something like documentary

List creator: charfair Created on: July 9, 2008 - 8:49 PM PDT Description: personal, experimental, and beautiful films that (i think) smartly challenge the conventions of documentary

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2007)			Not Rated
this may be my favorite film, like, ever
	Burden of Dreams (Criterion Collection) (1982)
Werner Herzog is just as good (maybe better) in front of the camera as behind it
	Rize (2004)
heartbreakingly beautiful
	Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (1974)
A mutually torturous account by a filmmaker (Hara) who follows his broken heart, and ex-girlfriend, through their new sexual and communal relationships. A fascinating portrait of '60s Japan.
	Vernon, Florida (1981)			Not Rated
"I like the idea of making films about ostensibly nothing" -- Errol Morris
	The Ties That Binds: A Film of Su Friedrich (1984)
a portrait of her mother, this may be the best (certainly the most poetic) antiwar film i've seen
	Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)			Not Rated
	The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
	Dial History (1998)			Not Rated
	Johan Van der Keuken: Complete Collection, Vol. 3 (2008)
this includes Van der Keuken's magnum opus "Amsterdam Global City"
	The Ross McElwee Collection (Disc 1 of 5): Charleen, Backyard and Bonus Materials (1993)
I think Backyard is the most underrated McElwee film
	The Ross McElwee Collection (Disc 3 of 5): Time Indefinite (1993)
	La Jetee / Sans Soleil (Criterion Collection) (1982)
	Eyes Without a Face (Criterion Collection) (1960)
see "Blood of the Beasts" - included as an extra on this DVD
	Sherman's March (1986)
	The Odds of Recovery: A Film by Su Friedrich (2002)
	Parallel Lines (2003)
	Brother's Keeper (1992)
	Gates of Heaven (1978)			Not Rated
	Bright Leaves (2003)
	Sink or Swim: A Film of Su Friedrich (1990)
	The Fog of War (2003)
this was the first documentary i fell in love with. when i saw it, i watched it twice back-to-back, three times in the same weekend.
	Spectres of the Spectrum (1999)			Not Rated
	Blue Vinyl (2002)			Not Rated