tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post247142206382817561..comments2023-06-22T06:06:03.008-04:00Comments on Mountain Made, Molehill Paid: Gosh Darn Documentaries.Patrick Thurberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14936598386217706363noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-1959230603677222972011-11-13T15:32:38.789-05:002011-11-13T15:32:38.789-05:00Not to be obvious but let's not get into docum...Not to be obvious but let's not get into documentaries and not mention Grizzly Man. Encounters at the End of the World is a good one too. Also, (and don't let anyone tell you it's amazing from start to finish, the middle is flat-out boring) I had a spiritual experience and a week's worth of earth-shattering dreams after watching "Cave of Forgotten Dreams". Also, there's a jeffrey dahmer "documentary" on youtube (really bad, from a cable channel, NOT the A&E doc, a diff. one) which took the approach of interviewing a bunch of weird, tactless, not very sharp midwesterners who knew him and his victims. Turns out Dahmer had a friend who made a comic about his life and crimes and the doc uses this as a storytelling device sometimes...It totally sucks and is weird but also addicting because his story is one of the most horrifying and unbelievable things ever on this planet, in the history of time. Period. It touches on some facts that the other docs and hours of interviews with him do not.Andrew Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308556098426641579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-16756207278910518682011-11-08T07:26:54.131-05:002011-11-08T07:26:54.131-05:00be it pain, blood or tears... you always have to p...be it pain, blood or tears... you always have to pay for tequila.Patrick Thurberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936598386217706363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-46679739656593912842011-11-07T20:44:41.326-05:002011-11-07T20:44:41.326-05:00erik satie's gymnopaedie #1. i live, die, and ...erik satie's gymnopaedie #1. i live, die, and come back to life in the duration of that song.<br /><br />re: free tequila--i've started a contest with my friends of how many times we can get drunk for free. you just gotta bat your eyes a little. come on, pat.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05376759198736639807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-59032093004852509492011-11-04T19:50:42.566-04:002011-11-04T19:50:42.566-04:00this is now a full-blown resource for documentarie...this is now a full-blown resource for documentaries. i'm giving up the stupid posts about jogging and just doing documentary reviews. <br /><br />brownie: it's pretty impressive that the guy still is willing to talk about when i'm sure he's told the story 100,000 times. but, i suppose that's natural considering it's a fucking whopper tale. super gnarly in every respect. that documentary is incredible.Patrick Thurberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936598386217706363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-70245223502976620512011-11-04T15:31:20.588-04:002011-11-04T15:31:20.588-04:00Oh! Also, more BBC stuff, of course. I watched all...Oh! Also, more BBC stuff, of course. I watched all of the Louie Theroux series while in England last year, he is incredible and visits swingers clubs, psychics, South African racists, Westborough Baptist Church (who I consider to be top notch modern performance artists), Black Nationalists, etc, etc. I think it's called Louie Theroux's Weird Weekends. Most of his time is spent in America and the episodes with racists or religious freaks are usually the best. That swingers episode is gold, though.EB Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935993928089007165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-16943664720514512762011-11-04T15:28:58.364-04:002011-11-04T15:28:58.364-04:00Also I am becoming increasingly interested in the ...Also I am becoming increasingly interested in the world of BDSM communities. Are there any documentaries on that stuff out there?EB Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935993928089007165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-4575417412503955842011-11-04T15:28:23.424-04:002011-11-04T15:28:23.424-04:00Oh I also was watching the Ken Burns National Park...Oh I also was watching the Ken Burns National Parks series, which are so incredibly thorough and interesting. You'd think it'd be pretty dry material, and maybe it is, but with winter in this hemisphere fast approaching, I can't think of a better thing to sit around and watch for several hours. The thing that strikes me most about this series is what an incredibly progressive idea the parks were for us, so early on, and how the parks have always had to be defended by shamanistic poet-stewards of the land, their unique role being both diplomatic and bohemian.EB Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935993928089007165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-3120434195804603522011-11-04T15:24:57.536-04:002011-11-04T15:24:57.536-04:00Also I am re-watching all the Adam Curtis document...Also I am re-watching all the Adam Curtis documentaries this month (All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace being some of his best) for the third time and he is sort of cementing himself as my all-time favorite filmmaker, in any genre.EB Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935993928089007165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-952482685672276282011-11-04T15:23:06.946-04:002011-11-04T15:23:06.946-04:00Burden of Dreams, the Herzog documentary about the...Burden of Dreams, the Herzog documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo. This is also applicable to running, as Herzog claims filmmaking, to him, is about pain and actual athleticism. This is the movie where they pull a huge ship over a mountain in the jungle, and Klaus Kinski threatens to kill him.EB Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935993928089007165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-1091037221595451402011-11-04T11:37:06.288-04:002011-11-04T11:37:06.288-04:00The Vice stuff is now on netflix.
I got to drink ...The Vice stuff is now on netflix.<br /><br />I got to drink a beer with the dude who cut the rope in Touching The Void. Nice guy. Very interesting to hear him talk about what happened.browniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505392867686096325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-3259313034028047662011-11-04T06:26:41.363-04:002011-11-04T06:26:41.363-04:00it's the song that does it to me.it's the song that does it to me.Patrick Thurberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936598386217706363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575405625303672521.post-34671535331255771542011-11-03T23:19:15.129-04:002011-11-03T23:19:15.129-04:00Man on Wire is also my all-time favorite! No one e...Man on Wire is also my all-time favorite! No one ever knows what I'm talking about!J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05376759198736639807noreply@blogger.com