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October 2008

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• 10.09.08
  Werner Herzog Honoured by IDA Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  Werner Herzog is set to receive athe International Documentary Association's 2008 'Career Achievement Honour' on December 5th. This is obviously great to hear, considering his massive non fiction filmography; most of which has challenged the conventions of documentary filmmaking. "Documentary filmmaking is called upon to find new answers...In these times of redefinition, it is a particular honor for me to receive the award." I'd love to hear his speech at this reception. Anyways, check out some clips from some classic Herzog docs below. Bells from the Deep Gods Angry Man Land of Silence and Darkness The Greate Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
• 10.01.08
  Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? DVD Review Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Director: Morgan Spurlock 2008 Seeing as I'm not much of a fan of Morgan Spurlock's 'Super Size Me', it's safe to say I went into this one with some heavy reservations. Having said that, for some reason I was really itching to see what it was all about. I remember early rumours spreading; could Spurlock actually have found Bin Laden? Of course not. (*SPOILER ALERT!*) It's apparent right from the first ten minutes of the film that his goal was never to actually try and find the most elusive and abhorrent terrorist mastermind in ...