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Re: What Documentaries Influenced You Most and Why?
by Steven Gonzales on May 1, 2008 at 3:52:34 am

When We Were Kings -- for it's capture of the exact feel of a time and place

My Flesh and Blood -- creates empathy in the most hardened heart

Titticut Follies -- or any other Frederic Wiseman doc you can get your hands on

Salesman -- Maysle brothers at their best

Hoop Dreams -- ambition captured like no other film

The Thin Blue Line -- how to use reenactments artistically

American Movie -- sums up all filmmakers with the extreme case

Triumph of the Will -- political propaganda used for evil

Hearts of Darkness -- how a film gets totally out of control

Baraka -- great cinematography tells the story

Harlan County USA -- heavy handed, but true to the times

Desert Victory -- amazing battle footage as Rommel is defeated in North Africa

The Sorrow and the Pity -- war and collaboration

Man with a Movie Camera -- Dziga Vertov kino-eye, life caught un-aware, amazing for 1928

That's enough to get you started.



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