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I remember praising Theroux on here a while back. I love his style, he's done some really interesting shit over the years as well. Deathrow prisoners, Westboro charmers (most hated family in US) are two corkers that spring to mind. Has he finished up? Haven't seen anything new for a while now.
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A few years ago, I watched this documentary from the mid '90s called Hoop Dreams. It's as long as a feature length movie (171 minutes), but it's probably one of my favorite documentaries. It follows these two African American teenagers over the span of 4 years as they get recruited by a high school with a great basketball program and their dreams of making it into the NBA. It's often quoted by movie critics as one of the best documentaries of all time; Roger Ebert went far as to naming it the best film of the '90s.

 

To be honest, I've never watched any of Louis Theroux's documentaries, but I think I'll make time to watch one of his works later this week.

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Showtime has been killing it with their documentaries lately:

 

U2 - From The Sky Down

History of the Eagles

Richard Pryor Omit The Logic

Springsteen And I

 

Speaking of Showtime, I saw a documentary on their sister channel, TMC, that's really good about a handful of years ago. It's called The Last Mogul The Life And Times Of Lew Wasserman. It's a great look at the maverick behind his long tenure at Universal Pictures.

 

PBS has some good ones on American Masters. I saw one on David Geffen a couple of years ago.

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Showtime has been killing it with their documentaries lately:

 

U2 - From The Sky Down

History of the Eagles

Richard Pryor Omit The Logic

 

I caught these three. Excellent.
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I remember praising Theroux on here a while back. I love his style, he's done some really interesting shit over the years as well. Deathrow prisoners, Westboro charmers (most hated family in US) are two corkers that spring to mind. Has he finished up? Haven't seen anything new for a while now.

 

He was out for a bit for one reason or another, wikipedia says family issues had to do with it. A recent photo on his facebook page shows him editing with some of the crew.

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I remember praising Theroux on here a while back. I love his style, he's done some really interesting shit over the years as well. Deathrow prisoners, Westboro charmers (most hated family in US) are two corkers that spring to mind. Has he finished up? Haven't seen anything new for a while now.

 

He was out for a bit for one reason or another, wikipedia says family issues had to do with it. A recent photo on his facebook page shows him editing with some of the crew.

 

Great news, thanks.

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GPS: A Global War

 

Path To Violence (about preventing school shootings)

 

We Ride (about the history of snowboarding)

 

KKK Beneath The Hood (self explanatory ;) )

 

PQ17 - An Arctic Convoy Disaster ( During WWII the soviets needed material from the west to uphold the battle against the germans. Due to fear of the german battleship Tirpitz and bad decisions in the Admiralty, the convoy was dispersed and the escort was called away, leaving the convoy alone. Tirpitz wasn't around but several nazi u-boats and bombing airplanes was, and over the next days the convoy was attacked relentlessly.)

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This might be considered an artsy piece of shit compared to the usual structure of documentaries but I nevertheless, I just finished watching this. It's debatable whether it should be considered a documentary or not, but alas it's commonly tagged as one.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jM2WA2WbDc

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This might be considered an artsy piece of shit compared to the usual structure of documentaries but I nevertheless, I just finished watching this. It's debatable whether it should be considered a documentary or not, but alas it's commonly tagged as one.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jM2WA2WbDc

 

Looks interesting enough. The music reminds me of a certain ultra-violent film I know of.

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"A Day In September" (about the 1970 Munich Olympics tragedy)

 

"New York Doll" (about Arthur "The Killer" Kane bass player for the "New York Dolls" one of my fav bands btw)

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Blackfish, about the Killer Whales at SeaWorld..very eye opening..Ive always known that shit wasnt healthy for them, but not to that extent..I will never go to one of those shows
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Saw a documentary on national television about a bombing raid on the Shell House in Copenhagen during WWII. The first wave of bombers hit the target, but because one bomber went down over the city, the next two waves of bombers believed the smoke from the crashed plane was the target, which led to the unfortunate bombing of a school, killing 86 children, and injuring around 120 people.

 

Crazy fact: The Shell House was the Gestapo headquarter in Copenhagen, and because of their fear of being bombed, they put their prisoners up on the roof to deter the british from bombing. The danish resistance movement deemed it necessary so they gave green light. Crazy enough most of the prisoners of the building got out alive. We're talking a 5-6 story building.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Shellhuset_from_KB.jpg

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"Operation Carthage" very daunting mission and very hard,but I saw that too they took out the floors but the mission also had huge mistakes the fighters were off so the fighters shot at the same spot finally taking out the floor with the Gestapo but than a plane clipped a building and crashed into a church or school and children were killed very sad......but that is war no one wins

 

If memory serves me right they used those fast Mosquito Bombers which were also used in another similar called Oslo Mosquito raid

 

I'm a big WW1 & 2 history nut,let me make it clear though I depise war We always must try at diplomacy no matter how severe but sadly in WWII it was a mess and spiraled out of control fast and became the worst war mankind has ever faced,basically "Total War" term used by a German General Ludendorff.But I am interested in the history of it the people,tactics,politics,material,etc

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"Operation Carthage" very daunting mission and very hard,but I saw that too they took out the floors but the mission also had huge mistakes the fighters were off so the fighters shot at the same spot finally taking out the floor with the Gestapo but than a plane clipped a building and crashed into a church or school and children were killed very sad......but that is war no one wins

 

If memory serves me right they used those fast Mosquito Bombers which were also used in another similar called Oslo Mosquito raid

 

I'm a big WW1 & 2 history nut,let me make it clear though I depise war We always must try at diplomacy no matter how severe but sadly in WWII it was a mess and spiraled out of control fast and became the worst war mankind has ever faced,basically "Total War" term used by a German General Ludendorff.But I am interested in the history of it the people,tactics,politics,material,etc

 

I consider myself a WWII history nut too. You're right about the planes.

 

Was there a bombing raid in Oslo too?

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