Documentary Binge, Recommendations?

[us3rnotfound]

Since this is "dead week" at my school I have been using much of my free time to view documentaries on Netflix instant watch. So far, I have watched and enjoyed, from best to worst:

Man on Wire
Hoop Dreams
Cocaine Cowboys
The Marines

Can you think of any other good ones I need to see? I really enjoyed Man on Wire, very inspirational, but The Marines I could have skipped, it was basically a biased view on how awesome boot camp is.

 

[effowe]

If you like DJ's - Scratch

 

[FoBoT]

biased view on how awesome boot camp is.

how do you know it was biased? did you attend a military boot camp?

 

[shortylickens]

Inside Deep Throat. Excellent story about Deep Throat and the porn industry in general.

 

[us3rnotfound]

how do you know it was biased? did you attend a military boot camp?

I don't, I'm sorry for the brash comment, just saying, where's the conflict?

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Frost_Nixon_The_Original_Watergate_Interviews/70110665

In this edited collection of interviews, tenacious British journalist David Frost conducts his now-famous 1977 talk with Richard Nixon in which the former president candidly discusses the Watergate scandal and its aftermath.

Average of 124,433 ratings: 3.4 stars

 

[TallBill]

how do you know it was biased? did you attend a military boot camp?

Yeah, I saw a lot of fucking hilarious shit in my 17 weeks. Stuff that just never would have happened anywhere else in life.

 

[Gibsons]

The Smartest Guys In The Room

 

[FoBoT]

I don't, I'm sorry for the brash comment, just saying, where's the conflict?

just busting your chops
Navy boot camp was surely 100 times easier than marine boot camp, and i can't say i enjoyed navy boot camp, it pretty much sucked

 

[waffleironhead]

just about anything by errol morris. start with "fog of war" if you havnt experienced his films.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Harlan County USA - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605/

Roger & Me - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/

King of Kong - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/

Streetwise - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088196/

Navy Seals: BUDS Class 234 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426761/

 

[KeithTalent]

Fast, Cheap, and out of Control - stories from 4 people with very different vocations

Gates of Heaven - quirky characters involved in pet cemetaries

Vernon, Florida - quirky characters in a small Florida town

Bigger, Stronger, Faster - good one on steroids

Cinemania - about crazy movie-goers

Darkon - about LARP

We Live in Public - about a dot.com wunderkind that most have not heard of (pretty fascinating story)

Anvil! The Story of Anvil - awesome rockumentary

Who Killed the Electric Car - decent story about electric cars that used to be around, mainly in California (pretty left-leaning though, just FYI)

Wordplay - people that do crosswords and a crossword competition

King of Kong - awesome one on guys that play Donkey Kong

Those are some of my favourites that I've watched in the past while.

KT

Edit: also the Maysels' doc Gimme Shelter on that ill-fated Rolling Stones concert just came out on Criterion Blu-ray. Definitely worth a look.

 

[Ramma2]

Food Inc, just watched that, definitly good.

 

[Spacehead]

Touching the Void
Basically a documentary, with re-creations of the mountain climb

Brother's Keeper

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest

 

[PepePeru]

Gates of Heaven

 

[KeithTalent]

Gates of Heaven

So awesome. That scene where the younger brother is up on the hill overlooking the pet cemetary and playing his electric guitar is freaking epic. I nearly died. :awe:

KT

 

[Kev]

marked

 

[Special K]

The Smartest Guys In The Room

Seconded.

 

[Patt]

Hoop Reality is a followup to Hoop Dreams, and is worth a watch.

Kobe Doin' Work is good, though I'm sure it has been released yet to DVD.

 

[SunSamurai]

What Darwin Didn't Know
Blue Planet
Planet Earth

 

[Moab]

The Great Happiness Space -- A look into the strange (to outsiders) world of both male and female Japanese hose clubs. I didn't know much about them when I watched it and now that I have I still don't fully understand how they exist.

Helvetica -- The best documentary on a type setting / font you will ever see. Really. It's amazing.

 

[seepy83]

When I read the thread title, I thought you were going to create a documentary of yourself binging, and you were looking for recommendations on what you could binge on. I'm thoroughly disappointed with what I found in this thread.

 

[SandEagle]

Planet Earth is amazing.
Sicko

 

[Farang]

Baraka is a must see

 

[ChanHo78]

Gang-Bang Marathon