In Reply to: The fifth spot nomination posted by Victor Khomenko on November 23, 2002 at 09:27:17:
Choosing the five best films is an impossible task... your original post proves this. But your challenge of leaving five great films in a time capsule is a simply wonderful idea, one I've never heard of before.In the interest of journalistic correctness I would have to leave five documentries:
1. Shoah (interviews with holocaust victims)
2. Through the Wire (story of US govt's inhumane treatment of female political prisoners - yes, we have some)
3. Olympia - The Olympic Games of Berlin 1936 (by Leni Riefenstahl)
4. The Wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl (just to balance the above)
5. Hoop Dreams (story of two basketball hopefuls)Bonus nominees: Microcosmos (the real "bugs life"), Theremin (the weird get weirder), Crumb (and even weirder again).
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Follow Ups
- Re: The fifth spot nomination - Dave 14:57:35 11/23/02 (4)
- Re: The fifth spot nomination - TA 02:34:58 11/24/02 (1)
- Agreed - we need a bigger capsule! (nt) - Dave 07:25:24 11/24/02 (0)
- Re: The fifth spot nomination - Victor Khomenko 15:36:42 11/23/02 (1)
- Shoah - Nine hour holocaust documentary by Claude Lanzmann (nt) - Dave 07:24:32 11/24/02 (0)