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what are some other interesting 70's docs?

posted 14 years ago by bmoviebimbo
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i was a kid in the 70's, not really into documentaries. but i enjoyed this one...what else is out there?

[–] smerd_70 13 years ago

Harlan County USA
Errol Morris' Gates Of Heaven
Best Boy

I collect dead pigeons then I press them between the pages of a book.

[–] bhoover247 13 years ago

Favorite Documentaries:

1. Gates Of Heaven- 1978- Errol Morris
2. Salesman- 1968- Albert & David Maysles
3. The Civil War- 1990- Ken Burns
4. Brothers Keeper- 1992- Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
5. Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars-1973-D.A. Pennebaker
6. Human Remains- 1998- Jay Rosenblatt
7. Grey Gardens- 1975- Ellen Hovde & Albert Maysles
8. The Last Waltz- 1978- Martin Scorsese
9. Benjamin Smoke- 2000- Jem Cohen & Peter Sillen
10. The Thin Blue Line- 1998- Errol Morris
11.Speed Racer: Welcome To The World Of Vic Chesnutt-1994-Jem Cohen Peter Sillen
12. Dear Jessie- 1998- Tim Kirkman
13. Don't Look Back- 1967- D. A. Pennebaker
14. Harlan County U.S.A.- 1976- Barbra Kopple
15. New York Doll- 2005- Greg Demme

[–] SWLinPHX-2 12 years ago

"An American Family", the first reality TV show ever (it even pre-dates "Grey Gardens" by a couple years) chronicling the trials and tribulations of the Loud family. HBO also made a movie drama about this documentary too.

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[–] edesir-1 12 years ago

Paris is burning