Documentaries
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Has anyone watched Icarus? The doco on Netflix about blood doping
I had to check whether it was satire about halfway through
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
Has anyone watched Icarus? The doco on Netflix about blood doping
Yep. Brilliant.
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@canefan said in Documentaries:
The movies that made us
I have been working my way through the episodes that interest me. Good stuff. I watched the A Nightmare On Elm Street episode last night. The background story behind how difficult it was to make this movie and how New Line Cinema's survival was so dependent on its success was news to me.
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Probably should mention the Peter Jackson Beatles thingy.
Fat Pete seems unable to make anything less than 6 hours long but in this case it’s one opportunity to put this quite amazing footage into the history book.
Certainly changing my perceptions about some of the lads. Lennon is just a funny nutter but I always had him pegged as the serious self-obsessed one.
Ringo is Mr Cool, just chill in the background absorbing everything.
Macca is the annoying one.
Anyway a fascinating insight into how they made songs and totally at odds to the film. That producer is just a plummy twat.
Cool to see Glyn Johns working. He’s a pioneer of recording techniques and a snappy dresser to bootA kiwi connection with John Rowles getting a mention in a conversation.
Also get a shot of a young Alan Parsons as tape operator.
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@crucial 19 hours and not a single comment about being the most over-rated band in the history of forever....
I've read very mixed reviews. Did you manage the whole 8 hours?
Amazingly productive few weeks for the band. Not only did they write all the stuff for this, but also a large bit of Abbey Road and significant number of songs that would appear on their first few solo albums.
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@dogmeat the over-rated discussion went down long ago on the music thread.
Personally, I am by no means a Beatles fan. I hardly ever listen to their music (unless it just comes on) but appreciate the ground they broke and the influences they had on many bands I do listen to.
@Bovidae I nearly watched it all but stopped last night part way through the rooftop show. At that point I had seen what interested me. There were a couple of bits I forwarded through but on the whole I found it really interesting to see the processes. Get Back (the song) starts from Macca playing a bit of the riff using his bass as a rhythm guitar and making up some nonsense words. I think it was George that then starts playing along. John turns up and they put it away for a few days.
I was thinking that because they were so big that they had this ability to just play around in the studio that other bands may not have had. George Martin was extremely tolerant and lets their process flow.
The biggest take away from watching the whole thing (apart from seeing the truth about Yoko) was how John and Ringo had obviously missed playing live. When they start on that rooftop it's like flicking a switch on those two and Lennon just transforms into quite a star (something I never thought about him before). George is happy to hang in the background and Macca looks to still be thinking details.
You do need to watch at least the whole of the last ep to see how what was still a mish mash of mostly unfinished songs the day before turned into a great live performance on many.
Pity Phil the murderer Spector ruined the album. The re-mixed un-Spectored issue is so much better. -
Watched Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle last night.
Was a pretty good watch!
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle: Directed by Ben Fogle, Chris Mitchell. With Ben Fogle, Anton Kotee, Aleksandr Syrota. Ben Fogle spends a week living alone inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where the disaster first began to unfold.
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@taniwharugby said in Documentaries:
Watched Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle last night.
Was a pretty good watch!
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary
Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle: Directed by Ben Fogle, Chris Mitchell. With Ben Fogle, Anton Kotee, Aleksandr Syrota. Ben Fogle spends a week living alone inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, gaining privileged access to the doomed Control Room 4 where the disaster first began to unfold.
It even rhymes!
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The Beatles: Get back Disney+
Just watched the first episode. Peter Jackson has produced a snapshot of a month in the life of the band near the end of their existence. I found it interesting to see the tensions but also the fondness that they still had for each other. And watching the creative process was amazing. If I forget how talented they were this leaves you in little doubt. They were geniuses.
Edit: I've finished the 3 parts, just an excellent unfiltered look at the band, it dispels old notions even held by McCartney himself that the sessions were marred by bitterness between he and Lennon. Harrison is shown to be a more creative force than you might expect, there was a lot of 3 way collaboration. And the huge contribution of George Martin, he really was the fifth Beatle. And the myth of Yoko breaking up the band is put to bed. A satisfying watch
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This is a bit retro - but, I just came across it and enjoyed watching it. Shot in Westland and Mt. Cook National Parks. Health and safety - and skis - were a fair bit different back then.
Might be a bit too retro for young 'uns but, @Crucial et al probably remember it and might enjoy a re-watch.
For years afterwards my group of friends only skied in jeans - no matter how cold or wet. We were Coolsville, but will probably pay for that stupidity shortly!
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An historian, of whom have read pretty much all his books, goes all nerdy over early post war Brit a/c genius. Very interesting, stuff I never knew. Um, like the most prolific jet ever, MiG 15, being powered by a RR Nene - such a shit decision meakes Boris' b'day cake error of judgement look a little small!
Use a VPN for BBC2, I watched on Curiosity Stream.
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The Alpinist - Think it's on Netflix.
Documentary about an Alpine climber, Marc-Andre LeClerc. Guy who climbs alone and has conquered some incredible mountains / climbs.
Really fascinating documentary, amazing the drive that the guy has. Should probably say now that if you've not heard of him, don't google him before hand and then simply watch the documentary as I did off the bat. I think knowing about him first would take away a lot of it.
Highly recommended
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@majorrage said in Documentaries:
The Alpinist - Think it's on Netflix.
Documentary about an Alpine climber, Marc-Andre LeClerc. Guy who climbs alone and has conquered some incredible mountains / climbs.
Really fascinating documentary, amazing the drive that the guy has. Should probably say now that if you've not heard of him, don't google him before hand and then simply watch the documentary as I did off the bat. I think knowing about him first would take away a lot of it.
Highly recommended
It’s mentioned on the previous page. I just watched 14 Peaks the other day so I should watch this to see if it completes an outstanding climbing trifecta of Docos (Free Solo being the other).
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The Tinder Swindler is pretty interesting. It certainly made the girl question me about a few things given that’s how we met and that we’ve bought a house together. I assured her the mortgage payments wouldn’t bounce and my children are really my children. Hopefully she believes me.
Hats off to him in a sense, takes amazing skills to pull off cons like that.
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@mn5 said in Documentaries:
The Tinder Swindler is pretty interesting. It certainly made the girl question me about a few things given that’s how we met and that we’ve bought a house together. I assured her the mortgage payments wouldn’t bounce and my children are really my children. Hopefully she believes me.
Hats off to him in a sense, takes amazing skills to pull off cons like that.
I watched this last night. Not only is it a crazy story, it's a really well done/made documentary. Was completely hooked from the start.
I would never post it, but I was in synch with the Social Media trolls before I started watching it. That the woman must have been greedy, money hungry suckers & got what they deserved for being so stupid.
But lets face it, when everything checks out, and your being swished around in Rolls Royces, flying in private jets, why wouldn't you think he was genuinely loaded? Amazing the lengths people go to for a con.
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@majorrage said in Documentaries:
@mn5 said in Documentaries:
The Tinder Swindler is pretty interesting. It certainly made the girl question me about a few things given that’s how we met and that we’ve bought a house together. I assured her the mortgage payments wouldn’t bounce and my children are really my children. Hopefully she believes me.
Hats off to him in a sense, takes amazing skills to pull off cons like that.
I watched this last night. Not only is it a crazy story, it's a really well done/made documentary. Was completely hooked from the start.
I would never post it, but I was in synch with the Social Media trolls before I started watching it. That the woman must have been greedy, money hungry suckers & got what they deserved for being so stupid.
But lets face it, when everything checks out, and your being swished around in Rolls Royces, flying in private jets, why wouldn't you think he was genuinely loaded? Amazing the lengths people go to for a con.
Yeah that’s just it, and you would easily think that with the wealth/prestige he supposedly has there would be people “after him” and he might need a bit of $$$ to tie him over. Far more clever than someone emailing you saying a relative in Nigeria has died and they need somewhere safe to put their money for a bit. When you’ve been in the jets, cars, hotels, parties etc it all looks very genuine.
I still can’t believe the first blond chick ended up 250k in the hole though. What a fucken mess.
