I'll throw out Thin Blue Line. It's so old and well know that I assume everyone's seen it.
But just in case you haven't, it's excellent. I haven't seen it in 20 years and may give it a rewatch.
HBO docs are generally the best. From the West Memphis 3 trilogy to Hookers at the Point and there was an awesome one from 2009 about a boxing match between a journeyman and an undefeated up and comer Irish Billy something or another, and the trainer for the journeyman was a suspected cheater. Turns out they used plaster on the jabrone's gloves and the Irishman had such a solid chin, he withstood a beating the whole fight. He was later unable to fight ever again and eventually committed suicide. Great, great do entary.
I'll throw out Thin Blue Line. It's so old and well know that I assume everyone's seen it.
But just in case you haven't, it's excellent. I haven't seen it in 20 years and may give it a rewatch.
I was in the mood for watching a full feature film do entary last night and came accross Tower about the shooting that happened in the university of Texas back in the 60s. Well done.
I like the animated touch.
oh yeah...that was a good one. I'd really only heard bits and pieces about the incident until I watched the doc.
Bangin in Little Rock is still one of the best.
It's not about Trump. Stop being triggered and watch it, you'll enjoy it.
I just watched this last night. Had to find it on YouTube. Was very good. There were also a couple of interviews of some of the gang members years later which were interesting.
Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman
Fairly low budget but had a lot of archive footage (some pretty gruesome) that hadn't been seen as well as interviews of still-living people involved in the mob craziness of early 70s Cleveland. Made me appreciate the Kill the Irishman feature on Netflix all the more for its relative historical accuracy. It was panned for having a story too much like Casino, but that's how things happened back then. Caught it on Pluto TV so the filmmakers get something for the viewing, though I'm sure there's a low res rip floating around somewhere.
I just watched it last night. I'm gonna rewatch High on Crackstreet to fall asleep on the plane Saturday.
I don't remember seeing that one either. Where are you going?
I found it on Youtube last time I saw it. It's another HBO doc from the same time Banging in LR was made. Its the one that's a big plot point in that boxer movie with Marky Mark plays Micky Ward and his brother is a junkie featured in that doc.
I do like the technology.
Its amazing.
They have also reduced costs during the recent slump, had to get creative.
under Trump... yeah boi...
Triggered... lets get creative now. Ignition! Fire in the hole... something...
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Just watched The Fear of 13 yesterday while getting over the vacation jet lag. I had avoided it because it didn't look great based on the brief preview Netflix wrote, but it was awesome.
The main character was THE reason it was so great as his story telling of his ordeal was just insanely well done and it keeps you enthralled and attached the whole do entary. I highly recommend. 8/10
Any of yall seen "Mommy Dead and Dearest"? Great do entary, as per HBO usual. Twisted AF
Saw it based on your recommendation somewhere. Crazy af story.
They need to revisit that and think about doing a follow up when she gets out.
Dr. Phil went to interview her prison if you care to check that out
Pass...there are several prison interviews. I'd just like to see how she readjusts to the world. It might be boring as . Although I guess someone will do something on it.
I highly recommend "Identical Strangers" - I believe it's a Hulu doc.. It's the story of a set of triplets separated at birth who found out about each other years later, only to find that there was much more behind the separation.. Very interesting and pretty ed up.
x2 Unbelievable story. I think I saw it on prime.
I can't remember if I've mentioned this one but Long Shot is also an amazing story.
Guy is indicted for a crime he didn't commit. He says he's at a baseball game and the way this gets proven is pretty crazy.
Holy , has anyone seen a do entary called Dear Zachary? Seent the first half, really good so far.
I've had that stuck in my queue for months. Let me know what you think when you're done.
I've seen enough to be convinced.. The 8.6 rating I'm seeing om Cinema HD is legit so far
There's a new docuseries on FX/Hulu based on a book by the maker of Thin Blue Line called Wilderness of Error. It's about the 1970 Fatal Vision murders and all the craziness in the aftermath. I start looking askance at docs once they start going over four hours, but this is covering events over the last fifty years and hasn't even introduced Joe McGuiness three hours in. I don't know how Morris is going to turn viewers from the conclusions of the legal system but I'm definitely in for the rest of the show. There's some juicy stuff like the tapes the father/grandfather of the victims recorded of phone calls when he began his own investigation after seeing his son-in-law acting like a jackass on the Cavett show not even a year after the murders. Decent recreations and a whole podcast prequel series (Morally Indefensible) if you want to take a really deep dive.
The Vow is going to end up being twice as long as it should be -- Ken Burns did the whole Civil War in the same number of episodes -- but the sheer amount of video and audio of events as they happened makes it pretty compelling. Shows how a bunch of smart, successful people (including the filmmaker himself) can get lured into a destructive cult.
Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix is good for people who remember it. I think people who don't will wonder why the all that happened. They'd be right. I had no idea Ralphie from A Christmas Story was a kid spokesman for NASA who got to see that blow up live. It's too bad Sally Ride died before this was made. She comes out as a low-key boss in the ensuing investigation.
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