documentaries

[Potier]

Just watched three Heroin documentaries:

Heroin: Cape Cod, USA

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/heroin-cape-cod-usa

Chasing Heroin

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/chasing-heroin/

Heroin The Hardest Drug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQX7bdR_mD0

A classic on the subject - you may already know this one:

Black Tar Heroin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfP58clo1I

[OCPM]

I'm surprised that Streetwise (1984) hasn't been mentioned.
It's about kids who hustle, prostitute and/or live on the streets of seattle.
There's a book with photographs of the same kids by Mary Ellen Mark, her husband made the documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lTQgfXb87k&ab_channel=SecretCaskets

It's worth it to look for a better version than this.

[SiClark]

"The Gift," a 2003 documentary about bug chasing, a.k.a., gays who actually desire HIV infection, is bleak, depressing, and amazing all at once. Goes great with Forza Albino! I think it's easily available to see in full on YouTube. I think FreakAnimal or someone once used the phrase "nihilistic deathfuck" once on this board, Nihilistic Deathfuck indeed! I really appreciate the total lack of positive resolution or conclusions, just increasingly desperate reflections of inner emptiness and waiting for the inevitable.

Thank you for information on this documentary. It was really interesting subject matter. The actual documentary is appallingly made, like the director just discovered the use of split screen technology but listening to the people talk is fine, visually it's terrible.

[OCPM]

Interesting, I didn't know she was murdered by Gary Ridgeway.
Thanks for the link, i'll check it out.

As far as i remember there's a lot of material from Streetwise on Peter Sotos' Buyers Market.

[Zeno Marx]

This might interest some people here.  I liked it well enough.  The pursuit of fame and legacy almost always strikes me as more deviant and crude than anything else about a person, particularly when it comes to someone who succeeded at gaining those things through outside means.  Strikes me as impure and convoluted...not sincere...or something.

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/mapplethorpe-look-at-the-pictures

[tiny_tove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M07r4WpKkAA

this document recently caused some stirs in the Uk

[calaverasgrande]

Not very edgy or industrial but the BBC Clash doc is excellent.
What is amazing is how they sew together scant amount of Clash footage with a bunch of BBC vault b roll footage of new years eve celebrations and talk shows. Along with some contemporary historical footage. The sum is greater than the whole.
It could be about hammers or 3 legged stools or anything really.
But if you are a Clash fan (or early punk fan) it's probably pretty good.

[aububs]

thought the amanda knox documentary was ok. not great. there's something really annoying about her that i can't quite pinpoint. i don't think she did any murders tho. the prosecutor guy was an idiot. and the daily mail journalist guy was dumb too.

"getting my foxy knoxy stories on the front page was better then sex!"

"it doesn't get any better than girl on girl murder!"

about to watch this documentary called Tickled about the apparently sinister world of competitive tickling.

[aububs]

yeah i liked it.

ultimately feel kind of sorry for the villain of the piece, in that there's something essentially harmless that they get their kicks from, but they've made some pretty poor decisions in how they pursue it.

[Theodore]

there's something really annoying about her that i can't quite pinpoint.

It's the cold face of a junkie slut who tries to introduce herself as virgin Mary. That's it.

[aububs]

no, that's not it.

it's more like she has a lack of empathy, and is unable to see herself from an outside perspective. something like that.

[tiny_tove]

well she made her bed and died in it. and probably is she would have not been American she would be still rotting in Jail - although I don't know if she is guilty

I know that for a non-experienced criminal the pressure cops push on you can lead to different versions, BUT she really made up so many stories. before her conviction she framed another guy who had nothing to do with the murder and almost got his life ruined, to then change story several times.

[Duncan]

I watched Holy Hell a couple of days ago and it has really stuck with me.  Despite being very American and feel good in places it remains a very jolting portrait of a cult leader who is still out there. Very interesting to see the effects of 20+ years of psychological trickery discussed and presented candidly by the participants. worth a watch for sure. Loads of 1980s luminous speedos and haircuts too.

[david lloyd jones]

well she made her bed and died in it. and probably is she would have not been American she would be still rotting in Jail - although I don't know if she is guilty

I know that for a non-experienced criminal the pressure cops push on you can lead to different versions, BUT she really made up so many stories. before her conviction she framed another guy who had nothing to do with the murder and almost got his life ruined, to then change story several times.

does this relate to tickled or amandaknox?

[david lloyd jones]

funny that someone who seems so innocent, also seems so connected to something that broadcasted her guilt.