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Recommend good indie/documentary movie?

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I'm about to pull the trigger on a Netflix subscription, and am trying to compile a list of interesting movies. I've basically been renting anything with a Sundance or Montreal film festival tag stuck on front, and I've enjoyed most of them. To give you an idea of my tastes:

matchstick men
word wars
rock school
dig
me and you and everyone we know
the aristocrats.

nothing to violent. always up for an insightful and interesting documentary. any input? thanks in advance
 
Anything by Hal Hartley, it's definitely in the same spirit as "Me and You and Everyone We Know". Try "Trust", "Unbelievable Truth", or "Simple Men" for example.

Then let me know what you thought of it!
 
Jovian9 said:
Dark Days

Marc Singer - Director
DJ Shadow - Music

Outstanding film!
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i saw that on comcast's "on demand" movies - i was really surprised by it, quite interesting.

i saw the "Grizzly Man" just a few moments ago and it was good. be sure to DVR it though, it's long and has a lot of commercials.
 
"9/11" or "The man who knew"

both documenteries are september 11th related and extremely powerfull and emotional.

"9/11" (Read the reviews)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B1HI/104-9148208-7709521?v=glance&n=130 follows two french filmakers as they document what its like to be a rookie NYC firefighter only to witness and film the humanity and horror that was september 11th.

"The man who knew" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/
A PBS documentry on John O'Neill, the FBI's leading expert on Al Qaeda. Warned the government of its threat only to be ignored. Eventually forced from his position and taking a new job as the head of security at the World Trade Center. The irony in this movie is sickening.
You can actually watch this online at the link above. Its broken up into several pieces for easier streaming.
 
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It's schlocky melodrama, but I enjoyed Flight 93, which depicts the best reconstruction of the events of the plane that was hijacked on 9/11 but didn't hit its target.
 
Touching The Void.

Not reeeally documentary though, more dramatised... but based on true-life events with narration from and talking heads of the original protagonists.

Recommended.
 
Not a documentary, but I watched "Goodbye Lenin" the other night and really enjoyed it.
 
"Overnight"

About a first time writer/director whos very first script was bought for over a million dollars and toll thats takes on a person.
 
I definitely second Touching the Void. Excellent book as well.

My favorite documentary of all time, however, is Crumb, about comic book artist R. Crumb. Incredible.

Another good documentary, just released on DVD, is The Thin Blue Line by Erroll Morris. The film proved that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Texas... actually got the inmate off death row.

ND
 
Nanda Devi said:
Another good documentary, just released on DVD, is The Thin Blue Line by Erroll Morris.
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and that made me think of morris' The Fog of War. excellent documentary, imo.
 
zimv20 said:
and that made me think of morris' The Fog of War. excellent documentary, imo.
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I'll second The Fog of War. I really enjoyed it and the camera angle (directly in front of the subject) he used is very interesting.
 
Nanda Devi said:
My favorite documentary of all time, however, is Crumb, about comic book artist R. Crumb. Incredible.
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Yes, Crumb is excellent and in a kinda similar vein... American Splendor about Harvey Pekar is also good.
 
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