Weird and Obscure Documentaries Suggestion Thread

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Munchin' on Some Grindage

Munchin' on Some Grindage

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With the passing of Ace Frehley, I decided to watch Kiss Loves You, a 2004 documentary about Kiss fans in the 1990s. It follows some tribute bands as well as an Ace Frehley crazed superfan.

They just don't make weird and random documentaries like this anymore. Documentaries from the 1990s and 2000s had a real charm to them and I'm always looking for more.

I'll start with a few off the top of my head.

2011's Shut Up Little Man chronicled the story of two guys who recorded their neighbors arguing and sold the tapes in the late 80s.

2003's Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock n' Roll which followed the famous outsider artist.

2010's Winnebago Man about the man behind the famous early viral videos
 
"'War crimes' are defined by the winners. I'm a winner. So I can make my own definition."

The Act of Killing directed by Joshua Oppenheimer.
In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. Shaking audiences at the 2012 Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and winning an Audience Award at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, The Act of Killing is an unprecedented film that, according to The Los Angeles Times, "could well change how you view the documentary form."
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Vice conducted an interview with the filmmakers here.Werner Herzog and Errol Morris talk about "The Act of Killing"
 
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"The Revolution That Wasn't" a documentary on the rise and fall of the National Bolshevik Party in Russia.
Kinda low quality version with English subtitles:
No subtitles but slightly higher quality version:

"605 Adults 304 Children" short documentary on Jonestown, mainly composed of spliced together footage taken by the cultists before they died. Extremely humanizing of the hundreds of people that died there.

"Baghdad Bound: The Devil Dog Diaries" a Nat Geo reporter embedded within a platoon of Marines during the Invasion of Iraq in 2003. HIlarity ensued.
 
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Munchin' on Some Grindage said:
2003's Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock n' Roll which followed the famous outsider artist.
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I was in highschool then, one of my friends was only cared about four things. Wesley Wills, GWAR, Spider Man, and the Browns. His parents were totally pieces of shit, I expect he probably killed him self when we were in our 20's, I've never been able to track him down. :/
 
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Will Work for Views: The Lo-Fi Life of Weird Paul (2017): the story of a surprisingly lovable youtuber
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Been meaning to watch this one. I found Weird Paul years ago and his content is always great. The dude films all his videos on an old analog camera and edits on a 15 year old mac laptop.
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I Think We're Alone Now (2008 ): This one has it all, folks. Two men who are obsessed with 80s one-hit wonder Tiffany, and one of them is a troon.
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Fuck, I forgot about that one. Man, that one guy where they allude that the government fried his brains and now he chases Tiffany.
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Jefftowne - about a guy with Down Syndrome who likes to get drunk, bang whores, and sexually harass girls at the mall. Made by Troma, the guys responsible for Toxic Avenger.
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I came across this one on a random night back in the day. Isn't he obsessed with wrestling? If memory serves me correctly he goes to a WCW show.
 

Who is Yahweh - How a Warrior-Storm God became the God of the Israelites and World Monotheism​

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How did a warrior-storm god become Yahweh, the god of world Abrahamic monotheism? By tracing the earliest history of Yahweh ("The One Exists") to his origins in the area around Mt Seir to his immigration during the Bronze Age Collapse to the Judea Highlands around Shiloh, this episode explores the early history of the Israelite God. How did Yahweh and his Yahwism transform in theater of Canaanite religion - dominated by El, Ba'al, Asherah, Anat and other myth figures? What aspects of local religion did the Yahwists assimilate, reject and contend over in that process? This episode explore the early history of Yahweh and the rise of Yahweh henotheism/monolatry and primitive monotheism.
 
Wonderful thread idea. Wish it were more active.

Munchin' on Some Grindage said:
2011's Shut Up Little Man chronicled the story of two guys who recorded their neighbors arguing and sold the tapes in the late 80s.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N4z0Syy3zyU
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Watched this on your recommendation and thoroughly enjoyed it. Going pre-Internet viral with cassette tapes was something I could not have conceived of prior to watching the doc. I also didn't expect the production value to be so high for something so silly.

Adding a rec for Corey Feldman vs. the World (2025). It is a doc about the current-ish goings on of the former child star. If you've seen his "music career", you already know the flavor of what this doc contains. It is simultaneously disturbing, sad, funny, and bizarre. You really want to root for the guy, yet he is a loon living in his own fantasy world and thus hurting everyone around him. An uncomfortable and strange experience.
 
Few of the ones I've played on kiwifarms movie nights over the years.

How's Your News?
A Documentary chronicling the travels of a team of reporters and crew across America in a hand painted RV. Each of the reporters have a disability ranging from Down's Syndrome to spastic cerebal palsy and their own style for gathering news. The basic approach is "man on the street" reporting and the interactions are sometimes hysterical, sometimes confusing but always honest.
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The Contestant
A Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing.
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Tell Them You Love Me
A professor has a relationship with a nonverbal man who has cerebral palsy. Their affair leads to a criminal trial over disability and consent. The film shows interviews and footage that present both perspectives.
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The Queen of Versailles
A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.
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and finally

The Goddess Bunny​

A doc about the freak below
 
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