Curt McGirt Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 As soon as I watched that I immediately thought of this. Then I thought "How the fuck have I never even read about this crazy shit before?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 hopefully the popularity of this documentary will lead somebody to post more Ed Wiskoski as Mega Maharishi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Dammit, now you're gonna end up guilt-tripping me into finishing up the '80s Portland set just to see that. It'll be interesting watching that series and comparing it to the more current Oregon standoff with Bundy and his crowd. Seems to be something in the water up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Although it’s worth noting that, presumably in the spirit of not getting sued, the Maharishi name came from a completely different group of people who were living in a small town. That being the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who has followers living in Fairfield, Iowa since the 70s. That group had far better relations with the community than the Rajneeshis, obviously. There’s certain things that probably can’t be squeezed out of certain sect members. One that would be a good question is “Why Oregon?”. At the very least, you can say it wasn’t a plan to take over a county from day one because 3 of the counties bordering Wasco have under 2000 people to this day. While Wasco and the Dalles had 20,000 and the threat of a Rajneeshi electoral takeover was kinda unlikely as long as they didn’t get to register drugged homeless people. There were a few parts where the timeline wasn’t not linear if you looked up the details. Especially around the 1984 election. Also pretty sure that they didn’t mention that the Rajneeshi candidates dropped their candidates late in that cycle. Also, the documentary didn’t mention the actual people who bombed the hotel Rajneesh, which has baffled some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Was pleasantly surprised to see the Mr Rogers trailer ahead of Isle of Dogs. Hopefully that means it will get decent distribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Bobby Kennedy for President Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Ooooh.... I have been waiting for this pretty much since the news story came out Three Identical Strangers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Crossposted from TV thread Scorsese to make SCTV reunion doc for Netflix https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/martin-scorsese-direct-sctv-reunion-documentary-netflix-1101710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I really adored Elvis: The Searcher. I hadn't even intended on watching it, but it was on when I was channel surfing the other night and I got sucked in. It's a testament to how grossly underestimated he was as an artist that even though there have been numerous docs about him, a focused chronicle of his music career that avoids most of the dirt and circumstances around his death seems novel. Even though it spends little time on his personal life beyond how it informed his work, the constraints put on him by his unparalleled success and his business arrangements that affected him creatively are also clearly shown to be responsible for the strange turns his life took. I got choked up at the end, especially when I realized I'd been listening to Tom Petty speak throughout the doc and I'd forgotten we lost him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Man...Wild Wild Country is so messed up. I went from kinda being against those folks because they were a cult, to supporting them because everyone in the town was white and bigoted, to thinking the whole thing was completely fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Filmworker Quote Leon Vitali was a rising British television actor when Stanley Kubrick picked him for the role of Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon. That first encounter with the famed auteur proved decisive — he swiftly resolved to devote the rest of his life working for the director, this time behind the scenes, and took on just about every job available: casting director, acting coach, location scouter, sound engineer, color corrector, A.D., promoter, and eventually restorer of Kubrick’s films. Tony Zierra’s affecting documentary profiles the devoted “filmworker” — Vitali’s preferred job title — as he enthusiastically recounts his days with the notoriously meticulous, volatile and obsessive director. The experiences brought both tremendous sacrifice and glowing pride. Filmworker celebrates the invisible hands that shape masterpieces, reminding us that behind every great director, there is a Leon Vitali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Whitney It's directed by Kevin Macdonald best known for directing Last King of Scotland but he has done other documentaries (One Day in September, Touching the Void) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Evil Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Speaking of documentaries on Netflix, watched this one over the weekend and it's really good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BNosanchuk Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Wild Wild Country was very well done I thought. Made me go down a rabbit hole of other cult docs. The Gringo John McAfee one was also crazy. I also watched all those Dirty Money ones on Netflix. Those are all real good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 9:22 AM, RIPPA said: Whitney It's directed by Kevin Macdonald best known for directing Last King of Scotland but he has done other documentaries (One Day in September, Touching the Void) He also did the Marley documentary, which was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Seconded on Marley, that was pretty good. I liked that they didn't shirk the fact that he was a kind of an asshole and deadbeat dad, while still celebrating him. Whitney is probably not gonna pull any punches too in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 I wonder how more could pull out of this story since Showtime did a documentary on Whitney as well which was pretty detailed and really good. The only difference is that they have Bobby Brown which is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 Another trailer for the Mauro doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 9:32 PM, hammerva said: I wonder how more could pull out of this story since Showtime did a documentary on Whitney as well which was pretty detailed and really good. The only difference is that they have Bobby Brown which is interesting Big revelation so far is that Whitney was molested by Dee Dee Warwick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 If you haven't seen it yet, the four episode docuseries Evil Genius is pretty great. It covers the collar bomber robbery where the guy had a bomb around his neck and robbed a bank. The story is way more involved and crazy than you knew. Recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Perfect Bid Just watched this, enjoyed it. At 72 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 THE FOURTH ESTATE 4 part documentary series covering all of 2017 at the New York Times. Focusing on Maggie Haberman and the rest of the politics desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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