He makes a good argument that it was the USSR that won WWII and not the USA. I don't agree with it but he brings up some interesting points.
I think he got that right. USSR withstood the siege and in the end it was a race to the heart of Berlin. His love of anticapitalism shows in how his version of history is distorted. The USA sucks, the USSR actually won the Cold War. USSR had society right. Stalin was brutal but doing the right things. Etc. He continuously tries to make the case that the USA always was a Progressive society and there was a vast right wing conspiracy holding us back. That the govt. was hijacked by the right even with how FDR replaced Wallace with Truman as VP. Anyone with a clue should see through this BS. The nation was founded on principles of Liberty, small federal govt., and states were the seat of power. For the first half of our history, elections were about constitutional questions and issues. The progressive ERA didn't begin until 1890 for crying out loud.
Oliver Stone believes JFK is a docu-drama. Want a terrible "documentary" that has been debunked? Try Fahrenheit 911. What a joke that movie was. "Now watch this drive"
I have not seen hoop dreams therefore all of my basketball fandom is just programming as I am a cold an emotionless robot who often falls asleep while making love. beep boop.
You haven't missed much. It's somewhat interesting, but it's oversold as being great. Here, watch this 1985 HBO documentary about my close middle school friend Roger Stillwell, a 6 foot 7 Chicago Bears starter who died a slow death from a game injury, and NFL all-star Jim Otto, whose leg was amputated in 2007. http://vimeo.com/4683642
This is Spinal Tap, Best in show On a serious note, I usually only watch sports related ones, so Hoop Dreams, Baseball and Olympia are all great
fat, sick and nearly dead (about juicing) is good. After Porn Ends: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/After_Porn_Ends/70242063?trkid=496624 and theres another one that shows how hookers live in Thailand, Mexico and India...pretty cool shit. The Mexican one is funny. forgot what its called but its on netflix.
I liked seeing what they are up to. I mean its not all artsy and shit. I hear Jiro Dreams of Sushi is pretty good, I have it on blue ray but haven't watched yet.
[video=youtube;sNlwh8vT2NU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlwh8vT2NU[/video] There is no recycling in Brazil, so people get paid to pick it out of the garbage.
Winnebego Man, Craigslist Joe, Into the Abyss, Grizzly Man, Exit through the gift shop... all excellent and on netflix streaming
Pulling John is a must see... doc on arm wrestling.. very good... also the Street Stops Here, doc on Hurley coaching at St. Anthony's.. pretty good
Tyson is pretty interesting if you can stand the guy. Jesus Camp is a bit disturbing. Roger & Me is pretty great, too.
I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember really liking Dark Days. In nothing else, the soundtrack is done by DJ Shadow.
