161–170 of 245 posts
The Secret Life Of Waves. It made me think differently about life, the universe and the nature of complex systems. I also found The Brain with David Eagleman a series that gave me revelations about all sorts of things.
You’d probably enjoy David Eagleman’s book Incognito and also maybe his quirky book of short stories Sum.
The Atomic Cafe (1982) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/
At Sea (2007) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1829648/
The Vietnam War (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877514/
Lessons of Darkness (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104706/
Tim's Vermeer (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/
Weiner (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278596/
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935156/
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379357/
The Art of Japanese Life (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7002974/
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493420/
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4299972/
Restrepo is a 2010 American documentary film about the Afghanistan war. The 2nd Platoon is depicted defending the outpost (OP) named after a platoon medic who was killed earlier in the campaign. The huge success of this film and what separates it from the hundreds of other war pictures is that Junger puts us right in the middle of the action without any political agenda. He simply decides to film these groups of sold…
The sister film is Armadillo (2010) [0] which follows a group of Danish soldiers from pre-deployment shenanigans, to the FOB in Afghanistan, IED attacks, possible war crimes (found to be baseless), and then the return home. To me, the most striking scenes were the ones where the Danish and UK soldiers would play FPS games, don very high tech gear, bounce about in armour, etc. and then contrast that to the rusty, bent…
The Vietnam War: A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick I watch it on Netflix. It is an even handed look of the war from both sides. It was so good. Be prepared to get angry and to cry.
The Vietnam War: A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick I watch it on Netflix. It is an even handed look of the war from both sides. It was so good. Be prepared to get angry and to cry.
Restrepo is a 2010 American documentary film about the Afghanistan war. The 2nd Platoon is depicted defending the outpost (OP) named after a platoon medic who was killed earlier in the campaign. The huge success of this film and what separates it from the hundreds of other war pictures is that Junger puts us right in the middle of the action without any political agenda. He simply decides to film these groups of sold…
Happy People (2010). Focuses on isolated communities living in remote areas of Siberia and their way of life. Also: Chef's Table Wild Wild Country Tickled Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiFo-osFHwQ
Brilliant documentary about the life of Shane McConkey and his progression from skiing, BASE jumping and ski wingsuiting.
I really loved 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi', showing how much care and effort he puts into making it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/