In A Nutshell: Eric Steel train cameras on a notorious suicide spot on the Golden Gate Bridge, and leaves them running for the best part of a year. He captures the final moments of 23 'successful' jumpers, and interviews their relatives.
Why A Must-See? It's an unspeakably powerful and upsetting work, and clearly one which raises some incredibly weighty ethical dilemmas for the modern filmmaker. At times it does seem morbid, and there's much fuel for debate in the fact that Steel didn't tell his interviewees about his the footage of their relatives dying. You'll be talking this one over for weeks.
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geekstinkbic
Mar 3rd 2010, 11:12
what abouts Capturing the Friedmans, Grizzly Man, Spellbound, Paradise lost & Kasparov Vs The Machine?
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disappointed
Mar 3rd 2010, 12:20
Come on Total Film! Only 18? There are literally thousands of great documentaries out there, thousands! WHY CAN'T ALL THE DOCUMENTARIES EVER MADE BE ON THIS LIST! I'm disappointed.
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MarkPowell
Mar 3rd 2010, 13:48
@ disappointed - Haha, touché! @ geekstinkbic - All great shouts, but reckon Grizzly Man and Spellbound would've been seen by a lot of people already - there are a couple of 'bigger' titles on the list, but for the most part I wanted to nudge people toward some (hopefully) unseen stuff...
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trailerguy
Mar 3rd 2010, 14:39
Nice picks here TF, a few here for me to check out.
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Hadouken76
Mar 4th 2010, 22:48
what about DiG! the singer of jonestown massacre goin into career meltdown?
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minorityreport
Mar 5th 2010, 19:45
DiG! is amazing, but what about Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills?
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donnelly95
Mar 9th 2010, 20:38
zeitgeist???? where is zeitgeist?
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Bebhinn
Mar 20th 2010, 17:04
Really disappointed Dark Days isn't here. Its an amazing piece of work, but i guess it really went under the Radar...
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NinoGalluzzo
Jun 8th 2010, 8:08
What about Bennett Miller's "The Cruise" ???
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FBDJungle
Mar 18th 2012, 16:51
to see all the great cult documentaries and more check out http://www.documentaryjungle.com/
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FBDJungle
Mar 18th 2012, 16:51
to see all the great cult documentaries and more check out http://www.documentaryjungle.com/
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