documentaries

[Major Carew]

'Playing in the Road' (1947)

This was on Talking Pictures TV channel tonight. A ten minute film about the dangers of playing in the road.Full of useful information along with old blokes playing darts.Despite being told the dangers of the road, the stout & defiant toddler Davey thinks 'fuck all of them' , breaks away & runs down the road anyway into the sunset at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7XJAJEi0Q

[Balor/SS1535]

'Playing in the Road' (1947)

This was on Talking Pictures TV channel tonight. A ten minute film about the dangers of playing in the road.Full of useful information along with old blokes playing darts.Despite being told the dangers of the road, the stout & defiant toddler Davey thinks 'fuck all of them' , breaks away & runs down the road anyway into the sunset at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7XJAJEi0Q

One has to like these old public safety videos.  I have seen some on things as mundane as "the many poisons in your home" to the seemingly bizarre "what a child should do in the case they find blasting caps just lying around."  They are almost always funny though - especially because there never fails to be a child that insists on doing everything wrong.

[EyeSquared]

Broke. a Canadian doc from '09 regarding the pawn-broking business. Not sure if it has been posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTf0-bEaAFQ

[Theodore]

I didnt know this exist. 30min doc about Mario Marzidovsek. People who knew him back then speak. In slovenian, but has english subs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51bbYHez0to

[Into_The_Void]

Amazing documentary off the ´70ies about Tibet, Tantra and Buddhism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Ymfsk_ZBk

[pentd]

i'm still looking for this:

achtung deutsche leute

if anyone has a copy of "Das langsame Sterben der Marianne Bachmeier" get in touch --danke!!

[theotherjohn]

The documentary filmmaker/record collector Alan Zweig has just now released a sequel of sorts to his 2000 cult classic Vinyl that's aptly called Records. I've just begun watching it now after reading an article and seeing the trailer - early impressions are that I'll expect lots of curated collections (and collectors) that are friendly on the eyes and Instagram, rather than neurotic misfits that shunned CDs in the 1990s and know the tracklists of every Ronco compilation. The link above might be geo-location locked to Canada only so ask me for a download link if you want to watch it - hopefully an official version will get added to YouTube soon though.

[absurdexposition]

The documentary filmmaker/record collector Alan Zweig has just now released a sequel of sorts to his 2000 cult classic Vinyl that's aptly called Records. I've just begun watching it now after reading an article and seeing the trailer - early impressions are that I'll expect lots of curated collections (and collectors) that are friendly on the eyes and Instagram, rather than neurotic misfits that shunned CDs in the 1990s and know the tracklists of every Ronco compilation. The link above might be geo-location locked to Canada only so ask me for a download link if you want to watch it - hopefully an official version will get added to YouTube soon though.

Thanks for the link, will check it out in the near future. Vinyl was a bit pitiful if I remember.

[absurdexposition]

The documentary filmmaker/record collector Alan Zweig has just now released a sequel of sorts to his 2000 cult classic Vinyl that's aptly called Records. I've just begun watching it now after reading an article and seeing the trailer - early impressions are that I'll expect lots of curated collections (and collectors) that are friendly on the eyes and Instagram, rather than neurotic misfits that shunned CDs in the 1990s and know the tracklists of every Ronco compilation. The link above might be geo-location locked to Canada only so ask me for a download link if you want to watch it - hopefully an official version will get added to YouTube soon though.

Thanks for the link, will check it out in the near future. Vinyl was a bit pitiful if I remember.

Caught an interesting (I use the word lightly) bit of trivia during the end credits of Videodrome which screened here in 35mm this evening: Alan Zweig is credited as one of the crew drivers.

[Hakaristi]

Lost Boys (2020)

Decade later sequel to Reindeerspotting, which detailed the lives of a couple Finnish junkies. In this one we follow them to Cambodia, where they mostly smoke meth with bargirls, one eventually ending up dead. Shot POV on various consumer grade cameras with noir detective-style narration as the filmmaker hunts for clues on their whereabouts. Been meaning to watch this for awhile after having enjoyed Reindeerspotting but think I prefer the grit of that film, this is more arty and feels more staged. Setting and bad vibes kinda reminded of D'agata's work or a cut-rate Noé.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10850264/

Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis of course has iconic role in music album covers, but for "noise guys", I would guess that involvement of Sleazy is little extra. Just to have documentary where you got guys from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Beatles, and so on... and then casually Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Psychic TV gets mentioned, and there is indeed decent amount of attention for the art of Christopherson. They give him credit for bringing the darkness into Hipgnosis and so on.

Documentary from 2022, but at least in Finland, it was recent addition to Netflix and therefore pretty easy for many people to check out.

[Birthdeath]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10850264/

Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis of course has iconic role in music album covers, but for "noise guys", I would guess that involvement of Sleazy is little extra. Just to have documentary where you got guys from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Beatles, and so on... and then casually Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Psychic TV gets mentioned, and there is indeed decent amount of attention for the art of Christopherson. They give him credit for bringing the darkness into Hipgnosis and so on.

Documentary from 2022, but at least in Finland, it was recent addition to Netflix and therefore pretty easy for many people to check out.

Thanks for the heads up. It's on Netflix in Sweden too fortunately. Giving it a watch tonight.

[tiny_tove]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10850264/

Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis of course has iconic role in music album covers, but for "noise guys", I would guess that involvement of Sleazy is little extra. Just to have documentary where you got guys from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Beatles, and so on... and then casually Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Psychic TV gets mentioned, and there is indeed decent amount of attention for the art of Christopherson. They give him credit for bringing the darkness into Hipgnosis and so on.

Documentary from 2022, but at least in Finland, it was recent addition to Netflix and therefore pretty easy for many people to check out.

thanks. whenever I get deeper into designed linked to music he always pops up as a reference. a documentary like this was definitely needed. will check asap

[whitewinter]

I watched this documentary tonight about the director Kim Ki-Duk. He was from Korea and died at the COVID-time.

Kind of nice, weird and emotional. Maybe something for people who are into Asian cinema.

[whitewinter]

If someone's into sports. In particular MMA. Documentary about the MACHINE Khamzat Chimaev: