Documentary recs

[jbissell]

Saw The Interrupters tonight and I really can't recommend it enough.

[andrew in philadelphia]

Watched "Shut Up, Little Man!" last night and loved it. Well worth the $7 I paid to see it on Comast On-Demand.
Shut Up Little Man (2011) Official HD Trailer

[Joe Rogaine]

Not sure what to think of this but did anybody see that there is documentary on Blowfly coming out?

[Omar]

Watched "Shut Up, Little Man!" last night and loved it. Well worth the $7 I paid to see it on Comast On-Demand.
Shut Up Little Man (2011) Official HD Trailer

Aside from Dan Clowes, it was pretty hard to locate a non-cretin in this film. A truly amazing collection of creeps populate the "Shut Up, Little Man!" saga.  Overall, this was a fairly interesting doc (I knew nothing about these tapes going in), but I don't really find any of the yelling particularly funny.  Some good quips, but the thought of listening to hours of this stuff is inconceivable.

The interview with Peter had some good moments. The scene near the end where "Mitchell D" (who looks a lot like the actor Billy Campbell) finally gains admittance into Tony's apartment was impressively disturbing.  Tony's matter-of-fact celebration of Peter's death was horrifying.

[andrew in philadelphia]

Watched "Shut Up, Little Man!" last night and loved it. Well worth the $7 I paid to see it on Comast On-Demand.

Aside from Dan Clowes, it was pretty hard to locate a non-cretin in this film. A truly amazing collection of creeps populate the "Shut Up, Little Man!" saga.  Overall, this was a fairly interesting doc (I knew nothing about these tapes going in), but I don't really find any of the yelling particularly funny.  Some good quips, but the thought of listening to hours of this stuff is inconceivable.

The interview with Peter had some good moments. The scene near the end where "Mitchell D" (who looks a lot like the actor Billy Campbell) finally gains admittance into Tony's apartment was impressively disturbing.  Tony's matter-of-fact celebration of Peter's death was horrifying.

I was shocked that three different groups of people were stepping over one another in the hopes of making a (non-documentary) movie about these two insufferable monsters. Who in god's name would sit through a 90 minute fictionalized version of that? The yelling/cursing/ incessant threatening was very much on the repetitive side, although there were some nice human moments throughout the film. I thought Peter & Ray's sleeping arrangement was especially touching. Lotta creeps though. That playwright guy being at the top of the list.

[dovate]

I spammed the board a while back with a recommendation to see a project I worked on. The movie was made by a housecleaner from West Philadelphia and won best director at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It had virtually no support or budget. It's truly a good guys winning kind of story. It really does happen occasionally.

The movie itself is about the Toynbee Tiles... you can google that... It played with a lot of other films from the last few pages and is entirely within the spirit of this board/show/thread.

It finishes up its NY run in a couple days and starts in Philly and other cities starting Thursday:

New York City
September 2 -8
IFC Center
Ticket/venue info
Q&A with director Jon Foy, Justin Duerr, Colin Smith, Steve Weinik, and Doug Block on Fri. Sept. 2nd & Sat. Sept. 3rd. Details TBA.

Philadelphia
September 8, 10, 11,12
International House
Ticket/venue info
Q&A with director Jon Foy, Justin Duerr, Colin Smith, Steve Weinik, and Doug Block in person. Details TBA.

Chicago, IL
September 23-29, 2011
Facets Cinematheque
http://www.facets.org/

Chicago, IL
September 29, 2011
Block Cinema
Northwestern University
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/index.html

Palo Alto, CA
September 29-October 2, 2011
Palo Alto International Film Festival
http://www.paiff.net/

Los Angeles, CA
September 30-October 6, 2011
Downtown Independent
http://www.downtownindependent.com

Albuquerque, NM
October 3-6, 2011
Guild Cinema
http://guildcinema.com/
La Grange, OR
October 20-22, 2011
East Oregon Film Festival

Provo, Utah
October 21, 2011
Brigham Young University
Documentary Film Series

Portland, OR

October 21-27, 2011
Clinton Street Theatre
http://www.clintonsttheater.com/

Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2011
University of Southern California
School of Cinematic Arts Film Series
http://cinema.usc.edu/events/

Seattle, WA
December 16-22, 2011
NorthWest Film Forum
http://www.nwfilmforum.org


Also, the NY Post hated it! (Times liked it) I can't post videos for some reason, but here's a link to the site where you can read and see more:

http://www.resurrectdead.com/

[B_Buster]

Frankly, I don't find that mystery that mystifying to sit through a 90 minute film about it. A mentally disturbed person is on the loose: mystery solved!

[Hatch]

It's supposed to be a really interesting movie Mike! Just what I heard.

Everyone should watch this online while it's up:

http://www.pbs.org/pov/betterthisworld/full.php

[Kormod]

It's supposed to be a really interesting movie Mike! Just what I heard.

Everyone should watch this online while it's up:

http://www.pbs.org/pov/betterthisworld/full.php

I'm watching this right now. It's great so far. Thanks!

[Joe Rogaine]

Anybody seen this Kings Of Leon doc they've been showing on the Showtime channel? Its part Dig! part The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

[Epic Soundtracks]

Jean Vigo, A Propos de Nice
Dziga Vertov, Man with a Movie Camera
Maysles Brothers, Salesman; Gimme Shelter
Adam Curtis, Century of the Self

[Epic Soundtracks]

I forgot, I am super psyched about Room 237, the documentary about "The Shining" conspiracy theories (i.e., that it is a veiled confession by Kubrick that he staged the televised moon landing, etc)

[Kormod]

Last Days Here. Like Anvil, but more depressing (and better, in my humble opinion). Available on Netflix Instant.

[Lawrence Orbach]

Just watched 'The Horse Boy' and found it to be fascinating.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Not sure what to think of this but did anybody see that there is documentary on Blowfly coming out?

Started to watch that but about 10 minutes in decided 'OK, I get it, he's a very old man rapping about how he went to Japan to f*** Godzilla' and bailed out.