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Old 08-24-05, 11:05 PM
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Winged Migration is a good one if you haven't seen it.
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Winged Migration is a good one if you haven't seen it.
Definately check that one out.
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Cosmos
Blue Planet
The Planets
The Civil War
The World at War
Titanic A&E Version

....some of my favorites
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When We Were Kings.

Ali in prime (at least in recognition) vs. an intimidating Foreman (before he transformed into a loveable grill salesman).
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Crumb and Capturing the Friedmans are two must see DVDs.
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
Crumb and Capturing the Friedmans are two must see DVDs.
These 2 docs rule, along with Waco: Rules of Engagement, which doesnt get much notoriety nowadays. And all the films from the recently released Errol Morris Collection, pretty rare to make a boxset of just documentaries, along with the 7 UP series.

Also check out The Corporation, Horns and Halos, My Flesh and Blood, Revolution OS, and the Times of Harvey Milk.
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Originally Posted by Vision of Love
I just joined an online DVD rental service, and with this larger selection, I'm itching to watch some documentaries.

So far, all I have in my queue is For All Mankind (Criterion) and Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX).

Would anyone have any other suggestions for me? Just FYI, I am more interested in nature/science documentaries than historical ones, but I can take exceptions.

question: is your home theatre setup to playback DTS 5.1 surround sound? Cause to really enjoy IMAX docu's one has to immersed in the sound

IMAX recommendations:

- Journey into Amazing Cave
- The Magic of Flight
- Super Speedway
- Adventures in Wild California
- Stormchasers (this soundtrack is VERY LOUD)

other non-Imax documentary recommendations:

- Microcosmos (from the filmmakers that made "Winged Migration")
- The Fight
- Double Dare (docu about two stunt women- highly recommended)
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Originally Posted by Vision of Love
I am more interested in nature/science documentaries than historical ones, but I can take exceptions.

nature/science documentaries:
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1983)
Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation (1988)
Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (2002)
Baraka (1992)
Microcosmos (1996)
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (2001)
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Walking with Cavemen (2003)



historical ones:
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988)


Criterion:
Nanook of the North - The Criterion Collection (1922)
Fishing with John - The Criterion Collection (1991)
For All Mankind - The Criterion Collection (1989)
General Idi Amin Dada: Self Portrait - The Criterion Collection (1974)
Grey Gardens - The Criterion Collection (1975)
Hearts & Minds - The Criterion Collection (1974)
Night and Fog - The Criterion Collection (1955)
Salesman - The Criterion Collection (1969)
Tokyo Olympiad - The Criterion Collection (1965)
Burden of Dreams - The Criterion Collection (1982)
F for Fake! - The Criterion Collection (1975)
Hoop Dreams - The Criterion Collection (1994)



Michael Moore:
Roger & Me (1989)
The Big One (1997)
The Awful Truth - The Complete 1st Season (1999)
The Awful Truth - The Complete 2nd Season (2000)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
39 Cities in 23 Days (2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
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I second My Flesh and Blood!

The Kid Stays in the Picture is a great one if you like Hollywood stories.
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Old 08-25-05, 11:28 AM
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Spellbound
The Fog of War (anything by Errol Morris really)
Dig!
My Architect
Crumb
Capturing the Friedmans.
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Old 08-25-05, 11:32 AM
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FahrenHYPE 9/11
Thats a pretty awful documentary imo and I think Michael Moore sucks.
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My favorite docs:

March of the Penguins
Dig!
Trembling Before G-D
My Flesh and Blood
Paradise Lost (I & II)
Devil's Playground
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The Fog of War (anything by Errol Morris really)
Dig!
Let me second DiG!, and also the Errol Morris mention. Gates of Heaven, his first film, is especially moving.
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The Fog of War, THE FOG OF WAR!!
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ditto supersize me. Also spellbound and word wars.
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Science:
- Carl Sagan's Cosmos (made in 1980, so watch it with the scientific updates Subtitles on)
- Cosmic Voyage: IMAX (one of the best IMAX movies. Gives a visual overview of the Universe through all scales of size)

Nature:
- Blue Planet: Seas of Life (anything with David Attenborough is highly recommended)
- The Life of Mammals (David Attenborough again)
- The Life of Birds (David Attenborough yet again)
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Salesman

Grey Gardens


Hoop Dreams


Capturing the Friedmans


The Kid Stay In The Picture
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Hoop Dreams
Night and Fog
Overnight
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Day That Panicked America

-JP
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This is Spinal Tap is the highest rated doc at imdb
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