Art & Copy

I've been MIA.  You may have noticed.  My apologies.

If you have access to this blog, then advertising is about as familiar to you as your best friend.  It is business, but it is human.  It is manipulative, but it is helpful.  It's capitalism, but it's art.

This documentary?  It's good.




Netflix. 

Tyson

If you are alive, you probably know who Mike Tyson is, at least superficially.  You know he put a tattoo on his face. (He wanted it to be hearts)  You know he bit off another boxer's ear during a fight. (His frustrations were more justified than you probably think)  And you know he can knock out Zach Galifinakis (not really a surprise, all things considered)  Now, don't take this the wrong way, but to be fair, you probably don't have a well founded perspective on Mike.  This documentary will help with that.  It will also help with making you uncomfortable if you're watching it with your mother but that's something you're on your own with:

Preview:

Cocaine Cowboys

The two main characters in this film I don't think you'd suspect of being some of the biggest cocaine enablers in Florida, and perhaps this country's history.  More like middle to upper management in a name-brand company.  Of course you also wouldn't expect the most dangerous person in America to be a woman, but it was.

This wasn't the highest production value, and the music just reinforces that fact, but it certainly is worth watching and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  In the late 70s, early 80s, Miami was the most dangerous town in America because of the drug wars that were happening and one particular woman.  At the same time the schematics that were being used to not get caught were very near genius.

Of the following pics, one of these guys evaded the police by running into a swamp, another was one of the biggest hitmen in the USA's history, another used to bury money in his backyard cause there was nowhere else to put it.  Oh, and another was a woman.

Reviews?  Preview?  Netflix.

Very Young Girls

Uh...don't google search the title of this movie... This film is about the prostitution operations in NYC.  It's something that doesn't really strike as 'real' before seeing it.  I lived within an hour of where this stuff was going on for 6 years and it's just shocking.  This film is just raw.  There isn't high level of production, it's just some cameras and one of the rougher stories I've seen.  I apologize for the kind of trend that's been occurring over the last bit, maybe I'll find something pleasant for next week.  A "King of Kong" type or something.

Reviews?  Preview? 

Touch The Sound

This documentary I've watched a few times, and the music at the end I still reflect on.  Legally deaf Evelyn Glennie is a masterful percussionist who earns a living in a spectrum she by traditional measures can't even discern.  This is a slow-play in my opinion, but slow-plays are my preference so...

The preview? The reviews? Netflix

The Bridge

This film documents one of the most famous bridges over the span of a year.  The Golden Gate bridge is not only the most popular places to jump from in America, but in the world.  People have been known to fly there from all over the world simply to jump.  At 245 feet from the water the impact occurs at 76 mph.

This film certainly is a bit macabre, but it isn't just a sequence of watching people fall for four seconds at a time.  They explore the individuals that jump, their past, their friends and family, and their life.

Reviews?  Preview?  Netflix.

I Have Never Forgotten You

If I was any less manly I would have probably cried like an average man during this film.  There really isn't anything else to say I don't think.  This man, Simon, in a very real way gave his life to serving justice when everyone around him had already bored of it's pursuit.  His life to me was beautiful in a rare and spectacular way.

Reviews?  Here at Netflix.

Stranded: I've come from a plane that crashed in the mountains

This film is one of the most impactful I've ever seen.  With one of the worst titles.  The individuals stories are so compelling to me.  I can't explain it.

The reviews?  The preview?  Netflix.

The Road to Guantanamo

This film isn't what I'd call shocking.  I think we as humans are past the point of being shocked, but it is sad, and if you have lived the ideal life of only seeing war from the comfort of your couch, well...this will continue that fortune I suppose.  It certainly is one sided, but if you live in the majority of places on Earth, then chances are you've already heard the other side and I expect that side has worlds more bs in it than this side does.

If foul language offends you, you should watch this anyways.

The reviews?  The preview?  On Netflix.

Food, Inc.

First off: don't watch this.  It will ruin you.  Second: as an eating human, you have to watch this.  Third: whatever you do, don't watch this while eating.

I think this is well done, I have no reason to question the accuracy of it, besides my being skeptical, but even if it is a little off one way or the other I think it's worth a watch, and personally I think it's worth a second watch.

The preview?  The reviews?  Right here at Netflix.

The Protagonist

Clearly this blog has fallen apart. But let's be serious. There's only so much I can do. And due to my life condition I even cancelled my Netflix account for a while. That's serious. Anyways, I've started watching again and it's been superb. I watched "Man on Wire" the other day to kick off 2010. That guy has to be the most focused person I've ever seen on film.

I also watched this documentary recently,

I watch docs to expand my mind and see other's perspectives.  This does that.  It's honest.  It's flawed.  It's full of regret and bad decisions, but it is real.

Oh, and it's a bit weird.  There's these puppets or something, I don't know what they are but, anyways, it might be worth your time.  All depends on what your time is worth.