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Documentary Binge, Recommendations?

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us3rnotfound

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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.
 
us3rnotfound said:
I don't, I'm sorry for the brash comment, just saying, where's the conflict? 😀
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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
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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