In The Name of Willie Clancy « Arbutus Yarns
A really nice short film about the Willie Clancy Summer School. It makes me want to get back to Miltown Malbay this July.
Tags: documentary
The Creeping Garden
I, for one, welcome our slime mould overlords.
The slime mould is being used to explore biological-inspired design, emergence theory, unconventional computing and robot controllers, much of which borders on the world of science fiction.
James Burke Classic : The Famous Rocket Takeoff Scene - YouTube
This remains one of the greatest pieces of documentary footage ever filmed.
Beautiful People - home
A documentary about the weekly session in Dempsey’s pub in Manhattan.
YouTube - The Loving Trap
Pitch-perfect parody of Adam Curtis’s particular style of documentary guff.
YouTube - BBC Horizon (1964) with Arthur C. Clarke (Part 1 of 2)
Past predictions of the future.
1991 - The Year Punk Broke
The classic documentary is online in its entirety, including some footage from a gig I was at: Sonic Youth supported by Nirvana at Sir Henry’s in Cork. Ah, nostalgia!
The next film: Urbanized by Gary Hustwit
Soon the trilogy will be complete: a documentary on urban planning sounds like the perfect way for Gary Hustwit to follow up Helvetica and Objectified.
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century (A documentary) — Kickstarter
Here's a Kickstarter project worth supporting: fund a documentary on crafting typefaces.
Us Now - Home
A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | Official Movie Site | Picturehouse
The next Spellbound-style documentary is all about Donkey Kong. "A middle school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul battle for the Guinness world record on the arcade classic, Donkey Kong."