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The King Of Karaoke
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coastline
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 Posted - 09/06/2007 : 16:28:22
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KOK, pick up Ken Burns' jazz and baseball docs. Relax with them for a few days. They will cleanse you like a high colonic.
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The King Of Karaoke
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 09/06/2007 : 16:40:17
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The King Of Karaoke
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floop
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Posted - 09/06/2007 : 17:35:13
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kok, i would seriously recommend getting netflix. excellent selection. they mail the fucking movies to you. and it's really affordable
here's the top 100 docs according to the Chlotrudis Society, who of course everyone knows and trusts
http://www.chlotrudis.org/favorite/docs.html
"I am a troll.. and a fag." -LBF |
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The King Of Karaoke
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 09/06/2007 : 22:36:27
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If I spend a little more time I will come up with some.
The one I can remember right now, if space exploration interests you,
is Rocket Science (not the movie by the same name). You can pick it
up really cheap! It's 6 or 7 parts, lots of footage and features the voice
of Graham Greene, who sounds just like a famous narrator.
It's basically the story of NASA.
This is the only excerpt I could find, it seems a little slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmk-KvARy24 |
Edited by - hammerhands on 09/06/2007 22:59:51 |
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 09/07/2007 : 14:14:19
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OK a little sleep and I have a list.
I do have Ken Burns' Jazz, and on related notes...
Did anyone see that documentary broken into half-hour segments? It was also recycled for shows on individuals. It does a strange thing to my brain to see things that are almost, but not quite as I remember.
PBS, how I love thee. Jazz and Photography, best friends in one package. Keeping Time, The Life and Photographs of Milt Hinton.
A Great Day In Harlem with the classic line "Most of those guys didn't know there were two 11 O'Clocks in one day."
The whole American Experience series, especially the ones about dead presidents, (and a nod to the History Detectives, "watchin' the detectives, oooh" which by all rights should run a full season).
I really almost universally dislike reality tv shows (excepting the ones about motor vehicles), but there is one that straddled the chasm to documentary called Tall Ship Chronicles, which follows the sailing ship the Picton Castle on an around-the-world journey. Sadly the ship was in the news this year. Sadly, the focus of the doc is now host of both Canada's Worst Handyman and Canada's Worst Driver, with no sign of a girlfriend.
Under the header of haven't seen, but want to, at TIFF, which is how all the cool papers are calling it, Guy Maddin has a lament for my home town. And finally, a few years ago NFL films came to record the Grey Cup, I would kill to see what became of that footage. Got Milt? |
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houstonguthrie
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 09/07/2007 : 14:30:27
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some of my favorite film-related docs:
BURDEN OF DREAMS - about the crazy production of Werner Herzog's FITZCARRALDO
MY BEST FIEND - about Herzog's working relationship with the crazy Klaus Kinski
AMERICAN MOVIE - hilarious true story about a crazy filmmaker (Herzog not featured)
HEARTS OF DARKNESS - insane backstory to crazed Francis Coppola's making of APOCALYPSE NOW, and the insanity behind it
OVERNIGHT - story of a crazed director who had it all but was such a fucking asshole it all fell apart, which was insane
LOST IN LA MANCHA - painful story of the cursed production of Terry Gilliam's unfinished DON QUIXOTE film
"I am a troll.. and a fag." -LBF |
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The King Of Karaoke
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Supersumomegafrankfan
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:00:55
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Would you PLEASE, PLEASE spell "documentaries" right in th etitle of this thread?! It infuriates me to no end when people misspell words! I received a letter from my brother the other day and he had SIX MISSPELLINGS and FOUR INCORRECT USES OF PUNCTUATION in it and I sent it back, because this is an asshole way to be and I don't want him to think that it's all okay and I will tolerate that shit.
Into the dust we struggled...and yet we couldn't make coffee |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:03:12
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How do you feel about run-on sentences?
{too easy, I know} |
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Supersumomegafrankfan
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:07:11
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And what's up with using the brackets as though they're valid paretheses?!
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darwin
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:10:41
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quote:
Originally posted by Supersumomegafrankfan
And what's up with using the brackets as though they're valid paretheses?!
Into the dust we struggled...and yet we couldn't make coffee
Paretheses? |
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Supersumomegafrankfan
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Posted - 09/12/2007 : 15:11:12
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Shit! Bested at my own game!
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 09/13/2007 : 23:45:46
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Safari won't let me edit my subject title typos.
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Sasquatch Says WTC Demolished http://youtube.com/watch?v=q8XToX7aSdg
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Frog in the Sand
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Posted - 09/14/2007 : 00:33:49
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Murder on a Sunday Morning *****
 an undisclosed number of visitors can't be wrong |
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The King Of Karaoke
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 10/18/2007 : 00:46:42
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Frontline kicks ass.
Cheney's Law |
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The King Of Karaoke
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floop
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Posted - 10/19/2007 : 20:40:58
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| but can you recommend any good political documentaries? |
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 10/19/2007 : 21:24:22
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Ayn Rand-A Sense of Life directed by Michael Paxton, nominated for an Academy Award.
my friend posted MORE NEW paintings at http://myspace.com/landspeedsong |
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PixieSteve
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Must see documentairies
