calcutta's Red Light District Kids)



Champion (From child drug addict & prisoner to Actor & Hero)



Manda Bala (Corruption & Violence in Brazil)



Favela Rising (Finding a solution for Brazil's slum violence)



Cocaine Cowboys (Miami's cocaine-trafficking boom of the 1980s)





Very British Gangster (Manchester Crime Boss)



Dark Days (people living in abandoned NYC subway tunnels)



God Grew Tired of Us (The Lost Boys of Sudan come to America)





American Pimp (Veteran pimps interviewed about their trade)



King of Kong (tense film about video game record)



Conscientious Objector (Saved 75 WWII soldiers without a rifle)
This post was edited on 7/13/10 at 3:50 pm
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36166 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:46 pm to
some good ones mentioned

hoop dreams
street fight


fog of war is pretty amazing - mcnamara looks back on the vietnam war with the advantage/perspective of time

spellbound
grizzly man
hearts of darkness (a filmmaker's apocalypse)
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:47 pm to
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
40900 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:00 pm to
Gates of Heaven has almost put me to sleep twice.
Posted by TigerInBamaLand
Birmingham, AL
Member since Oct 2007
4178 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:12 pm to
I like documentaries too and this is one of my all time favorites:

Mule Skinner Blues



This post was edited on 7/13/10 at 4:12 pm
Posted by tiger band trumpet
Member since Sep 2008
5675 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:30 pm to
quote:

Food, Inc. is a good one.


just watched that, thought it was interesting. They really go after the big companies, I was okay with that until they got to Monsanto, but that's cause my dad works for them
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:31 pm to
The first three quarters of Beer Wars. Until they go into an absolute Bud hate fest, its really interesting.
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48348 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:32 pm to
You have to take it with a grain of salt. There are a few things that don't logically add up in the film.
Posted by The Cable Guy
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9692 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:37 pm to
quote:

The first three quarters of Beer Wars.


I was waiting for a Beer Wars mention. I really enjoyed the spirit of the small town guys trying to make it big and the hurdles they encounter daily.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71658 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:39 pm to
I really enjoyed it, outside of Jim Koch old protege calling him out on camera and the insane dumping on Bud at the end.
This post was edited on 7/13/10 at 4:40 pm
Posted by The Cable Guy
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9692 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 4:41 pm to
Yeah I can see that. It's something I just accept as I'm not a huge beer guy. But it is interesting when they talked about the big 3's marketing strategies. It's rather bizarre but hell, it works!
Posted by Geauxldineye
New Orleans, La
Member since Sep 2005
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This post was edited on 7/13/10 at 5:33 pm
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 7/13/10 at 6:14 pm to
quote:

Is this actually a documentary or a movie filmed in a documentary style. Its got real actors in it.


Actually I was wrong about the name. It's called second skin.
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