Documentaries
Posted by: mudwolf on 29 June 2009
I really enjoy learning and seeing these as much as a good movie. What are some of your favorites?
Last one was a documentary on artist Alice Neel, great stuff, you can see everything from old film clips and several different cameras used over the decades. Her grandson made it. He had a woman film the steady shots of the paintings and some really close details so you can see the great color and texture of the paint. She was a true radical of her time. The history and twisted biography of people is fascinating.
Posted on: 29 June 2009 by 555
Posted on: 29 June 2009 by Flame
My all time favorite is "The Blue Planet" a 4 disc DVD set by the BBC. Everything about the marine world.
A few days back I watched a documentary titled "Sharkwaters". Great! Focuses the light on the fact that sharks have become an endangered species because of fishing. Be sure to watch it.
Regards...
Posted on: 29 June 2009 by mudwolf
I think I saw the Shark doc on PBS. Last night I saw one on Cephlopods. Or Octopi? They're discovering more and more of them in SE Asia. Australia one with blue rings is really small and deadly. Found it easily by a pier...... Eke!
I picked up a DVD of Leonard Cohen's Live in London music but I"ve never seen much of him, and one on Picasso. I enjoy learning about historical people.
PBS has shown one twice on Sam Maloof who makes furniture east of LA. He just died recently. One of his rockers sold at an auction for about $250,000. He just walked away muttering "Nobody should pay that much for a chair". Delightful artist, very unassuming.
Posted on: 29 June 2009 by mudwolf
Also saw Elaine Stritch's one woman show on DVD. Talks about her life on Broadway and the craziness of it all, loneliness and why she was drinking too much. But at about 80 she's quite a gal and can really turn on the old school entertainment. Amazing stuff.
Posted on: 29 June 2009 by Adam Meredith
"The Ascent of Man: A Personal View" by J. Bronowski.
A treat to re-watch after all these years.
Posted on: 01 July 2009 by mudwolf
I remember that one Adam, long time ago and probably worth seeing again.
Posted on: 01 July 2009 by mudwolf
Last night I saw "The Mystery of Picasso" He draws with markers on paper and shows you his developments. He seemed to want to take them too far by obliterating smaller marks with big brush fill in strokes. Some were great tho. the last one was a seaside scene with lots of little things going on and he just keeps working it over and over. Just to show you that his talent is unlimited at this age.
Posted on: 28 July 2009 by mudwolf
Adam, I remember that Ascent of Man, Bronowski was brilliant. I'll have to look it up.
Last Saturday I watched Young @ Heart great film on old folks being young, singing rock and roll and having a good time and friendships.
Posted on: 28 July 2009 by Mark Gilbert
I can readily recommend the BBC series "Connections".
