I think I wrote about this in the bar or the member's doc section.
I would give it an A. It is very well made and unexpected. I don't want to give away anything, so see it, then we can discuss.
This is a topic where you can say which documentary has really impressed you, and why people should see it. Can be a recent one or an all-time favourite. Can't be your own though, sorry...
Praise the work of others, not your own. If you want to beat the drum for your own documentary, please don't do it here. Professionals have their own Shameless Self-Promotion topic.
We also have a Documentary Films topic for our Professionals where the debate is private and possibly more controversial. This topic here is for recommendations to the documentary-interested public.
"Searching For Sugarman" is a wonderful story. Sixto Rodriguez is almost like a bodhisattva – ok I won't give anything away.
I did wonder if the people who produced his earlier records really understood him. They put all this lush, syrupy instrumental sound under his very strong guitar & voice. I wonder if that is why the albums tanked in the U.S. His lyrics are still relevant.
Re: Riley Morton's post on Mon 17 Sep 2012: View thread
Oh, I LOVED Searching for Sugarman. Great film. Definitely an A. When I said "not challenging," I meant that it doesn't beat you over the head with academic or intellectual highbrow-ness. Like most great stories, it's simple and lovely.
Tue 18 Sep 2012
Edited Tue 18 Sep 2012 by John Burgan
hi, im new here and a freelance filmmaker and cinematographer from germany...
nice community here and so i decidet to show you my documentaryteaser i done... i think the hole film is very interesting and some times probably controversal...
"Tarna" is a 40min. documentary film about "Lady Tarna", a extrem/scat domina from Berlin. I followed her one day with the camera, to show the everydays life of a domina, but also to show the person behind.
i shot the hole film alone in one day... this was the concept, beeing only one day with tarna and triying to make it as real as possibly...
hope you like the small teaser...
greets
Just saw this short, Caine's Arcade, about a 9 year old boy who built a cardboad arcade in his dad's used car parts shop in Los Angeles. It is an amazing story, where a filmmaker was Caine's first customer and he was so impressed, he created a flash mob set of customers last October. The whole thing has really exploded, including a Cardboard Challenge for kids around the world, coming up on 6 October.
Re: Marth Christensen's post on Tue 18 Sep 2012: View thread
isn't that piece just fantastic? didn't know about the 'cardboard challenge.' thats very cool.
Tue 2 Oct 2012
Edited Tue 2 Oct 2012 by John Burgan
Please check it out x