Documentaries

[CharlieDontSurf]

Just watched an awesome doc

King of Kong Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.

[hexag1]

heres one you can just watch on google video.

undercover mosque

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...h&plindex=0

a look at Islamic exremism in Britain.

[anduril]

Just saw Wake up America by Aaron Russo. It's mostly about tax law and the fact that there is no law that states that you are required to pay federal income tax for wages or labor. Anyone seen it or have insight? I thought it was Michael Mooresque but better IMO.

edit: link is to some sample videos, but I can't find anywhere that specfically shows the documentary. I got it from a friend.

[Chaostracize]

Has anyone seen Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party?

And wasn't there also a movie about him going around asking people if they knew who he was? I can't find that on IMDB, but I want to check both of these movies out.

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cocaine cowboys - chronicles the cocaine trafficking boom in miami during the 70s/80s. features interviews with the two biggest transporters and one of the top enforcers. exposes a number of key figures who are largely unknown and dispells the myth that pablo escobar was the top dog in the business. a compelling mix of news footage and interviews. this was the best of the bunch - really awesome.

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added to the top of the blockbuster queue. very excited.

[Badger]

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Just watched an awesome doc

King of Kong Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.

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Where'd you see it? I got to see it at SXSW when the producer let me sneak into a sold out screening (deliberate brag). I was wondering if it's still screening at festivals or showing anywhere else. Watch for the nationwide release Aug. 17th.
Trailer.
Austinites- hopefully the Drafthouse will be doing something cool for this movie.

[CharlieDontSurf]

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Just watched an awesome doc

King of Kong Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.

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Where'd you see it? I got to see it at SXSW when the producer let me sneak into a sold out screening (deliberate brag). I was wondering if it's still screening at festivals or showing anywhere else. Watch for the nationwide release Aug. 17th.
Trailer.
Austinites- hopefully the Drafthouse will be doing something cool for this movie.

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I have it on DVD.

Mr. Awesome's Guide to Getting Girls lol.

[Badger]

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Mr. Awesome's Guide to Getting Girls lol.

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Haha, here's a youtube vid of Mr. Awesome
One would infer from this that he gets blow jobs from Men.

[fleece_me]

The Meaning of Pictures

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_True_Me...89?trkid=203957

This documentary is impossible to describe. It is haunting, disturbing, controversial and hard to watch. I recommend it to anyone, especially lovers of photography. I think even the least introspective viewer can take something away from this and analytical types like myself will have it stuck in their minds for a long time. I am mindful of sounding melodramatic, but I don't know how someone can watch this and not be moved.

I think Shelby Adams is an amazing photographer, but this doc is about much more. He is certainly aided by the subject matter.

[Jeff W]

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Paradise Lost
Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds.

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I'd like to reiterate how good this was. I would be surprised if anyone could watch this and not come away thinking that the kids convicted of murder aren't innocent.

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Just watched this documentary. It's horrifying that a jury in this day and age would convict those kids without a shred of evidence (no physical evidence, no motive, unbelievable and/or coerced confessions, etc). I pray that my life is never in the hands of a jury.