ClichéGuevara
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Watched the Horizon documentary "seeing is believing" on iplayer. It was interesting enough, and then totally humbling when it came to a part about this guy.
what Documentaries did you watch last night.
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Adam Curtis - HyperNormalisation.
Left me feeling a little bleak.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation
Left me feeling a little bleak.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Not last night, but last week (and the two weeks before that)
Britain's lost treasures, in which the wonderfully named Bendor Grovesnor and Jacky Klein (sister of, and a dead ringer for, Radio 3's Suzie) visit museum stores and stately homes. They uncover lost masterpieces, enthuse about obscure artists and challenge received art historical assumptions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xjtbp
Britain's lost treasures, in which the wonderfully named Bendor Grovesnor and Jacky Klein (sister of, and a dead ringer for, Radio 3's Suzie) visit museum stores and stately homes. They uncover lost masterpieces, enthuse about obscure artists and challenge received art historical assumptions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xjtbp
John the Monkey
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Watched the brace of Adam Curtis' that are on iPlayer.
Hypernormalisation is the more polished of the two, for my money, with Bitter Lake drifting a bit at times. Both are good, although part of me does wonder about the causative cases that he makes, linking particular turning points in history to quite wide ranging events. Both worth watching, in any case.
Hypernormalisation is the more polished of the two, for my money, with Bitter Lake drifting a bit at times. Both are good, although part of me does wonder about the causative cases that he makes, linking particular turning points in history to quite wide ranging events. Both worth watching, in any case.
MontyVeda
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it's my all time favourite conspiracy... but never knew anyone had gone to the trouble of doing more than a webpage about it. Have you got a link? A guy i used to work with is utterly convinced it's true!
Last night I watched Journeys into the Ring of Fire, a fascinating documentary about Britain's vindaloo restaurants
Dr Ian Smith is looking very young in this series from 2006. I guess this is what he did before getting into geology.Ohh, and that one about building the Severn Bridge (Timeshift) the other night. Worth a watch too.
Stephenite
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Michael Moore in Trumpland
Not really a documentary. More of a stageshow. Funny and emotional. Well worth watching.
Not really a documentary. More of a stageshow. Funny and emotional. Well worth watching.
Horizon on iplayer . - Now the chips are down.
About the impact of the 'microprocessor' on jobs and the economy. I would have loved to have been born 15 years earlier to have got in earlay on the act. I love early computing, if one can call mid late 70's early, for me at least it was when it was really beginning to take off.
About the impact of the 'microprocessor' on jobs and the economy. I would have loved to have been born 15 years earlier to have got in earlay on the act. I love early computing, if one can call mid late 70's early, for me at least it was when it was really beginning to take off.
John the Monkey
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Cutting Edge: The Gun Shop (PVR'ed some time ago - may be still available on All4?)
Fascinating documentary centering on "Freedom Firearms" in Battle Creek Michigan. What it does very well, I think, is give the viewer some idea of what it's like to be in a country where firearms are a part of daily life.
Fascinating documentary centering on "Freedom Firearms" in Battle Creek Michigan. What it does very well, I think, is give the viewer some idea of what it's like to be in a country where firearms are a part of daily life.
There are probably drugs for that
John the Monkey
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Notes on Blindness (iPlayer)
Although this has had a theatrical release, it doesn't appear under "Films" on the iPlayer (you'll need to look at "Documentaries"). And you should make the effort to find it - this is a beautifully realised adaptation of John M. Hull's audio diary, in which he comes to terms with, and tries to explain, his blindness. It's also quite a beautiful film visually, although it's Hull's words that have stayed with me. Well worth seeing while it's on iPlayer.
Although this has had a theatrical release, it doesn't appear under "Films" on the iPlayer (you'll need to look at "Documentaries"). And you should make the effort to find it - this is a beautifully realised adaptation of John M. Hull's audio diary, in which he comes to terms with, and tries to explain, his blindness. It's also quite a beautiful film visually, although it's Hull's words that have stayed with me. Well worth seeing while it's on iPlayer.
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John the Monkey
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Life: Animated (iPlayer)
BBC's Storyville documentary strand is knocking it out of the park recently. After the astonishing Notes on Blindness comes this moving story of a young autistic man, and how he uses Disney animated films to make sense of the world around him. It's not as formally inventive as Notes on Blindness, but like the best documentaries, it will make you see something familiar in a different way - catch it while you can.
Art of France (iPlayer)
Documentary about French art - the second episode takes us from the revolution to the first stirrings of modern art. It's rather breakneck, and I'd love to see some of the periods (and works) given more space, but it's very enjoyable for all that.
BBC's Storyville documentary strand is knocking it out of the park recently. After the astonishing Notes on Blindness comes this moving story of a young autistic man, and how he uses Disney animated films to make sense of the world around him. It's not as formally inventive as Notes on Blindness, but like the best documentaries, it will make you see something familiar in a different way - catch it while you can.
Art of France (iPlayer)
Documentary about French art - the second episode takes us from the revolution to the first stirrings of modern art. It's rather breakneck, and I'd love to see some of the periods (and works) given more space, but it's very enjoyable for all that.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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Not Quite Hollywood: The Story of Ozploitation.
A lengthy doc about trashy Australian films in the 70s and 80s including Wake in Fright, Mad Max, Roadgames, Stone and more... Well worth a watch and a lot more watchable than most of the films featured.
A lengthy doc about trashy Australian films in the 70s and 80s including Wake in Fright, Mad Max, Roadgames, Stone and more... Well worth a watch and a lot more watchable than most of the films featured.
Richard A Thackeray
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Abandoned Engineering on the 'Yesterday' channel
An episode about roads that had to be, yes - abandoned, Mam Tor was one of them (Derbyshire)
'52 Tunnel Road' in Italy looked fascinating!!
An episode about roads that had to be, yes - abandoned, Mam Tor was one of them (Derbyshire)
'52 Tunnel Road' in Italy looked fascinating!!
Richard A Thackeray
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I, partly, watched a BBC 'TimeShift' documentary last night; 'Blazes & Brigades' about 20 years of the Fire Service (from its private originations) - finished watching this afternoon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...es-and-brigades-the-story-of-the-fire-service
The most wonderful part was about the 1953 Floods, where 300+ lost their lives, on the Lincolnshire/Norfolk coast
One particular FireMan, Fred Sadd, rescued by himself, either by wading into the Sea, or by dragging a small dinghy, 27 people!!!
For this, he was awarded the George Medal
Like ,many recipients of the Victoria Cross, this mans family, knew little about his commendation, just what was in the newspapers of the day
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/1953-east-coast-flood
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co....ge-medal-before-it-can-be-auctioned-1-4228639
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...es-and-brigades-the-story-of-the-fire-service
The most wonderful part was about the 1953 Floods, where 300+ lost their lives, on the Lincolnshire/Norfolk coast
One particular FireMan, Fred Sadd, rescued by himself, either by wading into the Sea, or by dragging a small dinghy, 27 people!!!
For this, he was awarded the George Medal
Like ,many recipients of the Victoria Cross, this mans family, knew little about his commendation, just what was in the newspapers of the day
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/1953-east-coast-flood
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co....ge-medal-before-it-can-be-auctioned-1-4228639
