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September 2009

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• 09.29.09
  A Sequel to Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired… from Brett Ratner? SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  With the shocking news of Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland this past weekend, a good deal of discussion surrounding the case inevitably leads back to Marina Zenovich's Emmy Award-winning documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The film shed light on the controversial story in a very clear and even-handed manner, but now some people are speculating that its negative portrayal of the L.A. prosecutors may have been what inspired them to strike back. While there is probably more to it than that, there's no getting around the fact that the documentary has now had an influence on the very story ...
• 09.29.09
  Watch It For Free: 10 Yards: The Fantasy Football Documentary SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  A couple of years ago, a guy named Josh Caldwell decided to ride all the way across America on a Segway, and the resulting journey was documented by his friend Hunter Weeks in a film called 10 MPH. Now they're back with a new project called 10 Yards, a documentary about... fantasy football? Inspired in part by some of the people they met on their last road trip, they decided to try and put together a history of one of America's most popular fall hobbies, and explore the strange subcultures that are a part of it. I have to admit, I ...
• 09.28.09
  Oliver Stone’s South of the Border Trailer SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  While Oliver Stone has been in the middle of production on Wall Street 2, his latest film had its U.S. premiere in New York City. It's a documentary called South of the Border, and it focuses on Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez... certainly an appropriate subject for the outspoken and controversial director to tackle. Chávez has often been viewed as a dictator and an enemy of democracy (and, perhaps by extension, an enemy of the United States), but Stone wasn't so sure this was the case. Stone himself traveled to Venezuela to meet Chávez, and also talked with leaders of several other ...
• 09.28.09
  The Complete Monterey Pop Festival Blu Ray 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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  I'll just come clean right off the top here and admit that this was my first time watching D.A. Pennebaker's Monterey Pop and although it's definitely a great film, it's probably my least favourite of the three big music festival documentaries to come out of the late sixties/early seventies. There's something about the grandiose cluster-fuck nature of Woodstock that appealed to me -- along with the split screens of course -- and Gimme Shelter's cynicism was the perfect end to the short lived era of 'Peace and Love'. I think the thing that drops Monterey Pop down a notch or ...
• 09.23.09
  Thanks to everyone for the heads up and thanks to Fast Company for recommending The Doc Blog in thei… Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  Thanks to everyone for the heads up and thanks to Fast Company for recommending The Doc Blog in their article! http://snipurl.com/s25h4
• 09.22.09
  We’ve been getting a lot of new followers in the past couple of days. Anyone know why?? Not that I’m… 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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  We've been getting a lot of new followers in the past couple of days. Anyone know why?? Not that I'm complaining. Hi new friends!

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