Documentaries
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
The Long Shot on Netflix is a great watch (40 minutes long, trailer below).
Basic plot line is about an American guy accused of a murder who is exonerated by a series of incredible coincidences surrounding an LA Dodgers game and the filming of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It's a great watch, and a good illustration of how screwed some parts of American law enforcement and their criminal justice system is as well. But for these coincidences, he'd probably have been executed or serving life in prison. Only 40 minutes too, which is a huge bonus, because I have the attention span of a three year old.
Watched on your recommendation. Definitely worth it.
The footage where Larry David walks up and Juan is there with his daughter gave me goosebumps ... but wait! WTF? ... There's more?
Reminds me of the book by John Grisham, apparently his only (at that time anyway) non-fiction book 'The Innocent Man'. That shit will make you seriously angry. Recommended reading.
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Count me in
A music doco with Drummers talking about drumming. Interviews and anecdotes with some of my absolute favourites like Nicko McBrain, Ian Paice, Stewart Copeland and Chad Smith and also some young fresher skin beaters. Jazz and Rock drumming is pretty different but at their ( respective ) best’s they’re pretty amazing.
Awesome seeing their passion and footage of departed legends like Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and John Bonham. Every single one of those blokes was a loose unit, seems to go with the territory, Paice ( brilliant as well but a much more subdued personality ) was a bit scathing of Moon and his antics.
An absolute must see for anyone interested in music.
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@bovidae said in Documentaries:
@mn5 On what platform?
Netflix. You, @MajorRage and @Tim will absolutely love it.
Well, depends what mood @Tim is in……there wasn’t too much yacht rock on there.
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
The Long Shot on Netflix is a great watch (40 minutes long, trailer below).
Basic plot line is about an American guy accused of a murder who is exonerated by a series of incredible coincidences surrounding an LA Dodgers game and the filming of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It's a great watch, and a good illustration of how screwed some parts of American law enforcement and their criminal justice system is as well. But for these coincidences, he'd probably have been executed or serving life in prison. Only 40 minutes too, which is a huge bonus, because I have the attention span of a three year old.
That's a wow watch, when you think about the last line from his girl, where she says 'who would have believed us if he'd just stayed home?'
Great recommendation.
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@mn5 said in Documentaries:
Count me in
I watched this over the weekend. I like to think I have a reasonably wide knowledge of rock musicians, but there were a few drummers interviewed that I had never heard of. Just as well they said what groups they were in.
It was an enjoyable documentary, and it was interesting to hear what they said about the likes of Ringo and Charlie.
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@booboo said in Documentaries:
Reminds me of the book by John Grisham, apparently his only (at that time anyway) non-fiction book 'The Innocent Man'. That shit will make you seriously angry. Recommended reading.
There's also a documentary, which I've watched. Farked up.
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@gt12 said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
The Long Shot on Netflix is a great watch (40 minutes long, trailer below).
Basic plot line is about an American guy accused of a murder who is exonerated by a series of incredible coincidences surrounding an LA Dodgers game and the filming of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It's a great watch, and a good illustration of how screwed some parts of American law enforcement and their criminal justice system is as well. But for these coincidences, he'd probably have been executed or serving life in prison. Only 40 minutes too, which is a huge bonus, because I have the attention span of a three year old.
That's a wow watch, when you think about the last line from his girl, where she says 'who would have believed us if he'd just stayed home?'
Great recommendation.
Yeah it definitely resonated with me, how an innocent lack of an independent alibi can completely screw an innocent person. I came close at least once in my time in the job with a credible witness who was later found to be completely making up the allegations against an offender who had no firm alibi.
Those cops in that doco weren't up to scratch though. Thankfully in NZ there are some more robust procedures around investigation and prosecution than that.
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Just finished watching Schumacher on Netflix.
Have to admit from the outset I've always been a massive fan of his latent and drive. Especially when you consider what it took to make Ferrari competitive, the wasted years he could've been racking up the records in competitive teams.
If you're at all interested in motorsport, F1 in general and Michael specifically it's a great watch but tinged with sadness. I came away from it with a strong sense of poignancy and renewed appreciation for his accomplishments.
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Mrs AWL and I watched "Biggie: I got a story to tell" last night. As a white middle class child hitting my teens in the 1990's, Eminem made rap music quite accessible to my friends and I, although in a very west-coast centric way given the strength of labels like Aftermath, Death Row and Doggy Stye Records.
The doco probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you've any interest in rap music, it's an interesting insight into Notorious BIG, and his path from selling drugs to being a superstar. It's different to the other rap docos at the moment because it really only briefly touches on the East v West Coast dynamics, and is far more about Christopher Wallace himself and the New York rap scene.
He was taken way too soon, and so needlessly, given he was in Cali trying to mend tensions between the East and the West. I think if both he and Tupac had lived, he would have become the bigger superstar.
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@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
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@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
Mrs AWL and I watched "Biggie: I got a story to tell" last night. As a white middle class child hitting my teens in the 1990's, Eminem made rap music quite accessible to my friends and I, although in a very west-coast centric way given the strength of labels like Aftermath, Death Row and Doggy Stye Records.
The doco probably not everyone's cup of tea, but if you've any interest in rap music, it's an interesting insight into Notorious BIG, and his path from selling drugs to being a superstar. It's different to the other rap docos at the moment because it really only briefly touches on the East v West Coast dynamics, and is far more about Christopher Wallace himself and the New York rap scene.
He was taken way too soon, and so needlessly, given he was in Cali trying to mend tensions between the East and the West. I think if both he and Tupac had lived, he would have become the bigger superstar.
Naa, Tupac was way better.
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@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord said in Documentaries:
@mariner4life said in Documentaries:
@aucklandwarlord holy shit you're white??
I'm so white I say "now let's take a silly one" when taking group photos.
I'm so white i sing Pearl Jam really loud in my economical hatch back (i know longer own said hatch back, but there was a time...)
and now when I think of you, I think of this
