Documentaries: The epic thread of interesting ones!

[Ed Hocken]

'Pumping Iron' is a damned good documentary. Schwarzennegger is a charisma machine in it.

Something that always cracks me up in that documentary and it's because of the time it was filmed. Living at the beach, WAS CHEAP!

[Abraham Smashington]

Ed, is there any movie you don't live next to?

Lulz.

[Matt]

'Pumping Iron' is a damned good documentary. Schwarzennegger is a charisma machine in it.

[Ed Hocken]

I didn't live next to the two dudes from the King of Kong.

Nor Schwartzenegger from Pumping Iron.

[B_Metal]

Ed, is there any movie you don't live next to?

[Ed Hocken]

The one about Indie Sex is pretty good, cept for the parts where you'd want to vomit.

[Abraham Smashington]

Another really good one: 'This Film Has Not Been Rated'. Caught this on IFC a few months ago, and it was a pretty fascinating look at the movie ratings industry.

That movie pissed me off so bad.

[Ed Hocken]

What cracks me up about that documentary is that I was living down the street from MPAA headquarters all this time.

[Matt]

Another really good one: 'This Film Has Not Been Rated'. Caught this on IFC a few months ago, and it was a pretty fascinating look at the movie ratings industry.

[BillyG]

I love Man On Wire so much. I tried discussing it a few months ago at a family dinner, and my aunt through a fit about "arrogant French asshole" blah blah blah. Jesus did that ruin the evening. I've had The Bridge on my queue for months. It's a documentary about people that go to Golden Gate to commit suicide.

[Lesley]

Glad you mentioned it. Probably my favourite film about making films. Makes me (almost) cry and laugh in equal measure.

I'll throw in some extra love for Enron, Capturing the Friedmans and the truly incredible When The Levees Broke.

But my two favourite docs, both about obsession in a way, are Grizzly Man and Man on Wire. Fucking incredible, both of them.

When you were quoting CJ I was like - WHOA when did CJ post?! And then I found the date was 9/7/08.

[Ben Thomas]

Ben: are you referring to 'Enron: The Smartest Men in the Room?' That was FANTASTIC.

Sure am. Very good film, fascinating stuff.

[Ed Hocken]

Smartest guys in the room was damn good. So was when When The Leeves Broke, the kind of film that'll get you mad at government. And the fact it reminds you that the people at the top of power aren't all that bright. No matter it being local, state or federal.

[Matt]

Ben: are you referring to 'Enron: The Smartest Men in the Room?' That was FANTASTIC.

I still need to see 'Grizzly Man'.

[Ben Thomas]

wow nobody mentioned American Movie?

Glad you mentioned it. Probably my favourite film about making films. Makes me (almost) cry and laugh in equal measure.

I'll throw in some extra love for Enron, Capturing the Friedmans and the truly incredible When The Levees Broke.

But my two favourite docs, both about obsession in a way, are Grizzly Man and Man on Wire. Fucking incredible, both of them.