Shippou-Sensei
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err i belive that a testing cut is meant to have a special withdrawal as if you cut through an object there is a chance you may damage the sword on the plinth the thing is rested on
Classic documentaries
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err i belive that a testing cut is meant to have a special withdrawal as if you cut through an object there is a chance you may damage the sword on the plinth the thing is rested on
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
That was done when someone committed Seppuku (known as 'ritual suicide' and often incorrectly reffered to as 'hara kiri' which means 'to cut the belly' which the Japanese consider vulgar).
There were two people directly involved in the commission of Seppuku. The victim would cut themselves in the abdomen, then a specially chosen 'second' would slice through the neck, but so that, while the victim was dead, the head would still be attached. This was because actual beheading was reserved for common criminals and, as the victim had regained their honour by sacrificing their own life, such a dishonourable act as entirely severing the head was not permitted.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
If you can find it as a download, the British Film Institute's documentary set "The Land of Promise 1930-1950" has some absolutely classic stuff done by the godfathers of modern documentary.
Linky-link.
Linky-link.
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
there's a whole thread of political docs here : http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=174678
some of the links may well have gone on the older stuff, but im sure you can dig them up....
some of the links may well have gone on the older stuff, but im sure you can dig them up....
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
One Year In A Life Of Crime.
rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
soulfulofsoul
Well-Known Member
It's been mentioned already but The Century of the Self is superb. I've seen a lot of doco's and if I had to pick a favourite this would probably be it. Power of Nightmares seems more popular, which surprises me.
Does anyone know what Adam Curtis is working on now?
Does anyone know what Adam Curtis is working on now?
northeastoipunk
bash the rich
has anyone ever seen the moon and the sledgehammer ?? it was screened years ago try you tubing it i might do same its classic and will have you laughing
Elvis Parsley
Well-Known Member
another vote for errol morris. his "First Person" series is very good too
Manufacturing Consent is a good 3 hours spent
Man on Wire - utterly brilliant. french high wire nutter who did the twin towers
Vinyl - for the sad freak collector in all of us
Crumb
Grizzly Man
American Splendor
The King of Kong - video game rivalry
Helvetica (haven't seen it yet, but meant to be good)
My Best Fiend - Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski doc
Manufacturing Consent is a good 3 hours spent
Man on Wire - utterly brilliant. french high wire nutter who did the twin towers
Vinyl - for the sad freak collector in all of us
Crumb
Grizzly Man
American Splendor
The King of Kong - video game rivalry
Helvetica (haven't seen it yet, but meant to be good)
My Best Fiend - Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski doc
rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
probably because it's got the whole 'hushed/banned by the (US) government/war on terror' thing attached to it
Capturing the Friedmans is a documentary within a documentary and interesting albeit disturbing and despairing viewing.
redsnapper
Vintage Urban
The Falling Man about the twin towers and the search to find the identity of a man caught on film who had jumped to escape the fire.
The History channel has some great docs on, like that Earth Story you mentioned but also last week there was a series on the feudal kings of England.
Anything in the Equinox series that used to be on Ch4. Cutting Edge used to be good as well, not so of late.
The History channel has some great docs on, like that Earth Story you mentioned but also last week there was a series on the feudal kings of England.
Anything in the Equinox series that used to be on Ch4. Cutting Edge used to be good as well, not so of late.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
I remember Connections, created and narrated by James Burke, being excellent. I haven't seen it since it was first on though and I suppose it looks really dated now.
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Why We Fight
The Corporation
The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Why We Fight
The Corporation
The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Pseudopsycho
I ate all your bees
Check out The Thriller From Manilla think it was a channel/more4 strand; told from the other side Ali is not the superhero mythology has made him.
Would recommend anything by Nick Broomfield especially the two about Aileen Wuornos
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
The Smartest Guys In The Room - about the Enron scandal & very interesting echoes to the causes of the global recession.
Outfoxed
Manufacturing Consent
What The Future Sounded Like - pioneers of electronic music
Outfoxed
Manufacturing Consent
What The Future Sounded Like - pioneers of electronic music
david dissadent
New Member
There is a docudrama called "Generation Kill" that is kicking around these days. Its sort of a road trip\ buddy movie type thing set in the 2003 Gulf War following a group of elite recon marines during the invasion. It even stars a couple of the people as them selves like the weird hippy\ body builder marine Fruity Ruddy. Its real adult entertainment, very hard to get into at first but you can honestly watch it multiple times. It also does not lecture on the politics, it just shows you from the perspective of above average infintary soldiers what went wrong. It also does a wonder job of showing one of the hardest things to understand about war, how the decent people you know end up doing bad things.
Some people may not think of it as a documentary though as it is a dramatisation and is pitched as a drama rather than documentary.
Some people may not think of it as a documentary though as it is a dramatisation and is pitched as a drama rather than documentary.
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
The inmate's name was Edward Earl Johnson and his lawyer was the highly respected British advocate Clive Stafford Smith IIRC.
And Johnson's trial and appeals judgments were a travesty, IMHO.
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
It certainly shook my then-firm faith in the death penalty. It was this film that led me to start looking into the subject more closely and I've since become a firm abolitionist.
rapattaque
At fighting weight
The World at War. Brilliant. Unless we're very very lucky, they will never make anything like that again.
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
'14 Days In May' is available to watch here:
http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/fourteen+days+in+may#watch=v15287553QAAPtG6T
I just watched it for the first time since it was originally broadcast and I'm currently going through a stiff whiskey as a result. It's compulsive viewing, but also without doubt one of the most grim and depressing things I've ever watched. If you support the death penalty then this should be a must-see documentary. If you don't support it, then it will probably confirm your every belief about capital punishment.
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