Documentaries

[Mr. Met]

A friend of mine made an excellent documentary, "The Woman Who Wasn't There." It's on Netflix.

It's about this crazy, psychopathic woman who pretended that her boyfriend was killed during 9/11. She even becomes head of a support group of survivors! As she gets found out, she totally unravels.

My friend said that what happened was, he was originally going to make a documentary about the firefighters and he interviewed a lot of people. And somehow, he wound up with something like hours of tape of this woman. And it took a different turn. I highly recommend it.

And of course, there's "A Year to Remember," about THE 1986 METS!

[steve(thelil)]

I've seen it and it is fascinating.

[LennyH]

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[ValerieB]

keep forgetting to thank you for the L.A. dates for the CT docu. really looking forward to it and i'll bring my box of Kleenex. he tried to ruin me in the '60s by introducing me to sake martinis. they almost did me in and it was the last evening I ever tried them! LOL

[Ron Thorne]

Has anyone seen the first episode(s) of "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History"?

It sounds intriguing and ambitious, but we're on vacation so probably won't see it this time around.

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[steve(thelil)]

Is Wynton the hero of the Roosevelt doc?

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[uli]

Intangible asset No 82

A fascinating doc about Australian jazz drummer Simon Barker's trip into Korean spiritual ceremonial shaman music and meeting master drummer an shaman musician Kim Seok-Chul, South Korea's Intangible asset No 82. It's on netflix

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[LennyH]

The Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself is debuting on CNN on Sunday. I've heard good things about it.

[jwaggs]

[Jimmy Cantiello]

[jwaggs]

Life Itself will be available on Netflix, and presumably DVD, later this month.

[LennyH]

[Jimmy Cantiello]

They really disliked each other intensely.

[jwaggs]

[LennyH]

Ebert could definitely be a dick. In their relationship, I feel like he was the bigger asshole.

I always appreciated Ebert's writing, even though I disagreed with him often.

[LennyH]

Ron, thanks a lot for recommending A Chef's Life. I wasn't sure at first because Vivian got on my nerves a bit, but that wore off and can't wait for Season 3 now (September 1st on PBS, IIRC).

Have been watching the documentary Human Planet on Netflix. It's several gorgeous episodes and really has some mind-blowing stuff. A must-see for fans of nature documentaries. It's more about how humans interact with nature (get food, for the most part).

[Mr. Met]

Has anyone seen "Twenty Feet From Stardom?" I'm looking forward to checking that one out.

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[Ron Thorne]

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[Ron Thorne]

A short documentary following artist Gary Sweeney as he creates his site-specific installation, A Manhattan Beach Memoir: 1945-2015. In 1945, while Sweeney’s father Mike was returning from Guam after World War II, his mother Anita bought a small house at 320 35th St in Manhattan Beach, California. It was their family home for 70 years. Sweeney sold the house in July, 2015, with the understanding that the new owner planned to demolish the house and put a new development it its place. As a tribute to his family, hometown, and father's photography, Sweeney covered the exterior of the house with over one hundred large scale family photographs, and occupied the house during its final month - February, 2016. Learn more at GarySweeneyArt.com. Learn more about the filmmakers at WalleyFilms.com.