1. Brickhouse Brown Shoot Interview (2009) (30 points) - Little-known Memphis wrestler Brickhouse Brown shares a succession of awesome hood anecdotes, brags that he "got Jeff Jarrett his first piece of black pussy."
holy shit
― goole, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
For all the bitching, I was expecting the Morbs list to be some truly esoteric shit.
The bitching came from: you guys really didn't hafta try that hard. Just hang up on the Dem phone marketers and you'll have time to watch Shoah.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
big ups to d*m p*ss*nt*no for the shoot recs
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure I would've included "truly esoteric shit" that I've just plumb forgot some bcz they're not constantly talked about in the cultural conversations I hear. I'm just as susceptible to that as anyone, moreso with the death of my middle-aged brain cells.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Just hang up on the Dem phone marketers and you'll have time to watch Shoah.
But if they're that desperate they have to start lobbying people in the UK I feel it would be awfully rude to curtail their call.
I'm sure I would've included "truly esoteric shit" that I've just plumb forgot some bcz they're not constantly talked about in the cultural conversations I hear. I'm just as susceptible to that as anyone
Hm. You say you're just as susceptible to that as anyone and yet you pretty much deny the possibility that this happened to anyone else - rather, we're all a bunch of ignoramuses in your eyes.
Anyone, I do agree with Josh, it's extra infuriating when the person on a thread who does the most shouting about how everyone is ill-informed and barbaric turns out to be incredibly middlebrow.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
My list:
1. Up Series (28 Up, if I need to pick one)2. Man with a Movie Camera3. Koyaanisqatsi4. Tokyo Olympiad5. Triumph of the Will6. Grey Gardens7. Sherman's March8. Paris is Burning9. Restrepo10. Burden of Dreams
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
so much stuff on this list i haven't seen/need to see! a friend of mine was raving about 'streetwise' to me recently - apparently the original camera negative is lost :/
my list would've had the following, had i voted (not sure of order):
gates of heavensans soleilinextinguishable firehoop dreamsspellboundportrait of jasonparis is burningmy best fiendharlan county usaheavy metal parking lotstop making sensehigh schoolenron: the smartest guys in the roomman with a movie camera
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
You and tape store both mentioned Portrait of Jason. I've got a home-taped VHS that a friend gave me a while back--will have to watch it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
The Moon And The Sledgehammer is great! As for great filmmakers who have not yet been mentioned (and apologies, maybe they have), I cannot recommend both Raymond Depardon and Johan Van Der Keuken (one of my personal favorites) enough.
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit i forgot one i love: forough farrokhzad's 'the house is black', which can be viewed here:
http://www.ubu.com/film/farrokhzad_house.html
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
and of that gorin CA trilogy, i probably would've picked 'routine pleasures'
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Me too! That is also one of my all-time favorite movies! =)
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh! and 'word is out'
man why didn't i vote :/
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
"Let's Get Lost" looks so beautiful but I cannot listen to Chet Baker again after watching it. A friend of mine worked on that movie (just as a PA/grip, but still...)!
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
And I too need to see Streetwise. I noticed it was part of this (rather amazing!) programme curated by Harmony Korine and I had never heard of it before:http://www.cphdox.dk/d/a5.lasso?e=1&s=2010119
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
I gave Let's Get Lost the last spot on my list because of how much effect it had on me when I first saw it (I've mentioned that the mid-'80s was when I first paid attention to documentaries). I watched it two or three more times after that, but that was a while back--not sure how it would hold up today. Baker's dissembling is very sad.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
harmony korine's dad made documentaries! i've seen this one:
http://www.harmony-korine.com/news/2008/06/sol-korineblaine-dunlap-dvd/
― clams cassingle (donna rouge), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
('mouth music', that is)
oh wow i hated "let's get lost" sooo much.
― goole, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
I don't feel bad for not voting now, my 30 points would have only pushed Gates of Heaven to third.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
my list, in no order whatsoever:
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his FatherImpalerFall From GraceBlood In The FaceNot Quite HollywoodOne Day In SeptemberThe Thin Blue LineBrothers KeeperThe Rape of EuropaThe Devil and Daniel JohnstonParadise Lost 2Dark DaysCrips and Bloods: Made In AmericaExit Through the Gift ShopThe BridgeBest Worst MovieThe Eyes of Tammy FayeThe Wild and Wonderful WhitesBomb ItThe Architecture of Doom
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father
I have been warned not to watch this because I'll cry for days or something like that. Is it really that sad?
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
It's not only very sad, it's a terrible, terrible movie
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
As in it made me uncomfortable, it is just so morally dodgy (and atrociously made, but that almost seems irrelevant). File alongside Catfish, which was also revolting in a similar way.
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
my weirdo picks, if i'd participated (saw these at a fest years ago when someone slipped me a pass)
The IsterThe Great Communist Bank Robbery
― goole, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Dammit I knew I forgot something, and it was Let's Get Lost.
I also want to point out that, partially because of all the, ahem, discussion that took place above, this 40-film poll reveal thread is longer than some of the old ilx 100-film. Decade poll threads.
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, I've been tempted by The Ister but never watched it.
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Also, super job Clemenza!
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, a round of applause for clemenza. I'm sure that despite all our differences, we have been glad of this opportunity to talk about this stuff.
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
i can't even really recommend the ister tbh. it's very narrow in appeal
― goole, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
i might have thrown a troll vote to "f for fake", i'm a little surprised that didn't happen here. not even a mention in one of the dumb arguments up there
― goole, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Good for Alfred for throwing in Las Hurdes, too
― A41 (admrl), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
interesting list, jjj
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
huh admrl, I hadn't heard those criticisms before. I'm sure I'll watch it eventually but I feel like I need to steel myself before doing so.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
I thought The Wild and Wonderful Whites was OK but I liked Dancing Outlaw much better. Gah still made I left it off. It should have made my top ten tbh.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
woulda been all over this but it seems such a quintessential essay film/not a docu/whatever it is that i couldn't, & i say that having voted for other essay-stuff like LA plays itself
― sweatpants life trajectory (schlump), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
I liked Dancing Outlaw much better.
Yeah, way better. I hated the Jackass-style production values of Wonderful Whites.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, It was still interesting and certain scenes will stick with me for a long time but I think that's probably what turned me off too.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
I cannot recommend both Raymond Depardon and Johan Van Der Keuken (one of my personal favorites) enough.
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oh shit i forgot one i love: forough farrokhzad's 'the house is black', which can be viewed here
YES
― ✇ (Tape Store), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Zachary had a big emotional impact on me the first time I saw it. Its flaws became more apparent the second time around.
That said, I'm curious about some of the criticism leveled at Dear Zachary and Catfish, specifically the charges of moral irresponsibility. With Dear Zachary in particular, it struck me as a very personal film made from a specific POV, so it's hard to begrudge it for its biases.
I was actually more put off by the supposedly selective editing/staging in The King of Kong.
― Get a Brain Rick Moranis (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, King of Kong twisted the hero/villain angle too far.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea that all documentaries are supposed to be such serious business. Just don't get why some people seem to get a rise sucking all the fun out of a casual poll.
non-fiction film is my passion/career. i'm used to these sort of lists, but they'll always irritate me.
― ✇ (Tape Store), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
F for Fake got two votes and 15 points. That's a film I don't like at all.
partially because of all the, ahem, discussion that took place above, this 40-film poll reveal thread is longer than some of the old ilx 100-film decade poll threads
Yes--even though I was getting a little exasperated at points, it was Morbius and Eric H. who generated a lot of that. I did not, in any way, intend to chase Eric out of the discussion, which is why I was quick to say I was just having some fun with my initial post this morning.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Another obligatory 'Chris Marker wuz ROBBED' post.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
i kid i kid -- its his fault for being so damn obscure (Le Joli mai is really good tho', try and catch it the next time your council commie screens it)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
The Battle of Chile
Good choice. Not sure how, but I only saw some of this as a kid and considered voting for it anyway. Does it screen anymore?
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
it's on dvd now. i saw a lot of it projected, but it's an all-dayer.
― cloud computing, robotics, 3G wireless connectivity, Skype, (history mayne), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
It actually just screened in Chicago a few weeks ago.
― Get a Brain Rick Moranis (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Eyes on the Prize (1987 TV documentary series)/Eyes on the Prize II (1990 TV documentary series)2. The War At Home (1979)3. Chronicle of a Summer (1961) [a.k.a. Chronique d'un ete]4. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) [a.k.a. Le Chagrin et la pitie]5. American Dream (1990)6. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)7. The Decline of Western Civilization (1982)8. Metal and Melancholy (1994) [a.k.a. Metaal en melancholie]9. Hoop Dreams (1994)10. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)11. Crazy (1999)12. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)/Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000, TV documentary)13. The Filth and the Fury (2000) [a.k.a. The Filth and the Fury - A Sex Pistols Film]14. Style Wars (1983)15. Winter Soldier (1972)16. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)17. Trouble the Water (2008)18. The Yes Men (2003)19. The Take (2004)20. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2002) [a.k.a. Chavez: Inside the Coup]
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link