2018 DOCUMENTARY Thread

[Dolfan in NYC]

Next month you'll have something to warm your soul as we enter the dead of winter.

 

 

[Tabe]

Oh man, I'd forgotten about that story.  I gotta watch that when it comes out.

[Curt McGirt]

So, here's this. You can press play, I won't. The art still fucks with me to this day.

Also! Showtime is showing The Godfathers of Hardcore about Agnostic Front and a GG Allin documentary this week and next. I just caught the end of the former and it was sad as fuck due to the topic of Roger Miret having had a heart attack. The GG doc was I think gonna be released as The Allins and concerns his mom and his brother Merle; should be interesting. 

[odessasteps]

I didnt realize Fathom was showing a Miyazaki doc until I saw a trailer for it today before the Spider verse cartoon. 

The first showing was last night. The other screening is Tuesday,  for those interested. 

[Curt McGirt]

Well, saw the whole thing and it is flat-out one of the best docs I've ever seen. A fantastic portrayal of two friends, their lives, their bond, and also a very sincere love letter to punk. Highest possible recommendations no matter your musical taste.

And also I have to say that Vinnie Stigma is a national treasure. He deserves a statue on the Lower East Side.

[Curt McGirt]

On 12/7/2018 at 10:15 PM, hammerva said:

Showtime debuted a new documentary called Porndemic talking about the HIV/AIDS scare in the late 90's around that almost killed an industry that seemed to be complete oblivious to the disease before that.  About 5 very popular woman at the time in that particular area came all catching the disease from one guy who had made over 1000 movies.  Extremely creepy given the subject  as usual especially since the guy did every thing in his power to avoid the HIV test to the point of him forging his HIV test for year and then ultimately having to kidnap the guy so that he would take the HIV test.  But you can see how the push to be next level made it more risky

While HBO definitely has the bigger more important documentaries,  Showtime is a great place for some of the odder ones.  There is one on Suge Knight that has to be interesting given how bad shit crazy Death Row was at the times

Yeah, just caught the end of Porndemic (at six in the morning no less) and that is FUUUUUUUUUCKED. Jaw dropping stuff and a strong question of moral integrity in a field that seems to be easily able to avoid it. 

The Suge doc is gonna be just as crazy, esp. considering he just got sentenced to a ton of years in jail for running over those people.

[Curt McGirt]

The GG doc (The Allins) was of equal quality to any of the docs Showtime has been playing... and boy, was it depressing. A good way to look at it is as a "where are they now" sequel to Hated, the infamous GG Allin documentary done as a college project back in the '90s. Merle is still playing bass in the Murder Junkies, having burned through half a dozen singers and doing things as flagrantly cheap and eye-rolling as making art with his own shit to sell on the internet in order to keep the lights on in his huge, densely decorated home*. His mother is still pining for her lost son Kevin, who she clearly delineates was different from GG -- as if they are separate personalities, and may well have been. And of course GG is still dead as a doornail and popular** as ever, his gravestone having been moved long ago after being knocked over by some drunken ass paying the grave a visit. The whole thing is a meditation on loss and grief, as neither of the family members can completely move on from the past, no matter how much you think they might want to. Even Dino the Naked Drummer is still stripping down and smashing the skins, about fifty pounds heavier and living as disgustingly as ever. It's all really sad. GG's mom seems to be a fine woman though and you know Merle is going to survive, even if he has to sell every last stitch of GG's lasting possessions to do so.

* Incidentally I saw in his house an identical copy of a piece of Lou Rusconi art for Last House on the Left that is hanging on my own wall. His is probably signed too.

** I accidentally wrote that as "poopular" at first haha

[Nice Guy Eddie]

On 12/13/2018 at 12:09 AM, Curt McGirt said:

So, here's this. You can press play, I won't. The art still fucks with me to this day.

Also! Showtime is showing The Godfathers of Hardcore about Agnostic Front and a GG Allin documentary this week and next. I just caught the end of the former and it was sad as fuck due to the topic of Roger Miret having had a heart attack. The GG doc was I think gonna be released as The Allins and concerns his mom and his brother Merle; should be interesting. 

I had Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I got check this doc out and the Godfathers of Hardcore.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

On 12/10/2018 at 5:49 PM, Dolfan in NYC said:

Next month you'll have something to warm your soul as we enter the dead of winter.

 

 

This looks hilarious. The trailer gets funnier each time. I don't feel sorry for anyone that would go to the type of festival Fyre was supposed to be. Dumpster Fyre would have been an apt title.