Two HIGHLY recommended Documentaries

[dingodan]

I Recently watched :

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011)

An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) - IMDb

A very fun and intriguing mystery

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I also really like: Touching the Void (2003)

The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Touching the Void (2003) - IMDb

A gripping story that had me absorbed throughout.

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I would highly recommend both of these as thoroughly enjoyable viewing.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Touching The Void is indeed very good. Probably a dramatisation more than a documentary but astonishing nevertheless.

If you can track down A Letter To Zachary I can recommend that. A documentary made as the events were unfolding and as a consequence utterly heartbreaking.






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[Brightonfan1983]

I do like the sound of the cryptic tiles though - very Dan Brown!




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[dingodan]

Touching The Void is indeed very good. Probably a dramatisation more than a documentary but astonishing nevertheless.

If you can track down A Letter To Zachary I can recommend that. A documentary made as the events were unfolding and as a consequence utterly heartbreaking.

I will see if I can track down A Letter To Zachary, thanks.

Another great documentary filmed as events are happening is "The revolution will not be televised". It was filmed by some young Irish film makers who were making a documentary about Hugo Chavez, and inadvertently documented the attempted coup in Venezuela in 2002. Truly amazing if you haven't seen it.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) - IMDb

 

[CalebYule]

Thanks...

 

[gripper stebson]

All docs can bow down to the master.... 'American Movie'. If you have not seen it you MUST MUST MUST!!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) - IMDb

That and The Toynbee Tiles are making their way to me as we speak. I look forward to them.

 

[Race]

johnny kennedy - the boy whose skin fell off is a cracking documentary

 

[dingodan]

That and The Toynbee Tiles are making their way to me as we speak. I look forward to them.

Good stuff they are both fantastic.

Got A Letter To Zachary earlier, gonna give it a watch in a bit.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

This one stuck with me for ages. The ending is so messed up. Well worth a watch if you're the overly curious type.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Bizarre, fascinating & mental, I truly do recommend this.

 

[pastafarian]

best documentary of all time is cocaine cowboys

worst documentary of all time is bowling for columbine
documentary made by twats for twats that dont know what they are talking about

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Good stuff they are both fantastic.

Got A Letter To Zachary earlier, gonna give it a watch in a bit.

Good man! I've just finished The Toynbee Tiles and really liked it - I hadn't heard of the them before so the premise was new to me. I didn't realise it was also unfolding as they were filming it all; I was drawn in, intrigued, impressed with their empathy and and sensitivity - very good recommendation.

Judging by the quality of other suggestions here, I suspect my bandwidth will be taking a beating for the next couple of days...

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Loved Man on Wire, cross between a Heist Movie and Documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIawNRm9NWM

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Loved Man on Wire, cross between a Heist Movie and Documentary

Yes, I have that waiting for me - one of those ones I'm putting off because I know I'll enjoy it!

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Restrepo another good one, one of the makers a photographer died in the siege in Misrata. Amazed they survived filming this, very thought provoking on the whole conflict in Afganistan

Home Tim Hetherington

 

[Gangsta]

If you like Historical Documentaries. You would struggle to beat the The Death of Yugoslavia.

Not only is it a fantastic series but was used to indict War Criminals.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Just seen this advertised at the DOY, Werzog- INTO THE ABYSS: A TALE OF DEATH, A TALE OF LIFE, looks very good part of the Duke of Yorks DOCS. His Grizzly Man Doc has to be one best documentaries ever.

Werner Herzog Satellite Qs Picturehouse | Brighton

I look forward to watching The Death of Yugoslavia, I was sent this documentary link the other week and have not made time to explore it yet but see its on there and is a BBC production.

The Death of Yugoslavia Watch Free Documentary Online

 

[Brightonfan1983]

This one stuck with me for ages. The ending is so messed up. Well worth a watch if you're the overly curious type.

Just finished it. Wow. That's going to stay with me for a while too. Thanks!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The Death of Yugoslavia Watch Free Documentary Online

That is an amazing website - it has most of the docs mentioned here.