Woodstock – the lost performances
Running time: 1 hour 8 mins.
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Sid and Nancy
Alex Cox’s feature film about Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, with Gary Oldman as a very convincing Sid.
Running time: 1 hour 48 mins.
The Boy With the Incredible Brain
Extraordinary documentary about Daniel Tammet whose mental arithmetic, linguistic and memory skills are such that he has recited Pi to 22,514 places. A feat which took 5 hours. To test him, he is to learn a new language in a week, for the film makers. Includes an interview with the real life person that was the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man.
Trivia: The celebrated Cambridge Psychologist, Simon Baron Cohen, who examines Daniel in this film, is a second cousin of ‘Borat’ (Sacha Baron Cohen).
Running time: 48 mins.
Iraq for Sale
A Robert Greenwald film about the role of outsourcing in the Iraq War. It also puts a human face on the contractors themselves who are not necessarily soldiers of fortune, but ordinary people such as truck drivers.
Tivia: Computer Sciences Corporation is an outsourcing company used in Iraq, who: flew the defoliation missions that are the centerpiece of Plan Colombia; constituted the core of the police force in Bosnia; protected Afghan president Hamid Karzai; managed the border posts between the US and Mexico and ran Airforce One. They have a website that is indistinguishable from a boring Silicon Valley enterprise software firm.
Running time: 1 hour 16 mins.
Andy Kauffman hosts the Midnight Special 1981
Running Time: 54 mins.
Jared Diamond – How Societies Fail-And Sometimes Succeed
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The Man with the ultimate Boston (?) accent, talks about his book, Collapse, at the Long Now Foundation.
(I just realized that I went to this lecture).
Running time: 1 hour 14 mins.
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Charlie Mingus in France, early 60s.
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Includes a great Clifford Jordan performance on Tenor Sax.
Running time: 34 mins.
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This Strange Eventful History. The Art of Burning Man
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Running time: 23 mins.
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The Best Soccer Goals in History
Annoying soundtrack, but some sublime footwork.
Running time: 1 hour 11 mins.
Abbie Hoffman – Steal This Movie
Dramatized biographical film of 60s radical, Abbie Hoffman
Running time: 1 hour 47 mins.
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