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Joe Rogaine

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #135 on: April 06, 2011, 07:06:29 PM »
Im looking forward to James Marsh's new doc called Project Nim, its about Nim Chimpsky of course. Im not sure when its supposed to be released.

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #136 on: April 07, 2011, 05:11:48 AM »
Nim Chimpsky = Noam Chomsky ?

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #137 on: April 07, 2011, 08:26:21 AM »
Nim Chimpsky = Noam Chomsky ?

Yep. Linguistics.
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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #138 on: April 07, 2011, 04:28:18 PM »
I met the dude who raised Nim at a dinner party at NYU.  He was a jerk.



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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #139 on: April 07, 2011, 10:40:44 PM »
The trailer for Armadillo looked fantastic.

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #140 on: April 08, 2011, 09:48:23 PM »
Chomsky thought the whole thing with Nim the chimp was a bunch of bullshit.

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #141 on: April 15, 2011, 09:48:06 AM »
Does anyone know the name of the documentary about high school students lives of mayhem that has caused a sensation in communities?  I think it is fairly recent.

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #142 on: April 15, 2011, 01:52:35 PM »
Does anyone know the name of the documentary about high school students lives of mayhem that has caused a sensation in communities?  I think it is fairly recent.

I believe it was Kids, by noted documentarian Harmony Korine.
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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #143 on: April 15, 2011, 04:44:10 PM »
Does anyone know the name of the documentary about high school students lives of mayhem that has caused a sensation in communities?  I think it is fairly recent.

I believe it's called "Trash Humpers: The Early Years"

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #144 on: April 15, 2011, 11:51:50 PM »
Thanks, I've ordered it on inter-library loan.  Sounds like a precursor to the British "Skins."

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #145 on: May 06, 2011, 01:35:42 AM »
Has anyone mentioned Strongman? Very moving and powerful look at a guy trying to do the best with what he's got.
Sad and inspirational too; squalid at times, but always beautifully done.

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #146 on: May 08, 2011, 05:12:21 PM »
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #147 on: May 10, 2011, 07:06:14 PM »
Anybody mentioned Until The Light Takes us? Its pretty much the Exorcist of documentaries, is there such a thing as a horror doc?

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #148 on: May 10, 2011, 09:19:58 PM »
Anybody mentioned Until The Light Takes us? Its pretty much the Exorcist of documentaries, is there such a thing as a horror doc?

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Re: Documentary recs
« Reply #149 on: May 11, 2011, 08:19:43 AM »
Anybody mentioned Until The Light Takes us? Its pretty much the Exorcist of documentaries, is there such a thing as a horror doc?

I, too, thought it was pretty fantastic. Not being terribly familiar with black metal, I wish they would have included more of the actual music from that scene in the documentary. But that was my only complaint.

Oh and a warning that they were going to show a picture of the album cover showing the lead singer's head blown off by a shotgun.