Fantastic short doc aimed at showing the breadth and depth of Getty’s Hulton Archive. The challenge for this director has been “how can you show photographs that don’t exist?” Watch the short below and witness the amazing solution to this challenge.
Youtube: 5 stars (137 reviews) / 7 minutes
Directed by: Laurie Hill
I was browsing through Youtube’s documentary movie list and started watching “We Are Wizards” which I had never heard about before. It’s a cute and honest film about the fan culture surrounding the Harry Potter universe. “Wizard rock” is one part of that culture, rock music with Potter-themed lyrics. Perhaps not the most innovative music, [...]
7 long years. That’s how much time Andrew Wiles spent fighting a mathematical problem to which no one knew if there existed a solution. The film is a beautiful, little gem about human endurance represented by a very modest man. Who knew mathematics could be this exciting?
The doc is not available on DVD anywhere, but [...]
“The White Diamond” depicts the trials of airship builder Graham Dorrington. While learning about airships, the jungle and Dorrington’s dark past, we get to see some gorgeous images. It’s so hard not to fall in love with Werner Herzog’s voice. German is strong language, full of precision and authenticity and Herzog’s accent carries those qualities. [...]
A violently honest shortdoc featuring home video footage taken by the director’s late father, a man who had a few things to hide. Although the editing is very rough and has a distinct “home made” feel to it, the effect of the film is nonetheless haunting.
IMDB (awaiting 5 votes) / Official site
Directed by: Marina Lutz
Short doc winner of CPH:DOX 2009. “Three Pilots” is a beautiful doc about flying and the people who enjoy it. Visually the film is quite poetic, but it didn’t really get to me.
7 mins.
Directed by: Philip Leaman
Can be seen January 6th in Denmark! More info on DOX:BIO.
“Into Eternity” is like no other documentary you have ever seen. It’s a film that questions how we see the world and offers a peak into the far, far future. If “2001″ were a documentary, this would be it.
When I saw the trailer and read [...]
I spotted this short doc over at The Documentary Blog. Simply put, it’s about baseball card collecting, something I don’t know the faintest thing about. It’s not a good introduction to somebody like me, but at least the format is original. Filmmaker Nozkowski has presented everything as first person P.O.V. Didn’t really work for me, [...]
Roger Ebert has posted his list of the 10 best dox of of 2009.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Beaches of Agnes
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