Great Documentaries

[VladimirIlyich]

The Farm on Netflix, about Angola prison. Terrifying.

Have you managed to see the follow up mate? Called The Farm:10 Down.

[Stickman]

Watched Woodstock for the first time in years..... 10/10 brilliant film at a time when festivals were about turning up getting pissed and stoned having a great time and yeah peace and love...and not a celebrity millionaire in show were its all bout hey look at me in my funky wellies and getting down with the "kids" photo shoot . or getting a ticket not because of who's on but so you can tell everyone on Facebook.

 

And what a fucking lineup...Sly and the Family Stone, Canned Heat Grateful Dead , Credence , Jefferson Airplane , Santana , The Who, The Band , Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Jim Hendrix to name but a few.

 

And not a Gold Circle ticket in sight.

[razor]

 

One of the great cultural moments of the 20th Century.  Michael Lang on a horse, in the glorious sunshine, whilst Long Time Gone plays over the top.

[Rico1304]

Have you managed to see the follow up mate? Called The Farm:10 Down.

I missed this - no, not seen it. Is it on Netflix?

[VladimirIlyich]

I missed this - no, not seen it. Is it on Netflix?

No mate. I cant find it anywhere.

[Stouffer]

I've watched some cracking ones this week.

 

America Vs James J Bulger; FBI corruption and organised crime in Boston. What the film "The Departed" is loosely based on I believe.

 

The Hornets Nest; American operations in Afghanistan.

 

Fire In the Night; Piper Alpha

 

Hactivision; Anonymous and LulzSec.

[Stouffer]

Forgot to mention the REM documentary by MTV is pretty good too.

 

I'm currently watching We Steal Secrets; The Story of Wikileaks.

[Kevin D]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NWNUhLcE9WU

[JagSquared]

I've been enjoying "inside the American mob" series on YouTube which give a brief overview focusing on different events such as the phily war, fall of the mob, joe pistone and rise of gotti. It's got former members talking about their time, hits and life its entertaining if not "great".

 

It's great to watch snippets of it while shaving / taking a shit.

[Get Carter]

I watched one recently called Southern Rites think it was a HBO documentary about the racism that still exists in Georgia and the Deep South

in the states

[Stu Monty]

I've watched some cracking ones this week.

 

America Vs James J Bulger; FBI corruption and organised crime in Boston. What the film "The Departed" is loosely based on I believe.

 

The Hornets Nest; American operations in Afghanistan.

 

Fire In the Night; Piper Alpha

 

Hactivision; Anonymous and LulzSec.

Thought The Departed was based on the Chinese film, Infernal Affairs?

[Cardie]

Thought The Departed was based on the Chinese film, Infernal Affairs?

I th8nk you're both right.

 

The film is a remake of Infernal Affairs but Nicholson and diamond characters are based on boston gangsters.

 

[Cardie]

I th8nk you're both right.

 

The film is a remake of Infernal Affairs but Nicholson and diamond characters are based on boston gangsters.

Damon not diamond.

 

 

[Mendoza]

[Bob]

For anyone with a slight interest in the NFL, HBO's Hard Knocks is ace. New series at the start of each season following one team through training camp (pre season) and as always well made, interesting and engaging.

 

This years follows the Houston Texans and started in the US last Tuesday.

 

Last year it was shown before the channel 4 Sunday morning NFL programme each week, but I hardly ever watch actual tv now, so don't know if that's on again this year.

[chris71]

Not sure if it'll be great but should be good enough . Sky Arts 10 pm The Story of The Jam.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Just watched this pretty incredible (and harrowing) documentary on BBC4. Storyville : Circus Elephant Rampage. A warning though, some of the scenes are pretty sickening.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=circus%20elephant%20rampage

[Strontium]

I watched that yesterday too, I think I recorded it in July though? Afterwards I watched another Storyville doc, Blackfish, which is in a similar vein.

[Carvalho Diablo]

I watched that yesterday too, I think I recorded it in July though? Afterwards I watched another Storyville doc, Blackfish, which is in a similar vein.

 

I've seen Blackfish before too, thought it was also excellent film making.

[SammyAftershave]

Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4857514/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Very well made and very affecting if not heartbreaking.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Anyone seen this? Or able to get a *cough* torrent *cough*?

 

 

Requiem for the American Dream:

 

REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time - the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality - tracing a half- century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority - while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. Profoundly personal and thought provoking, Chomsky provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time - the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy. A potent reminder that power ultimately rests in the hands of the governed, REQUIEM is required viewing for all who maintain hope in a shared stake in the future.

- Written by Jared P. Scott

[dennis tooth]

Anyone seen this? Or able to get a *cough* torrent *cough*?

 

 

Requiem for the American Dream:

 

REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time - the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality - tracing a half- century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority - while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. Profoundly personal and thought provoking, Chomsky provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time - the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy. A potent reminder that power ultimately rests in the hands of the governed, REQUIEM is required viewing for all who maintain hope in a shared stake in the future.

- Written by Jared P. Scott[/size]

Yep theres is the man who is tall happy also.

[dennis tooth]

Damon not diamond.

Dominic diamond he means the fellow who did gamesmaster decent actor.

[Mook]

Dominic Diamond's band supported one of my old bands years ago in Edinburgh, they were shit and he was a bad tit.

 

That is all.

[Jairzinho]

Not sure about "great" but fucking hell these guys. The toppest of all top lads.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06fq188/kkk-the-fight-for-white-supremacy

 

"Auschwitz was like a summer camp"