Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by gday2020 » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC

bhedgeoser wrote: post #169

gday2020 wrote: post #76

Dominion: https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko It’s about the cruelty that happens in the animal industry. Minks, dogs, gooses, cows, pigs, horses, camels and a lot more. Watching that has changed my life quite a bit.

If this documentary changed your life, you might like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY0_5Sk5GYs

Could you elaborate on that? I don’t get it.

What animals do in the wild is vastly different from what we do to animals.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by joshuaheard » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC

"ILM - Industrial Light & Magic: Creating The Impossible". A documentary about how the special effects team behind Star Wars and other science fiction movies was created. It's basically the story of a start-up, a start-up that could be any Silicon Valley start-up, but because they were in the movie business, they filmed everything. This makes for a great documentary.

It's actually a series. It's in the Star Wars section of Disney+ if you go up there to watch Season 3 of "The Mandalorian".

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by andsoitis » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

My Octopus Teacher https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/harvard-panel...

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by moviewise » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

arnejenssen wrote: post #184

tatoalo wrote: post #12

I'm going to list just a few of the best I have seen so far: - The Last Dance [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/ ] - Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13651632/ ] - Indie Game: The Movie [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942884/ ] - The Staircase [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/ ] - Making a Murderer [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189670/ ] - Icarus [ https://www.im…

You can see Indie Game for free on Mailchimp.com https://mailchimp.com/presents/film/indie-game-the-movie/

Ed: “If you can’t get the work done, then the past two years are basically worth nothing … There were at least five times, a good five times, where I totally broke down and I just didn’t want to do it anymore … I was actually really worried that either Tommy or I would die in the process of making this.”

From:

https://moviewise.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/indie-game-the-mo...

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by moviewise » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:27 PM UTC

kbos87 wrote: post #153

I see a bunch of outdoor related docs here, I’ll throw a couple more favorites on the pile… - “The Alpinist” - The story of Marc Andre Leclerc, a young Canadian soloist ice climber - “This Mountain Life” - a series of short stories on alpine adventure mixed with some fantastic cinematography

Addicted to Life (Nuit de la Glisse) (2014) is a documentary written and directed by Thierry Donard about men around the world who seek extreme athletic challenges.

https://moviewise.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/addicted-to-life/

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by jongjong » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:27 PM UTC

"The Money Masters" (1996). It changed the way I see everything.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by zahma » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:27 PM UTC

Dr. Death by Errol Morris

Fog of War also by Errol Morris

The Barkley Marathons by Annika Iltis, Timothy James Kane

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by osynavets » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:29 PM UTC

Netflix's "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror". What I love about it is the self reflection on war in Afghanistan and Iraq, consequences of that, and why those might've been a mistake. Really recommend, it's only 5 one hour series

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by emvein » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:33 PM UTC

Einstein's Big Idea - E = mc2 - very inspiring and interesting documentary about MC2 formula and root of each element of equation. Even if you don't understand (like) physics this series explains Einstein and its discovery in cinematic way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROC8zSiw1x4

The Men Who Built America - pictured in the same way as documentary mentioned above. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

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Post by pkrotich » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:34 PM UTC

chrisbolt wrote: post #163

pkrotich wrote: post #94

"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Dreams_of_Sushi If you're a developer / engineer you'll admire the professionalism. And more importantly value proposition of your work.

And after watching that, I would recommend the Documentary Now! episode Juan Likes Rice and Chicken.

That was an hilarious parody! Thanks