I think the most influential documentary in the last 10 years has been Food Inc.
So many people I know have changed their eating and buying habits after watching this expose on how our food has been bought out and mass produced by multi national conglomerates.
So many people now eat organic as a direct result of watching this film. For anyone on the planet who hasn't seen it watch it, everyone needs to see this film.
I also would strongly recommend Dear Zachary. Intense.
My wife and I just watched A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Pretty decent and makes you think a lot about what the hell is going to happen when/if the world actually does run out of oil.
Lemmy was sweet as well, and will make you realize, no matter how bad ass you think you might be, that you aren't even close.
I don't really like Motorhead, but 'Lemmy' is well worth watching. Pretty cool guy, and someone that would be awesome to sit down and have a drink with.
I don't think anyone has mentioned Catfish yet. Probably cause most wouldn't consider really good, but there's something about it that I like. It all comes together with an allegory shared by a husband who only has these few lines in the whole film and it somehow makes it all fit.
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I don't think anyone has mentioned Catfish yet. Probably cause most wouldn't consider really good, but there's something about it that I like. It all comes together with an allegory shared by a husband who only has these few lines in the whole film and it somehow makes it all fit.
I liked Catfish as well, but I really question it's authenticity... actually I'm pretty sure it was documented as a fake story (easy clues throughout)... which kind of pisses me off... if it was real then it's a pretty good doc, but because it's not, and pretends it is... completely worthless.... It's like calling the blair witch project a documentary... which i think was a great movie and great marketing, but 10 years later I think we all caught on...
I also would strongly recommend Dear Zachary. Intense.
My wife and I just watched A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Pretty decent and makes you think a lot about what the hell is going to happen when/if the world actually does run out of oil.
Lemmy was sweet as well, and will make you realize, no matter how bad ass you think you might be, that you aren't even close.
Dear Zachary is crazy... Gets you so involved, that your angry. Very well made film
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I liked Catfish as well, but I really question it's authenticity... actually I'm pretty sure it was documented as a fake story (easy clues throughout)... which kind of pisses me off... if it was real then it's a pretty good doc, but because it's not, and pretends it is... completely worthless.... It's like calling the blair witch project a documentary... which i think was a great movie and great marketing, but 10 years later I think we all caught on...
Well, that is a real bummer.
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"The Last Train Home" - story of one family among the 130 million migrant Chinese who struggle to go home for the New Year.
The Last Train Home focuses on one couple, the Zhangs, peasants who leave their farm and two small children for factory work in a city over a thousand miles to the east. Their days and evenings are spent hunched over sewing machines stitching garments for the American market. Each night they scrub their clothes and feet in a bucket and escape to a narrow cot in a dormitory, drawing a thin curtain for privacy. The only hope in their otherwise hopeless lives is that their paltry wages will someday buy their own children a better life. But as the film unfolds, we see the horrifying irony of their lovely and lively daughter Qin growing into bitter adolescence, quitting school, and boarding a train for her own frightening ride east to the factory.
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a blender with classic and pop rock, and then poured it into a Middle American pint glass. Over the band's 12-year existence, its live sets were magical, a total mess, or both-depending on your mood and the members' re...spective blood alcohol levels.
Gorman Bechard's remarkable history of the 'Mats takes us from their first show as the Impediments to their 1991 onstage breakup in Chicago, and everywhere in between. Bechard bravely eschews including the band's music, photos, and live footage, instead relying solely on the fans: their well-kept memories, hilarious anecdotes, and differing points of views about the foursome's wildly varied discography and infamous antics.
Bechard has recruited an impressive roster of influential fans: musicians such as Husker Du, Babes in Toyland, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Archers of Loaf, Titus Andronicus, and Goo Goo Dolls; writers such as Jack Rabid, Legs McNeil, Robert Christgau, Jim DeRegotis, and Greg Kot; and actors such as George Wendt, Tom Arnold, and Dave Foley. Sprinkled in among that esteemed group are the more mainstream fans, who often give the most insightful and heartfelt perspectives of all.
Follower or not, after taking in COLOR ME OBSESSED, you'll be ready to run home, gather some 'Mats albums, and design a perfect soundtrack of your own
