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    Some choice picks from recent times.

    BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Louis Theroux, Ultra Zionists - Self-explanatory
    BBC - BBC One Programmes - Human Planet - A 6-part docu about human's relationship with nature
    Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011) - IMDb - The 3rd Zeitgeist movie, worth a watch
    Senna (2010) - IMDb - A documentary about the alltime greatest F1 driver
    NOVA scienceNOW | PBS - A special mention to the new season of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's science show. Watch at least ep. 5, "How smart are animals?"
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    I couldn't sit through the first Zeitgeist movie because of how propaganda-y it felt. Even if it's all one hundred percent accurate, I just can't handle things that are so sensationalist. Did the second two tone it down a bit?
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    3rd for cocaine cowboys.....also ghostride the whip is an awesome ass documentary on the San Fran rap scene and the legendary Mac Dre (as well as neegs doing the thizzelle dance and ghostriding the whip (hence the title))
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    also idk if "the yes men change the world" counts as a documentary, but it was good aslso
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    also dont remember if jesus camp has been mentioned...but jesus camp
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    Waiting For Superman ... just recently available on Netflix as a DVD, not Instant Watch, though.
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    i'm surprised this didn't get mentioned yet....Earthlings

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    man... people suck....
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwiMark View Post
    I couldn't sit through the first Zeitgeist movie because of how propaganda-y it felt. Even if it's all one hundred percent accurate, I just can't handle things that are so sensationalist. Did the second two tone it down a bit?
    The first one was garbage, but I recall arguing for the second one being pretty good. That was over six months ago though, so I'd have to review the opinion in order to know for sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by triumphant cracker View Post
    i'm surprised this didn't get mentioned yet....Earthlings

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    man... people suck....
    holy fuck that trailer is disturbing

    ...downloading now
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoccoBill View Post
    Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011) - IMDb - The 3rd Zeitgeist movie, worth a watch
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    Just watched. Hadn't realized it was out until today

    Excellent, excellent film. I have issues with it here and there, but it's quite an adept examination of the interdependent realities of biology and sociology, and an illustration of our economic ponzi scheme and distorted incentive system. Was quite pleased to see Robert Sapolsky was interviewed
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    ty wufwugy, based on your last two posts I'll check out the third.
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    Future by Design is kinda fun.

    I think the guy it's about (Jacques Fresco) features heavily in the second zeitgeist movie, but for reasons above I haven't watched that yet.

    Some of the stuff is contradictory and some other stuff just kinda weird etc., but it's sort of nice to see a positive image of the future instead of the standard one where everything goes to shit because our present selves continue raping our future selves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwiMark View Post
    ty wufwugy, based on your last two posts I'll check out the third.
    After I saw Addendum like a year or so ago, I tried watching the first one, but shut it off. I just watched the first one now

    The problem with Zeitgeist is that it's a mix of absolutely excellent and important conspiracies and trash conspiracies. An example: did US government know about 9/11 and turn a blind eye? Yes. Did they participate its planning in some ways? Probably. Did they control demo the buildings? Most likely not. So much of the truther stuff is just garbage, but it sadly takes away from the reality that corruption is sooooooo deep at the highest level, and things normal people would consider pure evil are actually commonplace there

    Regardless of the details, complete corruption and tyranny from the top is a fact. The world is already vastly a totalitarian regime, and virtually every bit of understanding of how societies and psychology works illustrate that the human race is heading down a road that makes the movie Equilibrium look like paradise. Actually, we're already in a place that makes Equilibrium look like Disneyland. The most evil and disturbing things imaginable are already commonplace on a mass scale. But because they're normal and partially isolated to us, we don't understand why they exist and what it means and all that
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    Quote Originally Posted by BankItDrew View Post
    holy fuck that trailer is disturbing

    ...downloading now
    disturbing in the 10th degree.....
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    it would behoove me to hear what wuf has to say about this.....what worthwhile info he has to say about this.
    also anyone else?
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    Quote Originally Posted by triumphant cracker View Post
    i'm surprised this didn't get mentioned yet....Earthlings

    VideoFull

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    man... people suck....
    Words cannot describe how sad and horrible

    And people wonder why I hate modern society. The comfort and pleasure of the few rides on the back of the torture and suffering of the innumerable
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    Who's' really bored and wants to compile a list of recommended documentaries that are insta streaming on netflix? I nominate triumphant cracker because he loved that stupid noodle song.
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    Exit Through The Gift Shop on netflix right now. Its about a french man filming major street artists. The subject might not be for everyone but its really interesting and nostalgic of younger years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by connorislost View Post
    Exit Through The Gift Shop on netflix right now. Its about a french man filming major street artists. The subject might not be for everyone but its really interesting and nostalgic of younger years.

    I second this. The scene where bansky shows the boxes of counterfeit currency is so awesome.
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    I thought it was amazing how MBW turned himself into an "artist" with self proclamation. He made everyone believe he was good before they even saw his work. I like when the girl at his gallery was thinking deeply asking why the spray paint can was a reoccuring them. He answered "because im here" not really knowing why he just threw everything together.
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    BBC: Human Planet

    It's about all I watch on TV, other than South Park / Family Guy / Futurama / Spongebob / Porn
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    people watch porn on TV?
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    Quote Originally Posted by connorislost View Post
    Exit Through The Gift Shop on netflix right now. Its about a french man filming major street artists. The subject might not be for everyone but its really interesting and nostalgic of younger years.
    This is the banksy one with that dude who films everything? I liked the first 2/3 and thought the end, when the filming dude went into art, was incredibly boring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    This is the banksy one with that dude who films everything? I liked the first 2/3 and thought the end, when the filming dude went into art, was incredibly boring.

    well, the first 2/3 is exciting but not really very thought provoking. The last third seems to say a lot more about our (consumer) culture and really seems to challenge peoples notions of what art is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
    well, the first 2/3 is exciting but not really very thought provoking. The last third seems to say a lot more about our (consumer) culture and really seems to challenge peoples notions of what art is.
    bigred is a pseudo-intellect so the last 1/3 was boring for him.
  29. #104
    Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
    people watch porn on TV?
    Well, I do if I hook my computer up to my HD TV, or put a DVD on, otherwise you can pay like £5 a night.
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    FWIW, I was an honest to goodness Vegan for 24 hours after watching the first third of Earthlings.
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    Watched Inside Job finally. Expected it to be excellent, but it was even better than expected. Probably one of the best docs I've seen. Explained the financial collapse too well


    Quote Originally Posted by BankItDrew View Post
    FWIW, I was an honest to goodness Vegan for 24 hours after watching the first third of Earthlings.
    I'll be phasing out my use of commercial animal products. The slaughter is okay, but living conditions and treatment is abysmal. I knew it was bad, but not that bad
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    It made me dedicate all of my meat purchases from popular commercial outlets to organic based shopping markets.
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    I'm not going to watch the final 2/3's of that film either, for reasons mentioned earlier. First time I've ever done that.
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    Well if it changed your habits then I would say you shouldn't have to watch the last 2/3rds, because that's the whole point of the film being made in the first place

    Other than that, it should be mandatory viewing. It angers me that people won't watch something like Earthlings because of how it makes them feel. Uh cows are being chained to the floor and dogs locked in tiny cages like something you'd see in the most sadistic of torture chambers, yet you're worried about how YOU feel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
    BTW, I watched this the other night, then saw this thread and was like OMG I have to mention this. I almost turned Vegan too, but even the Food companies have that on the lockdown too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
    well, the first 2/3 is exciting but not really very thought provoking. The last third seems to say a lot more about our (consumer) culture and really seems to challenge peoples notions of what art is.
    Meh, I lost interest when it started focusing on the camera guy. I understand the concepts they explored in the final 1/3 but meh, I've been to the MOMA. I already know that a lot of art is shite and people just need to be told what good art is. While this was a great example, I didn't enjoy it. Watching them climb buildings and paste a large andre the giant to the wall was much more enjoyable.
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    Earthlings, meh....only watched 1/2 and it was just ok.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
    Watching them climb buildings and paste a large andre the giant to the wall was much more enjoyable.

    You should check out stylewars, its a period piece from the 80's on New York graffiti in its heyday.

    Style Wars (1984) - IMDb
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    FORA.tv - Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?

    Such an awesome lecture with everybody's favorite neurobiologist. Covers a whole bunch of super interesting stuff centered around what truly makes humans different from other animals
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    Things are only getting better! Brian Cox's new series, w00t:

    BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Wonders of the Universe
    Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

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    don't think this has been posted.. cross post from my ITT Heros post

    YouTube - One Man's Dream - The Britten Bike Story
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    Tribute to a living legend, my hero:

    BBC - Science & Nature - Life on Air


    On a side note, that Wonders Of The Universe series is probably the best astrophysics docu I've seen, and I've seen many.
    Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

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    I'll have to check out Wonders of the Universe. I heard it was kind of a repeat of other docs, but I'll take your word for it

    I honestly have a tough time with cosmology docs since I've kept up on most of the popularized stuff as is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    I'll have to check out Wonders of the Universe. I heard it was kind of a repeat of other docs, but I'll take your word for it

    I honestly have a tough time with cosmology docs since I've kept up on most of the popularized stuff as is.
    Oh it absolutely is a repeat, there hasn't been a single new thing for me in the first 3 episodes. What it is though is very well narrated, makes many of the more difficult and complex matters very easy to understand, very entertaining and Brian Cox is so excited and passionate about this stuff that it's contagious.
    Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

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    Cox is the most happy, metro, effeminate non-gay guy ever
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    Not exactly a documentary per-se but I found this pretty fascinating/infuriating.

    YouTube - The American Dream By The Provocateur Network
    [00:29] <daven> dc, why not check turn behind
    [00:30] <DC> daven
    [00:30] <DC> on my hand?
    [00:30] <daven> yep
    [00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
    [00:30] <daven> nice reason
    [00:30] <daven> no further questions
    [00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donachello View Post
    Not exactly a documentary per-se but I found this pretty fascinating/infuriating.

    YouTube - The American Dream By The Provocateur Network
    Wow dude that is extremely good

    I am only a layman who doesn't understand fractionary banking (as if anybody fully understands it), but I've been gradually becoming convinced that central banking and internal revenue are the kraken.

    If the video represents the truth, it's so hard to see because modern economics is based in fractionary banking, and the opposition are mainly conspiracy theorists and pseudo-kooks who are unwittingly co-opted by those very corporatists and banksters. It's almost impossible to support anti-corrupt banking without inadvertently supporting a corporatocracy since that support comes in anti-public governance form.

    It's not a coincidence that the Kochs claim to be uber libertarians
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    Yeah it's pretty crazy. I am taking a media criticism class right now and we have gone pretty heavily into Chomsky's propaganda model and the general state of American media. It's beginning to get to the point where I can't help but feel like the US and probably the whole world is fucked barring some huge public uprising. Either that or the best thing to do is to just ignore pretty much every so-called "legitimate" news source.
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    [00:30] <DC> on my hand?
    [00:30] <daven> yep
    [00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
    [00:30] <daven> nice reason
    [00:30] <daven> no further questions
    [00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

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    Okay so I put some thought into the fractional banking thing and now have it figured out


    The mistake people make is confusing fractional banking with inflation. Inflation is good stuff, but the problem is how it's created and filtered. Coming through the privately owned banks, it does exactly what the video and even the Zeitgeist videos claim. The whole scheme is one of inflation and debt on the backs of the non-mega rich/creditor class.

    However, if the inflation were directed through things like public services or median rebates, it would work fantastically. For example, since 08, enough money has been spent many times over to fix the problems of the US economy, but nothing has been fixed because that money's flow starts and stops in the wealthy-class bubble.

    So the problem is not inflation, but that it is used as a tool for the credit/debt dynamic that enslaves the populace. Cut the banks off, drop the inflation directly into the hands of the consumers, and the economy would be going gangbusters.

    This is the basic problem with all things economic, it seems. Houses aren't worth what they were claimed? Give the money to the banks to let them off the hook instead of to the home dwellers to pay it down. It's all just a fucking ponzi scheme. The banks created this problem, made us fix it for them, and we suffer all the consequences
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    Awesome 3 part docu about the history of experimental psychology:

    BBC - BBC Four Programmes - The Brain: A Secret History
    Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

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    Watched this a few nights ago.. was pretty interesting, with some obviously orchestrated scenes of "daily north N Korean life" that were pretty disturbing. But ya, I had no clue that several soldiers had defected to NK in the 60's..

    Crossing the Line (2006) - IMDb
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    BBC iPlayer - Louis Theroux: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail: Part 1

    I can't recommend this highly enough, it's completely opened my eyes and scared the shit out of me. It's on Youtube here (YouTube - &#x202a;Louis Theroux Miami Mega Jail E1 P1&#x202c;&rlm;) and on all good pirate sites as well.
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    A quick look through shows two glaring omissions.

    Restrepo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrepo_(film)

    Guy who made it died in Libya recently. Tim Hetherington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    edit Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington | The Magazine | Vanity Fair

    And Cosmos. The end all and be all of cosmology docus. 12 hours of Carl Sagan covering everything covered in every other cosmology docu I've seen decades earlier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash256 View Post
    BBC iPlayer - Louis Theroux: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail: Part 1

    I can't recommend this highly enough, it's completely opened my eyes and scared the shit out of me. It's on Youtube here (YouTube - &#x202a;Louis Theroux Miami Mega Jail E1 P1&#x202c;&rlm;) and on all good pirate sites as well.
    "Slavery is over". Bullshit. You'd be luckier born a slave than on the streets. That sounds wrong, but it's not
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    What fucks me up the most is that they're all pre-trial. Anyone in FTR could get accused of something and end up in that hellhole where the guards basically say "Yeah, there's rapes and stabbings, no there's nothing we can do about it".

    Out of interest wuf did you feel empathy towards the small guy? I both empathised with him for how fucked his situation was and admired his extremely steely inner strength. Regardless of what he's done, you have to respect his badassery in staying in the system for 3 years and not completely cracking up/ending in PC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash256 View Post
    What fucks me up the most is that they're all pre-trial. Anyone in FTR could get accused of something and end up in that hellhole where the guards basically say "Yeah, there's rapes and stabbings, no there's nothing we can do about it".

    Out of interest wuf did you feel empathy towards the small guy? I both empathised with him for how fucked his situation was and admired his extremely steely inner strength. Regardless of what he's done, you have to respect his badassery in staying in the system for 3 years and not completely cracking up/ending in PC.
    I didn't watch the whole thing due to time and I just don't feel like being depressed anymore, but I did catch a bit with the guy you're referencing. I do feel bad for him, as I do with anybody regardless of what they've done. But a couple points: the guy is probably a sociopath and basically admitted to what he's been accused. Internet diagnosis be damned, I would bet a ton of money he's mentally unstable. But keep in mind, mental instability is a product of society, not genetic inheritance

    Also, his steely resolve is a product of the system. If you're a prison vet, you become a hardass or you die. So everybody there has been broken uncountable times, but the part of them presented on tape is their fighting back from the bottom persona
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    Quote Originally Posted by BankItDrew View Post
    I'm not going to watch the final 2/3's of that film either, for reasons mentioned earlier. First time I've ever done that.
    you mean earthlings, yeah? i did the exact same thing. it's insanely confronting. i do intend to finish it but the whole thing in one (the first) sitting is pretty heavy
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash256 View Post
    BBC iPlayer - Louis Theroux: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail: Part 1

    I can't recommend this highly enough, it's completely opened my eyes and scared the shit out of me. It's on Youtube here (YouTube - &#x202a;Louis Theroux Miami Mega Jail E1 P1&#x202c;&rlm;) and on all good pirate sites as well.
    Man, this is some heavy shit..

    edit: I agree with wuf, this little guy seems fucking looney...
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    Bulletproof Salesman (2008) - IMDb
    if you have the chance, check this out. i saw it on pay cable tv last night. good stuff. if you have netflix you can get it there....
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    New adam curtis documentary out on BBC now:

    BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE

    First episode is about Ayn Rand's influence on ALan Greenspan, and thus the world's economy. Scary and eye opening. Surprising to see just how much influence he had over Bill CLinton.

    Another great Adam Curtis documentary for those who cant access Iplayer

    The century of the self: The Century of the Self - informationliberation

    "Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.

    To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

    The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund's devoted daughter; and present-day PR guru and Sigmund's great grandson, Matthew Freud.

    Sigmund Freud's work into the bubbling and murky world of the subconscious changed the world. By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal. "
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    The Century of the Self:

    I downloaded it in four parts one week and watched each one by itself on different nights. As some of you may be aware, I have been struggling with a sleeping problem, essentially its consistency. That week however, was different. Each night that I played the film, I fell asleep quick and easily. I felt refreshed each morning after, too.

    Putting my own problems aside, I strongly recommend The Century of the Self. It is very interesting and the best depiction of mass psychology I have ever seen.
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    Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
    Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine | Watch Free Documentary Online

    You can watch it above, but last time I checked about 2 years ago, you could buy it on Amazon for about £3.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SaulPaul View Post
    New adam curtis documentary out on BBC now:

    BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE

    First episode is about Ayn Rand's influence on ALan Greenspan, and thus the world's economy. Scary and eye opening. Surprising to see just how much influence he had over Bill CLinton.

    Another great Adam Curtis documentary for those who cant access Iplayer

    The century of the self: The Century of the Self - informationliberation

    "Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.

    To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

    The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund's devoted daughter; and present-day PR guru and Sigmund's great grandson, Matthew Freud.

    Sigmund Freud's work into the bubbling and murky world of the subconscious changed the world. By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal. "
    Meant to post this myself but forgot.

    Seriously FTR, you will love this.
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  66. #141
    Saw Waste Land on netflix streaming, really good

    Waste Land (2010) - IMDb
  67. #142
    watched Earthlings. Wept, first full of shock, then sadness, finally rage.
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    Between the Folds - on Netflix streaming.

    The only thing that I didn't like about this documentary was the female narrator whose voice tries too hard to sound deep, fading, and interesting. It's just not natural, but purposefully trailing off from the labour of the words.

    Other than that, the subject matter was beyond interesting.
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    On Netflix streaming - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson.

    We're not even through it, as it's over 3 hrs long, but this is beyond quality stuff.

    Netflix has delivered to me golden diamonds of entertainment and they need to be shared with you.

    Between the Folds/Unforgivable Blackness. Watch 'em. Also, Happy belated Canada Day!

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    "What is it about black men that attracts white women?" "We eat cold eels and think distant thoughts." - Jack Johnson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kevster View Post
    Meant to post this myself but forgot.

    Seriously FTR, you will love this.
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    Wow! Just watched part of the Louix Therough prison doc, that's horrific. I would die in there. Please god don't ever let me get caught for any of the dodgy shit I do.
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    White people are generally safe from prison if they don't traffic or steal from other white people
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    I watched some past videos of me on vacation. They were very good. I would recommend trying to get videos of me.
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    The Story of Stuff.

    Sorry if reposted.
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    i watched Hot Coffee (| HOT COFFEE, a documentary feature film) this evening, screening at a local film festival. I recommend it if you're interested in the US judicial and lobby systems.

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