June 2008
The Archives
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06.24.08Trailer: Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot Jay C | News, Trailers | (0)The Beastie Boys Adam Yauch makes the plunge into the non-fiction feature film world with 'Gunnin' For That #1 Spot'. After successfully pulling off his elaborate 50 camera, fan filmed 'Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!' concert film, Yauch decides to follow 8 high school basketball players as they attempt to go pro. The trailer is made up mostly of actual basketball footage, in which Yauck seems to take a hint from skateboarding videos, utilizing fisheye lenses and floating, off axis camera work. It seems as though all of that history with Spike Jonze has been an influence on Yauch's shooting ...
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06.24.08The Documentary Blog on Facebook Jay C | In House, News | (0)Just wanted to let you all know that I've finally joined Facebook and have set up a page for The Documentary Blog. I'm still not totally sure what I'm doing or what I can really gain by having a Facebook page for the site, but it's there! So feel free to search it out and join!
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06.22.08DocBlog Quick Reviews: Heavy Metal in Baghdad, Law and Order, Protagonist Jay C | News, Quick Reviews | (2)Here's an idea I've mentioned before, but never really got around to trying out. I'm starting to realize that I haven't been able to get as many reviews up on the site as I'd like, so I've decided to try a regular post of docs I've watched recently, with some simple blurbs about my thoughts on the film. Hopefully this will help those people who visit the site looking for non-fiction recommendations, and it will help me be a little more consistent in my reviewing. I'll probably still catagories these shorter reviews alongside the longer ones, making them individually available ...
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06.22.08Review – Heavy Metal in Baghdad Jay C | Reviews | (1)Heavy Metal in Baghdad Directed by: Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti 2007 Fans of vbs.tv’s ‘Vice Guide to Travel’ and its guerrilla-style journalism won’t be disappointed by ‘Heavy Metal in Baghdad’. Directors Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti follow up on a story previously published in Vice Magazine (read the original article 'No War For Heavy Metal' here.) about Iraq’s only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda, resulting in a film that’s a visceral, eye opening look at civilian life in an American invaded, post-Sadam Iraq. As is the case with the Vice travel guides, Heavey Metal in Baghdad is as much about the journey of ...
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06.22.08Review – Law and Order Jay C | Reviews | (0)Law and Order Directed by: Frederick Wiseman 1969 I’ve just recently discovered that Frederick Wiseman’s Zipporah Films has been quickly rolling out his filmography on DVD since winter of 2007, so I’ve finally had the chance to sit down and watch one of his films! Law and Order is a gritty look at law enforcement in the late 1960’s that's right up my alley. (Did I actually just use the phrase 'right up my alley'?) As a fan of the television show Cops, I immediately gravitated to this film and what I imagine is one of the first verite looks at the every-day ...
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06.22.08Review – Protagonist Jay C | Reviews | (0)Protagonist Directed by: Jessica Yu 2007 Jessica Yu’s ‘Protagonist’ incorporates just as much whimsical fancy and artistry as her feature length debut, ‘In the Realms of the Unreal’, a film that looked at the literary work of an outsider genious and how he incorporated elements of his life into his stories. Protagonist takes the opposite approach, applying the literary conventions of the anti-hero, as inspired by Greek drama, to four real life subjects; a German terrorist, a bank robber, a kung fu enthusiast and a gay evangelical minister. Reminscent of Errol Morris’ ‘Fast, Cheap and Out of Control’, these seemingly unrelated ...
