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- DirectorLouie SchwartzbergStarsBrie LarsonAndrew WeilGiuliana FurciFantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.1. Trees are speaking to each other via the fungi network, to support each other and to know who needs more nutrition
2. The Stoned Ape Theory is introduced.
3. After watching it again (together with Lilly in Cornwall), the whole documentary does feel exaggerated. - DirectorJames MarshStarsPhilippe PetitJean François HeckelJean-Louis BlondeauA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".1. "If I die, what a beautiful death doing something I'm passionate about"
2. On the one hand, it's all a matter of muscle memory, but just like a pianist (probably more variables than a pianist can encounter), there are variables such as weather, tightness of the rope and etc, the wire walker needs to be flexible and the brain needs to create plasticity quickly upon in touch with the new environment
3. They send Philippe to do a Psychco Analysis?!
4.How does it feel to reach the peak of life when you still have many years left to live, and to live off that one moment forever after? - DirectorAdam CurtisStarsAdam CurtisDonald TrumpVladimir PutinAdam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.1. I watched it in my Greenwich flat, the grey two-seater sofa, the small Samsung TV - I was totally impressed by it
2. Need to watch it again soon! - DirectorJohn MaloofCharlie SiskelStarsVivian MaierJohn MaloofDaniel ArnaudA documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.1. My photography style was really influenced after watching this movie - I was looking for the sadness and the poverty. When Leo told me that I have a pair of eyes for love and happiness, I finally started to break away from her style and became true to my own character when I took pictures.
2. Does she want her photographs to be found and published? - DirectorDani CarlawFred HepburnStarsGeorge McGavinDr George McGavin examines the science of decay in a sealed environment, representing a typical kitchen and a garden, captured by time-lapse photography.1. Killer fungi grows within an ant and controls its brain to make it climb higher and only then the fungi kills the ant and start to grow.
2. CO2 locked inside tree even when it’s dead, the fungi initially couldn't decay it, the oxygen level shot up to 30% (currently 20%), then fungi evolved to decay woods so that the carbon can be released.
3. When a child see a dead animal, he can follow human instinct and think about "smell of death", or he can go against the initial reaction and find curiosity in the scientific process.
4. Slime mold: their ability to build efficient network - the Tokyo Subway!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUw0ukMeyQ&ab_channel=JinSantos - StarsMa Anand SheelaPhilip ToelkesJane StorkWhen Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.1. It did feel like a classic cult situation after a while and I couldn't finish watching it.
2.How on earth did Sheela manage to get legal immunity and turn around to commoditise her dark history? - StarsAbdur-Rahman MuhammadMuhammad A. AzizZak A. KondoActivist Abdur-Rahman Muhammad begins his own investigation into the perplexing details surrounding the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsDouglas KeayBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettIn this the first installment, we get a chance to meet some of the individuals who took on the responsibility of the 7 Up project, 21-years-ago - Tony, Bruce, Suzi, Nick and Peter.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldThis eye-opening episode uncovers human nature and the desire to survive and succeed in all its heart-breaking glory.Tony
1. Prep school kids miss the love and affection from the parents
2. "People are individuals, I am glad I found out the differences at an early age, so I can judge people on what they are rather than who they are."
3. Publicans and cab drivers are the top working class jobs.
4. Now Tony has the means, he wants to give his children the education and the holidays he couldn't have.
Bruce
1. He's aware himself that he's in a way against his upbringing.
2. "I have always on the side of authority, it's been an education learning that authority can be bad and can be corrupted."
3. The only socialist in the village - "General education is better for society, public schools are divisive"
Suzi
1. Having wet her toes in the real world, she decided to retreat to her safe and familiar upper/middle class environment
Nick
1. Growing up in the farm meant he excels in observation and perhaps lags in inter-personal skills.
2. A farm boy -> Oxford -> US: It's a more vibrant country than the UK, seems to be more going on.
Peter
1. "I turned up to lectures and wrote a few essays and you got a degree for it, it's a joke really."
2. He felt strongly about the divisive class system and didn't think there were fair opportunities.
3. "Teach them relevant things, get them to think for themselves" - DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedPaul AlmondStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorMichael AptedPaul AlmondStarsMichael AptedBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- StarsTony WalkerNicholas HitchonLynn JohnsonDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorClaire BelhassineStarsFerid BelhassineNaoufel BelhassineLotfi BouchnakAn amazing story of love and family, celebrity and music. A portrait of Hedi Jouini, the godfather of Tunisian music.
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
- DirectorGabin RivoireStarsLaurent GarnierAbd Al MalikEllen AlienA look into the life of Laurent Garnier, one of the godfathers of house music, from his emergence on the music scene in the 80's to now. The story of the last music revolution through the eyes of a pioneer.1. "On the dance floor, you almost can't be not political - the fact that everyone with different belief can come together is highly political!"
2. He doesn’t think DJ life is real life, he needs a normal life outside to have sanity.
3. "There's a certain type of sadness to the party world - these great pleasure can push you into your loneliness - but I like it - it's very weird"
4. New music are created when going completely opposite to what exist
5. How to translate how you feel into music (perhaps real time) can be the next revolution of music - DirectorViolet Du FengQing ZhaoStarsXin HuSimu WuHe YanxinThe story of two Chinese women trying to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.1. watched it with Wendy in Cruzon Brunswick Centre at an odd time
2. The English woman sat next to us was a pilates trainer and perhaps in her early 30s. She shared with us the societal pressure she's facing as a woman. She's finding refugee in this movie. - DirectorLiz GarbusStarsNina SimoneLisa Simone KellyRoger NupieA documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."