 | The Up Series (Seven Up / 7 Plus Seven / 21 Up / 28 Up / 35 Up / 42 Up / 49 Up)
Buy new: $99.95 / Used from: $69.54 Absolutely mesmorizing. I am glad I discovered them in 2007, so I could watch them consecutively and not have to wait seven years!
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 | Deliver Us from Evil
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.00 Required viewing for persons like myself who work in a Catholic affiliated institution.
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 | The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $4.06 If you wish to revisit Vietnam again, take an introspective walk with the man who orchestrated much of the combat. Another gem from Erroll Morris.
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 | Grizzly Man
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $4.15 Horrifying, fascinating, bizarre. I can't compare this film to anything else I've ever seen.
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 | March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.49 delightful. an amazing feat of filmmaking.
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 | The Thin Blue Line
Buy used from: $4.95 Early Erroll Morris. A highly influential film that still draws the viewer into the mystery and alarming tale of injustice.
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 | Word Wars - Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Game Circuit
Buy used from: $4.46 I've recommended this one to many people-- all, regardless of tastes, really enjoyed it.
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 | When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $10.27 I highly recommend the first disc. The power of the presentation diminishes throught he latter half of the documentary.
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 | Metallica - Some Kind of Monster
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.14 I don't care for the band, but I was amazed by the access and the psychological interplay of the members.
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 | Hoop Dreams - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $14.49 completely absorbing. I remember thinkin it was the best movie the year I saw it ('94).
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 | Spellbound
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.01 Who would think a film about spelling could be so tansfixing!
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 | Lost in La Mancha
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $4.91 This is my very favorite film about filmmaking, chronicling the a Johnny Depp film, directed by Terry Gilliam that falls apart at every level. If you like HEARTS OF DARKNESS, you will love this one!
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 | Control Room
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.75 This film offers a very interesting perspective on Al Jazeera.
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 | The Nazis - A Warning from History
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $17.72 Terrific interviews. I was doing some research on Hitler for a class and found this invaluable.
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 | Harlan County, U.S.A. - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $28.76 Another tremendous film transfer by Criterion. I only watched this film recently, but it's a very visceral experience still.
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 | Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.00 I wasn't that eager to wander down memory lane. But guess, what? This was a Dylan I didn't really know. The archival footage and interviews are wonderful.
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 | The Weather Underground
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.50 Everyone I have shown this film to has been stunned. It came out the same year as Fog of War. If you would like so striking perspectives on Vietnam, try the two of them together.
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