Category: Documentary
Posted on May 18, 2013 |
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Burden of Dreams (1982)
Documentary
A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.
Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Mick Jagger
Director: Les Blank
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Posted on May 3, 2013 |
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Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (TV Series 2012)
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Over three very personal films, Sir David Attenborough looks back at the unparalleled changes in natural history that he has witnessed during his 60-year career.
Starring: David Attenborough
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Posted on April 28, 2013 |
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Wonders of Life (TV mini-series 2013- )
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Wonders of Life is a five-part television documentary series presented by physicist Professor Brian Cox. It is the BBC science department's follow up to Wonders of the Universe and Wonders of the Solar System. The series was produced by the BBC and Chinese state television network CCTV-9 and aired from 27 January 2013 at 9 PM on BBC Two.
Starring: Brian Cox
Producer: Andrew Cohen
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Posted on April 25, 2013 |
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The Seafarers (1953)
Documentary | Short
Stanley Kubrick's first feature made in color. Lost for over 40 years! The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
Starring: Don Hollenbeck
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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Flying Padre / Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (1951)
Documentary | Short
Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a mono-plane. The priestly pilot is seen dashing from one province to the next at the helm of his trusty Piper Club administering guidance (his plane, the Flying Padre) to unruly children, sermonizing at funerals and flying a sickly child and its mother to a hospital.
Starring: Bob Hite, Fred Stadmueller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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Day of the Fight / This Is America: Day of the Fight (1951)
Documentary | Short | Sport
Based on Kubrick's pictorial for Look Magazine (January 18, 1949) entitled "Prizefighter," "Day Of The Fight" tells of a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier, particularly the day of his bout with black middleweight Bobby James. This 16-minute short opens with a short (about 4 minutes) study of boxing's history, narrated by veteran newscaster Douglas Edwards in a no-nonsense, noir tone of voice. After this, we follow Walter (and his twin brother Vincent) through his day as he prepares for his 10:00 P.M. bout. After eating breakfast, going to early mass and eating lunch, he starts arranging his things for the fight at 4:00 P.M. By 8:00, he is waiting in his dressing room, where he undergoes a mental transformation, turning into the fighting machine the crowd clamors for. At 10:00, he faces James, and soon, he comes out victorious in a short match which was filmed live on April 17th, 1950.
Starring: Douglas Edwards
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Posted on April 17, 2013 |
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The Revelation of the Pyramids / La révélation des pyramides (2010)
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An apocryphal view on the pyramids, starting in awe at the amazing achievement of the Pharanoic architecture and sculpture, most specially at Gizeh, given Cheops's pyramid's size, weight, incredibly precise carving, four pairs of slightly shifted half sides, stunningly precisely measured shapes and symmetry. Then it questions and challenges conventional Egyptology beliefs, which it calls unproven or even impossible to verify, such as the absence of machines, a wharf duration of only 20 years or accidental equinox-orientation. Next it elaborates the theory that other major pyramid technology sites in Precolombian America, Easter Island and China can't coincidentally lie on two lines intersecting at Gizeh, even if not contemporaneous and without known contacts in their ages, and have several improbable things in common, like some of their cultures. Elaborate mathematical theories and measurements indicate the Egyptians must have known some astronomy, pi and the golden number, maybe even…
Starring: Jacques Grimault
Director: Patrice Pooyard
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Posted on April 3, 2013 |
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Fake Orgasm (2010)
Documentary
An examination of why people feign sexual pleasure.
Starring: Lazlo Pearlman, Veronika Arauzo, Lydia Lunch, Jango Edwards, Beatriz Preciado, Judith Butler, Nina Braunsteiner Nina Braunsteiner , Maria Llopis, Thomas W. Laqueur
Director: Jo Sol
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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The Brussels Business / The Brussels Business: Who Runs the European Union? (2012)
Documentary | History
THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates, think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political elites.
Starring: Catherine Ashton, Leon Brittan, Maria Green Cowles, Etienne Davignon, Olivier Hoedeman
Director: Matthieu Lietaert, Friedrich Moser
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Posted on March 29, 2013 |
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The Last Waltz (1978)
Documentary | Music
It started as a concert. It became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars as they celebrate The Band's historic 1976 farewell performance. Directed by Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfellas), The Last Waltz is not only "the most beautiful rock film evermade" (New York Times) it's "one of the most important cultural events of the last two decades" (Rolling Stone)!
For more about The Last Waltz and The Last Waltz Blu-ray release, see The Last Waltz Blu-ray Review
Starring: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Posted on March 28, 2013 |
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Sans soleil / Sunless (1983)
Documentary
"He wrote me…." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Starring: Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda, Charlotte Kerr, Kim Novak, Alexandra Stewart, James Stewart
Director: Chris Marker
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Posted on March 24, 2013 |
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To the Arctic (2012)
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A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
Narrator: Meryl Streep
Director: Greg MacGillivray
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Posted on March 18, 2013 |
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Greece: Secrets of the Past (2006)
Documentary | Short
Directed by Greg MacGillivray and from the Academy Award-nominated producers of Everest, comes a dynamic tale of science, archeological adventure and discovery. Greece: Secrets of the Past takes you to the dawn of democracy and the birthplace of Western Civilization on a quest to uncover the buried secrets of one of the world's most enlightened societies. With stunning aerial photography that captures the breathtaking, azure vistas of the Greek Isles, the film is at once a modern detective story and a sweeping archeological journey back in time.
Starring: Christos Doumas
Narrator: Nia Vardalos
Director: Greg MacGillivray
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Posted on March 18, 2013 |
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More Than Me (2010)
Comedy | Documentary | Drama
Actor/comedian Jim Breuer, best known from Saturday Night Live and the film Half Baked, set out in 2008 on his first stand-up tour in six years, taking his 84 year-old father along for the ride of his life. While struggling with the chores of caregiving and coming to terms with his father's mortality, Jim is determined to strengthen their relationship while on the road. Funny and raw, More Than Me is an intimate story of growing up and growing old.
Starring: Jim Breuer
Director: William Philbin
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Posted on March 14, 2013 |
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Africa (TV Series 2013- )
Documentary
Eye to eye with the unknown – the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it has never seen before
Starring: Forest Whitaker, David Attenborough, Simon Blakeney
Creator: Mike Gunton
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Posted on March 12, 2013 |
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The Green Planet / Das grüne Wunder – Unser Wald (2012)
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Take a spectacular journey to one of Earth’s most beautiful and diverse natural habitats: The Forest.
Starring: Benno Fürmann
Director: Jan Haft
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Posted on February 14, 2013 |
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The Sheik and I (2012)
Comedy | Documentary
Commissioned by a Middle Eastern Biennial to make a film on the theme of "art as a subversive act," independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (I AM A SEX ADDICT) goes overboard. Told that he can do whatever he wants except make fun of the Sheik, who rules the country and finances the Biennial, Zahedi decides to do just that. He turns his camera on the Biennial itself and gleefully presses every culturally sensitive button he can find. But his court jester antics fails to amuse. Zahedi's film is banned for blasphemy and he is threatened with a fatwa.
Starring: Caveh Zahedi
Director: Caveh Zahedi
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Posted on February 9, 2013 |
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Bully / The Bully Project (2011)
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A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Starring: Alex, Ja'Maya, Kelby, David Long, Tina Long, Kirk Smalley
Director: Lee Hirsch
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Posted on February 6, 2013 |
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Great Barrier Reef (TV Series 2012)
Documentary
Stretching a full 2000 kilometres in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. These programmes offer a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef – how it was created, how it works, the intricate relationships between its inhabitants and how climate change and other factors might shape its future. Using the latest specialist filming and visual techniques, the series captures the magic of the reef as it has never been seen before.
Starring: Monty Halls, Karl Stefanovic
Director: James Brickell
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Posted on January 28, 2013 |
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Side by Side (2012)
Documentary
Documentary directed by Chris Kenneally and presented by Keanu Reeves which explores the ongoing debate between traditional celluloid and digital film. In conversation with a number of world renowned directors and industry experts including David Lynch, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and Anthony Dod Mantle, the documentary tells the story of filmmaking and gives those on both sides of the debate the chance to argue their points and preferences as digital film begins to assert itself as a more cost-effective and accessible means of production.
Starring: David Fincher, Lars von Trier, Christopher Nolan, David Lynch, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Boyle, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh
Narrator: Keanu Reeves
Director: Christopher Kenneally
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Tags: Christopher Kenneally, Christopher Nolan, Danny Boyle, David Fincher, David Lynch, James Cameron, Keanu Reeves, Lars von Trier, Martin Scorsese, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderbergh
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