Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
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English filmmaker John Boorman, who directed Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968), embarks on a quest to understand the man who had such a profound effect on his own life and work.
boxing film, documentary film, Documentation
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Allowing first time filmed access inside the Plum Village Monastery in France, the film captures the life of the monastic community who have renounced their possessions to practice mindfulness. Captured in vérité style, the film allows viewers to observe rituals and meditations, alongside day-to-day activities of people in the sangha. The film also follows the monks and nuns embarking on a US speaking tour, where Thich Nhat Hanh is billed alongside famous cultural figures.
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The Fandom focuses on the furry fandom's early history and evolution as an internet community. The documentary features interviews from figures within the fandom, including Mark Merlino and Rod O'Riley (founders of ConFurence, the first furry convention), Joe Strike (author of Furry Nation, a book documenting the history of the fandom), and Samuel Conway, chairman of the Anthrocon convention. These interviews are interspersed with footage from past and current furry conventions.
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Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson's ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Filmmaker Howard Brookner follows the avant-garde theatre director as he confronts a hectic work schedule, funding difficulties and relentless international travel in attempt to complete his preparations. The film examines Wilson’s unique theatrical style during The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down, which involves the continual creation of evocative stage sets, owing to a unique juxtaposition of movement, sound, text and image.
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The film self-describes as a "Pop Concerto for Film" and is divided into seven themed sections or "movements" with a prelude and a coda. Pink Floyd – "Interstellar Overdrive" 1. Loss of the British Empire 2.
association football film, documentary film
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The film follows the Camp Fire and the aftermath, where towns struggle to rebuild and debate on what could have prevented the fires. It also explores the history of uncontrolled fires and causes, including climate change and corporations.
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Fake Documentary, LGBTQ-related film, Raunchy comedy
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The film combines footage from Arna Mer-Khamis's youth theatre and education activities in Jenin in the 1990s with footage and interviews from the Second Intifada. Of the ten former theater children, several would go on to play leading roles in the 2002 Battle of Jenin or otherwise participated in fighting. Two of the former theatre children, Yussef and Nidal, committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, murdering four civilians.
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In voiceover, director Yuqi Kang introduces freediving as an experience which awakens primitive physiological and psychological responses. The pressure of a descent causes blood to contract toward the organs and the heart rate to slow. Champion freediver states that her consciousness also contracts, feeling safe and content, and allowing her to examine her fears and emotional responses.
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The documentary opens with an introduction by Tilda Swinton, who gives a backstory about Björk's career and her intention with the Biophilia project, stating that the singer conceived the project wanting to redefine music in the 21st century. Images from the "Moon and "Mutual Core" music videos accompany her speech. After that, some frames focus on the Graduale Nobili who are singing the backing vocals to "Thunderbolt" on a cliff in front of the ocean in Iceland.
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Doug Wolens organized his interviews with the commentators (see list below) by this set of topics, related to the singularity. During each topic or subtopic several commentators provide their viewpoints, some with suggestions on how to get there, others with a skeptical opinion about when it will happen. Topic I.