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More about Freakonomics
Freakonomics is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years: Academy Award winner Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money), Academy Award nominees Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) and Seth Gordon (The King of Kong).
Freakonomics premiered On Demand, Apple iTunes, Xbox Live, Playstation, Amazon and Vudu on September 3rd and opens in theaters on October 1, 2010.
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I loved Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt and the 7up Series.
1. King Corn – about two guys who grow corn, and at the same time learn a little about today’s modern food problems.
2. Deadliest Catch – following crab fishermen in the Bering sea.
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1. Endless Summer. Having grown up and still living in the midwest, watching this surfing documentary makes me warm, and to realize that there are many goofy people in the world – goofy in the best sense.
2. Sunday Girl. About the life of a young teen. Saw it on PBS about 25 years ago.
Fahreheit 9/11, from Michael Moore. Excellent.
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Food Inc Covering all sorts of food-related issues, from animal cruelty to the agricultural triumph of corn.
The Civil War A great documentary from Ken Burns about the Civil War
My two faves? This is tough but…
Hearts and Minds. The definitive portrayal of the hell of the Vietnam war.
Paradise Lost. Haunts me to this day.
Mad Hot Ballroom and Super Size Me are my two favorite doc films
I like ken burn’s Civil War and Ken Burn’s Baseball. They were great and really attention-getting.
See, you ask me a question like this and my mind goes completely blank. A couple of fairly recent documentaries that I found very interesting and compelling were “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Shut Up and Sing.” Someone above mentioned “Planet Earth” and while I don’t consider it a film because it’s not a theatrical release or length, the photography is amazing!
Gasland and Food Inc were both great–also like Crazy Love!
Ken Burns’ Civil War – Civil War of 1861-1865
Planet Earth – Plantet Earth’s animals of the wild (other than humans…)
I love documentaries that both educate and move me, and two that I’ve seen recently that did both would be Michael Moore’s “Sicko” and Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” bofh of which challenged my thinking enlightened me to sobering truths about modern humanity, and made me go from laughing hysterically to crying within the same minute. Thanks!
“For The Bible Tells Me So” – attempting to reconcile being gay with religion
“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” – her determination to stay apropos
Racing Dreams is great. It involves kids on a junior NASCAR circuit.
Marjoe was really interesting. It’s about Marjoe Gortner, a guy who grew up in a family of evangalists and exposes some of the underhanded things they were doing.
I am a Promise is a portrait of the children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, an inner-city neighborhood where 90% of the students live below the poverty line.
Harlan County, USA, covers the efforts of striking coal miners against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company’s Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973.
Food Inc was great,
Capitolism: A Love story, also
King Corn – Corn industry
Food, Inc – Food industry…
both really make you want to reevaluate food intake.
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1. ken burns’ civil war – the one that changed the way documentaries are done; personal & humane.
2. man on wire – insane, intense, & wonderful from start to finish.
1. Capitalism A love story
2. HBO documentary Gas Land
Pumping Iron – great to see a young Arnold at the top of his game
In the Shadow of the Moon – a fantastic look at what it took to reach the moon and the men behind it
1) The American Nightmare- It centered on the golden age of the horror genre, mainly the 60s, 70s, and 80s, where the real horror films were being made.
2) Woodstock- A revolutional film about one of the greatest days in rock and roll history, and about the coming together of peace in an increasingly hostile, violent world.
The CIVAL WAR——–Ken Burns AWESOME film about the cival war, educational and entertaining.
FOOD INC.————–Factory farming, mans cruelty to animals. Watch it and you will become a VEGAN.
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1. Food, Inc- it’s about how food is processed and raised
2. 9/11 – The Filmmakers’ Commemorative Edition – Great film on the 9/11 twin towers collapsing
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My favorites are
The Civil War – A Film by Ken Burns
Ken Burns: Baseball
Both documentaries fill me with wonder and draw tears of joy and sorrow
Best 2 documentaries? My 2 favs are:
1- Planet Earth – great look at our home planet with stunning videography throughout.
2- Ken Burn’s Baseball – an interesting history of America’s pasttime from its inception through the early 1990′s. A sequal just came out covering from where this left off to last season (including the steroid era). Totally looking forward to seeing that one too! Its called The 10th Inning if I recal correctly.
Honorable mentions include: Life – cool animals and stuff, the King of Kong – insane video game guys, and Food, Inc. – a disturbing exposee about factory farming.
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