Finally watched the McAfee one. What a weird dude. He paid people to shit in his mouth while having sex
I had high hopes for Minimalism on Netflix, as I generally agree with the minimialistic approach and am always interested to see how people who choose that kind of life live. But I couldn't get past the two guys who made it. They were super weird and something about them was incredibly annoying to me. About the 3rd time they told somebody else "I'm a hugger, man" I gave it up.
And they're on this promotional book tour basically exploiting poor retirees. Very odd, didn't leave that feeling the way I thought I would.
Watched the Netflix documentary on Rats last night. Rats. Easily the most disgusting and dangerous creatures on earth (besides us).
It would have been better if they spent more time with people that lived the lifestyle. I didn't dislike it, but it wasn't what I expected at all. Just following them in their book tour primarily.
Watched the HBO doc Solitary about the supermax prison in Virginia. Pretty interesting that it's not just for the "worst of the worst" criminals but rather inmates that are violent, exhibit bad behavior, or try to escape from other prisons. Crazy to think that they are confined to an 8x10 room for 23 hours a day and some have been doing it for 20+ years.
It's probably been discussed already, but I've heard "The Seven Five" is really good. Where can I watch it? It's not on Netflix.
Watched Happy People the other day on Netflix. I'd recommend it. I laughed like an asshole when they showed a house on fire immediately after they showed the natives' dolls that are meant to protect their home at night.
Yeah...that older guy who couldn't understand why he's been in solitary so long... "What did you do to get here?" "I cut the warden's face all up with a razor" "Oh..." He will never get out of there
Somehow just finding this thread. You are so right on the Death of Yugoslavia one. It's incredibly wrong, but so interesting and well done. Always blows my mind how matter of fact and open most of the actors are about what they were doing. Probably 50% of the people interviewed for that one ended up in the dock at the Hague.
Watched this one recently: Pretty depressing. I think there is a fear in all of us that we end up alone. I'd say this guy Peter is worst case scenario. If I could use one word to describe the documentary it would be "visceral".
Was listening to Le Batard the other day and he went on a rant about how you can't trust Rotten Tomatoes for documentaries.(or anything really) He said that any documentary that touched on a serious subject was automatically a 97-100. I was already in complete agreement and then he won my heart over when he started talking about "Welcome to Leitch" and how it wasn't good at all, but got a 98 or something. I was waving my hands like a psycho agreeing with him.
Watched "Lo and Behold" the other night, it's a Werner Herzog doc on Netflix. It's really broad in focus at times, but mainly discusses the past, present and future of the internet. I enjoyed it 7.5/10.
What about the "Into the Inferno"one about volcanoes, anybody seen that? Also Werner Herzog and on Netflix
Watched Oklahoma City on Netflix over the weekend. I liked it, a nice refresher course on some of the radical right movements that helped spawn McVeigh, which seems relevant today.
Also a bunch of LA Riots docs that have come out or are coming out soon with it being the 25th anniversary. Haven't had a chance to see any of them yet. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/films-exploring-la-riots-25-years-46916581
Prison Fighters: 5 Rounds to Freedom - A SHOWTIME feature-length documentary following two men in Thailand's modern day Prison Fight program, where convicted criminals are given the chance to fight for their release - and possible redemption, too - through the ancient tradition of Muay Thai matches. Disgraced - A SHOWTIME feature-length documentary examining the 2003 murder of college basketball star Patrick Dennehy by teammate Carlton Dotson, and the subsequent accusations against both Baylor University and head coach Dave Bliss
To me it seems like allowing the most dangerous criminals with the best fighting skills back on the street is a bad idea. You do you, Thailand.
Long, but really good read, on this guy. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann
I agree with this... However; what are your criticisms of Welcome to Leith? I haven't seen it, and think it'd be kind of boring, but curious what your take was.
It was boring. A white supremacist walks around a small town and pisses off the townies. It ended and I said, "that's it"?