Good Documentaries...

**Master** · 15 Nov 2002, 08:32 PM

I'm not neccesarily speaking of National Geographic documentaries that don't neccessarily stand on their own as films. I'm more speaking of those that stand on their own as entertainment.

A couple of my favorites:

Crumb
American Movie

Thoughts? Suggestions? Questions? Comments? Deliveries?

PS: Post links to info if at all possible. Thanks

**Klonoa** · 15 Nov 2002, 08:37 PM

Hoop Dreams was pretty cool.

**Green** · 15 Nov 2002, 08:57 PM

Crumb
Roger and Me
Dark Days
Vernan, Florida
not really docs, but sort of-
Kung Fu in the Movies
My Best Fiend
Akira Kurosawa, The Last Emporer
Stanely Kubrick, A Life in Pictures
This is Spinal Tap!
Forgotten Silver

**Korian** · 15 Nov 2002, 10:30 PM

HBO had some great yet disturbing doucumentries.

Prison life

Gangs including white gang bangers- good stuff

Animal Cruelty- sad to watch

Crack

So many good ones I wonder if you can get them on video, technically they aren't full Movies but are worthy of a mention.

If your into Wrestling check out "Beyond the Mat"

**Ashen Victor** · 16 Nov 2002, 12:53 AM

Scratch and The Freshest Kids are two really great hip-hop culture docs.

Beyond the Mat was super good. nothing says funny like the Rock being all nice to Foley's kids and then beating him with a chair 15 times in the next scene.

**Green** · 16 Nov 2002, 02:33 AM

Forgot about Scratch, hell I even put a thread up about it in the music board. Speaking of Scratch, the same director did the same thing but with grunge music in Hype!.

!!! Oh, I forgot about American Movie, I got it confused with something else. That movie is great, though is it real or not? The first time I seen it I thought it was but I had my doubts on second viewing. Anyways, a friend of mine, who is interested in making a movie saw it and afterwards said, "I don't want to go on living" and "I got to go back to college"

**Clash!** · 16 Nov 2002, 02:50 AM

American Movie is one of my favorite films of all time! Its so funny it hurts. Crumb is fantastic as well.

And "This is Spinal Tap" is just flimed like a Documentary, but I hope you knew that. "No, it goes to 11."