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u/frankpavich · 1354 pointsr/Documentaries

Hey guys,

I made this film. Please consider supporting it instead of searching out and sharing what are obviously illegal download links. Thanks to any of you who saw it in the theater. And for those who missed it, the North American Blu Ray / DVD / digital release happens next week (July 8). http://www.amazon.com/Jodorowskys-Dune-Blu-ray-Alejandro-Jodorowsky/dp/B00J5LXMTG/

Little films like this need real love & support. Piracy truly will prevent them from being made and all we'll be stuck with is a multiplex with the same $200m Marvel film on every screen. That would be a sad world indeed. So please support personal & independent films like this one. It really means a lot and it's very important in the long run for our culture a whole.

Thanks.


EDIT July 6, 2014:

Thanks for all the comments & discussion but I'm going to have to bow out of here.

I'm glad that anyone who has watched the film has enjoyed it so much. True support is always appreciated & preferred. All I meant to ask is that you think of the creators of the films & music that gets illegally downloaded and/or shared. It's not our fault that many of you think that an entire overhaul of the distribution model is in order. You may be right and you may be wrong. But fact is that it currently is what it is, and piracy does hurt. But you already know that. I was just here to hopefully put a face to the issue.

I'll leave it at that and again, thanks so much for the stimulating conversation. For the most part, it's been great.

Best always,
Frank

u/DoodleVnTaintschtain · 6 pointsr/Documentaries

My reccomendation would be The History of Science. Everything is available on YouTube in decent quality.

As a matter of overview, I would suggest Bill Bryson's a A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's a book, which requires reading, but there's an awesome illustrated version that's a good time. The book is as accessible as they come, and it's entertainingly written.

I would also suggest Cosmos, since you seem to be focused more on space. Both the original and the remake are available on Netflix. The original is my favorite, beucase Carl Sagan, but the remake is also a solid show, and probably more what you're looking for. There's also Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, and a Stephen Hawking on the universe series which you might like. Pretty much everything is available on YouTube, just search "<show name>, long, hd".

u/UNDERSCORE_WHAT · 843 pointsr/Documentaries

I got about 25 minutes into the video; I'm not wasting more time. If you want to know serious data about the dangers of central planning of the monetary system, there are vastly better sources that talk in real, economics, and not lofty, sensationalist terms.

The International Role of the Dollar: Theory and Prospect by Paul krugman

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell

The Creature from Jekyll Island by Griffin

Milton Friedman's Free to Choose videos

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My main objections in the first 25 minutes of this "documentary" are:

1) They're not correctly defining or using the terms currency or money and not identifying their economic role. Money is not the center of an economy, it is the lubrication that permits economics to happen. Economics is the analysis of how scarce resources that have alternative uses are allocated by people (by markets).

Money doesn't create those allocations, money enables those allocations.

Even in an economic system without money, there would still be allocations of scarce resources that have alternative uses by people; whether that is choosing to use your time to cut down a tree for your neighbor in exchange for beef or choosing to use your time to mow a lawn for your mother in exchange for a smile and a thank you; your time is a scarce resource and you're choosing how to allocate it with zero money being involved.

Money is any medium of exchange and is created as a store of one's labor.

You receive a dollar in exchange for X minutes of your labor. That piece of paper stores those X minutes of your labor and you can use it in exchange for something you value.

So anyway - this video does a shitty job identifying what money is at the outset... I don't think it'll get better.

2) The banking system, monetary policy, and politicians making a killing off of those systems has not been hidden from anyone. As they admit, almost in a very quick juxtaposition with their incorrect statement, the bankers, academics, and politicians are very open about their systems.

The problem is that people are just happy with their lives and are safer than they've ever been throughout history.

3) A complete misunderstanding of what "interest" is and what fractional reserve banking is.

Interest is the cost of lending money... it is the price tag on a product just like on the coat or iPod you buy. The baker isn't going to give you all his bread for free; why should a bank give you money for free?

Fractional reserve banking can be done responsibly. Much like the interest rate, it should be done at the rate set by free markets. A fractional reserve rate of 90% almost completely guarantees that when you withdraw, you will always be able to withdraw all of your money. In exchange, banks will give you vastly lower of an interest rate than at a 10% fractional reserve rate because it is higher risk and lower reward for the bank.

Anyway - like so many other documentaries out there about extremely complex matters, this one is just trying to sell a product like every other good capitalist out there. They need to catch your attention and get you to talk about it to others to make money - so of course they're going to play to the 8th grade education market.

u/Snizzlefry · 3 pointsr/Documentaries

Edit 3 - That’s the 24 hours everyone, thanks for watching.

This film is my new true-crime documentary available on iTunes and Amazon. I decided I wanted to share with r/documentaries for free for 24 hours. You all have introduced me to some great docs over the past couple years, so I thought "hey why not give back some".

Here is the trailer...Please do me a favor and rate/review it on IMDB, Amazon, or iTunes. For more info on the film. Please let me know what you think good or bad. Thanks -Alan

Edit in case you missed the password in the title it’s: r/documentaries

Edit 2: So far about 300 people have watched but only 3 new ratings. I know time is tight but please rate or review on IMDB, Amazon, iTunes, or Facebook. Thanks!!

u/D_J_Ileum · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

I would recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Mismatch-Lifestyle-Diseases-Peter-Gluckman/dp/0199228388/ref=nodl_

Also if you just keep up with the literature as much as possible, like by setting up a pubcrawler account and typing in key words to do with diabetes, you’ll get new studies sent to your inbox each week. You’ll want to start with review studies first though, so you can go to pubmed or your university library and search for the best match review articles that reflect the current state of things. And you can also download the international diabetes federation report each year for free, which summarises everything, at their website.

I did my PhD at the Liggins Institute in Auckland, NZ. Just moved to California to continue my research. But the Liggins is a good place to look into for doing diabetes research.

u/jamesbritt · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

This is a great doc. Born and raised in NYC, remember those years quite well. Exciting and fun and scary as shit all at once.

A related book on that time in NYC is Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Goes-Buildings-Fire-Changed/dp/0374533547/

Really good.

u/DirectlyDisturbed · 46 pointsr/Documentaries

Great documentary but I also highly recommend the book

It's phenomenally well-written and a brilliant read

u/banderdragon · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

A total and self-contained trilogy about the world(s) of Myst was written. It is a fully fleshed out story and you do not have to have played the games to enjoy it. Its a pretty simple read and will not take much brain power, but i enjoy it, and if you're here, you may as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1401307817&pd_rd_r=95P02ADYDYPVJ5HVMEMD&pd_rd_w=bEAlr&pd_rd_wg=sOZ5d&psc=1&refRID=95P02ADYDYPVJ5HVMEMD

u/Dear_Prudence_ · 5 pointsr/Documentaries

No it's not. I took great interest in it a few years ago. Within 10 years, there will be face recognition, and body analyzation software that will be able to tell how you feel, or what you're about to do before you do it.

Did you know that globally across the world, there are specific facial gestures that represent emotion? This instinctively tells us that these are born with these. It's inherent, not taught/learned.

I definitely think the doc posted here is amplified in bullshitness for viewing, but it's no pseudo science.

Check out this book on amazon if you're interested.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Definitive-Book-Body-Language/dp/0553804723

and this one by former FBI agent Joe Navarro

https://www.google.com/search?q=fbi+agent+body+language+book&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

After reading the book and apply principles, it's no psuedo science. I took great interest is just watching people in every day situations as well as experiences with me included.

u/jackson71 · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

There have been several books written by officers on the Liberty that survived. The one by James Ennes is the best IMHO: https://www.amazon.com/Assault-Liberty-James-Ennes-Jr/dp/0972311602

u/Seeda_Boo · 6 pointsr/Documentaries

> I sort of wish Ken Burns would do a documentary on Vietnam. A lot of the feature length stuff about it just seems over dramatized.

Have you seen Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War or Vietnam: A Television History?

Both are extensive examinations and outstanding in their depth and breadth. Vietnam: A Television History also has a super thorough companion book called Vietnam: A History written by journalist/historian Stanley Karnow. It's perhaps the best single-volume history of the Vietnam war.

u/Heinskitz_Velvet · 6 pointsr/Documentaries

Well the easy answer is when they ran articles suggesting that Saddam had or was very close to getting WMDs, or that AQ had connections to Iraq which helped Bush drive the US into the Iraq War. If you've read Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman, they focus on the NYT and show a clear bias towards their corporate sponsors, as well as with the military industrial complex. The things you see and more importantly the things you don't see, are bought and paid for in all major news publications.

There's actually a wiki article about NYT controversies.

u/Neon-Knight · 1 pointr/Documentaries

Hmm, perhaps what is needed is a Netflix mini-series?

Seriously, it would be an awesome watch.

This guy was the original Indiana Jones before all his famous exploits during WWI. He also came up with the idea of the PT boat after the war.

I also highly recommend another excellent book, Lawrence in Arabia, an excellent companion to the Korda book and Seven Pillars of course.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499

I wish you the best of luck deprogramming yourself from a truly nightmarish ideological prison.

u/silver_pear · 3 pointsr/Documentaries

Or his book Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman. It too is a fantastic read and truly allows you to appreciate the man for not only his fantastic knowledge, but also for the humour he brought to life.

u/thrwy321d · 3 pointsr/Documentaries

I think he gets the extreme importance of king corn.

When i read his book "The omnivores dilema",

http://www.amazon.com/The-Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History/dp/0143038583http://www.amazon.com/The-Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History/dp/0143038583


he spends a LOT of time going over corn's gigantic use levels in his books. from the difference between field corn and sweet corn to its use in tremendous amount of products and fast food to its use in additives. And then he also delves into feedlots and the massive corn use there.

he's very aware of the massive use of it currently.

you are right in that he seems stymied by what to do about that fact (If one considers current huge corn usage levels to be a "problem")

edit: It looks like that book is a little older though, so I might be assuming he still holds the same opinions that he did when he wrote that in 2007. He could possibly be more strident about things now and Im just not aware of his updated position.

u/00BeardedTerror · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

I read a pretty interesting book about Lawrence called "Lawrence In Arabia" by Scott Anderson. It offers an interesting view of the man.
https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Arabia-Deceit-Imperial-Making/dp/0307476413

u/tatumc · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

If you have never read his book, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, I highly recommend it. It is one of the most entertaining and informative books I have ever read.

u/DudefaceMcGee · 43 pointsr/Documentaries

If you get the chance, I'd also recommend picking up the graphic novel My Friend Dhamer and giving that a read. Supposedly the author who created it actually went to high school with Dahmer before he became a full blown serial killer.

u/Bizkitgto · 1 pointr/Documentaries

Well done. This video seems to be based on the book Code by Charles Petzold, if you were interested in this video I highly recommend you read this book!

u/kaylee-anderson · 1 pointr/Documentaries

Get the book CODE by Charles Petzold. It's a super easy read, and by the time you're done with it you'll understand how CPUs work.

u/Taj_Mahole · 21 pointsr/Documentaries

If you like this then you'll really like a book by Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, highly recommended. Anything by Bryson, really.

u/Giant_Robot_Birdhead · 1 pointr/Documentaries

Worth mentioning that the book goes into a lot more detail, especially with the history of the church and all of Mr. Hubbard's misadventures. Hubbard was a fascinating guy, flawed and fucked up, but he definitely makes for an interesting read.

Amazon link

u/Blarfk · 2 pointsr/Documentaries

This has been mentioned by myself and others in this thread, but Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson is a wonderful account not just of Lawrence, but the whole ordeal -

https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Arabia-Deceit-Imperial-Making/dp/0307476413

It uses journal entries, correspondence, and interviews to go into what Lawrence was thinking at different points during the conflict, and it's so engrossing that it almost reads like fiction.

u/hashamtoor · 7 pointsr/Documentaries

Read Ahmed Rashid's "Taliban" and "Descent Into Chaos". He's the guy in the picture for reference. One of the few people in the world who have actually interviewed Mullah Omar (the founder of the Taliban) as well as many other ranking officers within the command structure, without a doubt he's the foremost authority on the subject. Yet he writes in such a simple and direct manner about the facts and figures as they evolved, without any of the propaganda or politics.

If I had to synthesize my undergrad in Pol Sci into a handful of books, these two would be at the top of the list. Truly an eye opener into this issue

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u/mindoculus · 6 pointsr/Documentaries

It's not common knowledge. More liek common lies. The 'source' you cite is hardly one. It appears to be a compilation of rumors and what 'some analysts believe'. Basically meaningless.

A good source to start with with is Ahmed Rashid, who wrote the definitive account about the origins of the Taliban called ... well, "Taliban". In his travels during the 1990s through Afhanistan he bumped into a certain hothead from Saudi Arabia with lots of money to throw around. Rashid is a Pakistani reporter who was on the ground, and appears to have attended the earliest meetings with these militants, that eventually led to the creation of the Taliban. Before that though, he was in and out of the Afghan war zone and clearly remembered seeing Osama Bin Laden before he became the world's bogeyman.

Rashid wrote - not too surprisingly - that everyone knew the source of the money that was putting weapons into the hands of these fighters. Everyone, of course, included Osama. Rashid went on to say that Osama was greatly offended by the idea that foreign western entities were paying for the defense of a Muslim homeland. In Osama's mind, there was no honor in fighting against one infidel (USSR) with the materials and funds provided by other infidels (US, Europe, et al). In addition, Osama had money. He was rich. He didn't need western handouts. Rashid goes into great detail about these visits and proves the lie that the US or any other foreign country provided any direct assistance to the creation of Al Qaeda.

Edit: The book - http://www.amazon.com/Taliban-Militant-Fundamentalism-Central-Edition/dp/0300163681

u/DMitri221 · 8 pointsr/Documentaries

http://www.amazon.com/Taliban-Militant-Fundamentalism-Central-Edition/dp/0300163681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396212194&sr=8-1

I haven't read it, but I trust the author, because I've read his more recent books.

It focuses more on Al-Qaeda, but Lawrence Wright's 'The Looming Tower', is usually the first book I suggest to people looking to learn more about the broader subject. My Trip to Al-Qaeda is a documentary that covers a little bit about the book, which I highly suggest reading.

Other authors I read about the Middle East:

Robert Fisk

Ahmed Rashid

Rashid Khalidi

Steve Coll

George Packer

Peter Bergen

Thomas Ricks

Dexter Filkins

Jeremy Scahill

u/bcostlow · 9 pointsr/Documentaries

Highly recommend this as a very approachable "for-the-layperson" history of TE and the region during the same era that Seven Pillars covers. https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Arabia-Deceit-Imperial-Making/dp/0307476413

u/hazwoper · 1 pointr/Documentaries

Part of the reason he couldn't explain what he did, and part of the reason he was deemed not insane in his verdict, was because he was a severe alcoholic. Had been since high school. He didn't remember most of what he did. It's almost a literal Jekyll and Hyde situation. Being drunk was the only way that he could commit the crimes, because when he was sober he knew what he had done was bad as opposed to a Ted Bundy or Jon Gacy who believed they had done nothing wrong. He is one of the few that had genuine remorse and, I think, knew how much of a monster he was and truly hated himself for it.

There's a FANTASTIC comic about this called My Friend Dahmer by an amazing comic artist who happened to go to high school with Dahmer and was his friend for a period. Really interesting, drawn well in an interesting style but very sad and, obviously, creepy.

u/Trousers_McQuean · 1 pointr/Documentaries

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u/tsibla · 38 pointsr/Documentaries

Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky.

Read the book or watch the documentary

u/gustoreddit51 · 1909 pointsr/Documentaries

In a nutshell, the classic steering mechanism for public opinion used to be Manufacturing Consent (Chomsky) or Engineering Consent (Bernays) which generates propaganda to achieve more of a public consensus whereas Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation looks at the shift from that to neutralizing the pubilc into inaction by polarizing them with conflicting information or misinformation (patently false information) so that NO consensus can be reached. Both achieve the same goal of allowing the power elite to carry out the policies they wish while reducing the influence of an ostensibly democratic public which, in conjunction with more and more police state-like authoritarian measures making them more compliant, can no longer tell what is truth and what is misinformation. The public descends into arguing amongst themselves as opposed to those in power.

Edit. I would highjly recommend watching Adam Curtis' famous documentary The Century of the Self which looks at Edward Bernays (Sigmund Freud's nephew) and the origins of the consumer society, public relations and propaganda.