{"id":55019,"date":"2014-07-04T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T05:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/?p=55019"},"modified":"2014-07-04T22:07:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T05:07:19","slug":"july-4-2014-documentary-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/posts\/2014\/july-4-2014-documentary-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4, 2014 Documentary Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years now, my Fourth of July (Independence Day) tradition has been to watch intellectual and political documentaries (none of that sappy human interest stuff for this occasion!). Films I&#8217;ve re-watched in past years include <a href=\"http:\/\/fahrenheit911.com\/\"><i>Fahrenheit 9\/11<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outfoxed\"><i>Outfoxed<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religulous\">Bill Maher&#8217;s <i>Religulous<\/i><\/a>, and others. I started more serious and then ventured into more bizarre&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This year I&#8217;m keeping some brief notes as I watch the documentaries. Here we go!<\/p>\n<h2>Page One: Inside the New York Times<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwTMFXgf95c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>love the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a> stuff. one of the best documentaries I watched within the past year was all about this: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_Steal_Secrets:_The_Story_of_WikiLeaks\">We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>haha <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewrosssorkin.com\/\">Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/a> didn&#8217;t meet his deadline!<\/li>\n<li>I feel a sort of knee-jerk love for <i>The Times<\/i>, but the discussion about how they botched the pre-Iraq War (under George W Bush) coverage was a disaster. I forgot about the whole Judith Miller mess&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/c\/david_carr\/index.html\">David Carr<\/a> worked in Minneapolis! (and hit rock bottom there..)<\/li>\n<li>I love how much this documentary is making me think about media and journalism. I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/katrina-vanden-heuvel\">Katrina vanden Heuvel<\/a> (edior of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/\"><i>The Nation<\/i><\/a>, but I also love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gawker.com\">Gawker<\/a>, which she hates. I can see both sides!<\/li>\n<li>I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propublica.org\/\">ProPublica<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I love the dark humor and cynicism of journalists. some of my favorite parts of this documentary are the casual conversations happening in the news room.<\/li>\n<li>the whole thing about Zell taking over the creating a frat culture within the leadership of the Tribune is very scary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall I loved this documentary! Makes me nostalgic for when I worked on my college newspaper. And made me realize how my current job is less and less about journalism.<\/p>\n<h2>The Central Park Five<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AehmA3hTLmA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My coworker Emeri recommended this one to me! We have extremely similar tastes in documentaries<\/li>\n<li>I think this is my first Ken Burns experience<\/li>\n<li>The 80s version of New York introduced in the beginning of the film feels so different from the New York I&#8217;ve visited. It&#8217;s easy for me to forget it hasn&#8217;t always been this way.<\/li>\n<li>Too many times do I see this story of police intimidating and interrogating people in order to put together the story they want.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t help but wonder if the police are aware of these kids&#8217; innocence&#8230; I&#8217;m pretty sure they are completely convinced they are guilty, which makes me even more depressed.<\/li>\n<li>Grrrrr Donald Trump!! What an asshole!<\/li>\n<li>Grrrrr Pat Buchanan!!<\/li>\n<li>Whoo Al Sharpton!<\/li>\n<li>The troubles the guys have after getting out of prison make me so frustrated. I can&#8217;t say I blame the guy who goes into the drug dealing business. it&#8217;s the only job that won&#8217;t discriminate against him.<\/li>\n<li>I love the scathing reflection by the historian toward the end.<\/li>\n<li>Though at the end of the film the civil case by the innocent men against the city, i&#8217;m glad to say that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/central-park-5-41m-settlement-approved-controller-stringer-article-1.1845939\">City Controller Scott Stringer approved a $41 million settlement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQHm-mbsCwk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m going into this without any idea of what it is. I was thinking I wanted some sort of academic documentary so I just searched for Foucault on YouTube&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Btw: Although I&#8217;m pretty familiar with his philosophies, the only books I&#8217;ve read by Foucault are from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_History_of_Sexuality\"><i>History of Sexuality<\/i> series<\/a> (The Will to Knowledge, The Use of Pleasure, The Care of the Self)<\/li>\n<li>I would say that after Zizek, I consider Foucault to be the most influential philosopher on me.<\/li>\n<li>Foucault&#8217;s fiend who wrote the short story &#8220;The Secrets of a Man&#8221; possibly about Foucault: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herv%C3%A9_Guibert\">Herv\u00e9 Guibert<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/40548488?uid=3739960&#038;uid=2129&#038;uid=2&#038;uid=70&#038;uid=4&#038;uid=3739256&#038;sid=21104420892343\">there is an article on JSTOR about this Guibert story and Foucault<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve always loved the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=ship+of+fools&#038;FORM=HDRSC2\">Ship of Fools<\/a> imagery as well.<\/li>\n<li>Hahahaha <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camile_Paglia\">Camile Paglia<\/a> is not a fan!!! I&#8217;m not sure what it says about me, but I love both her and Foucault and somehow see a way to synthesize their ideas<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve also heard theories\/rumors that Foucault intentionally caught HIV\/AIDS in order to experience\/study what it was like to have it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>American Experience: Silicon Valley<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pQqpVaB4Gxg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Curious to watch something about the tech field&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s cool to think of business driving such innovation in science. It doesn&#8217;t feel that way as much now. More about profits&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Whoa I did not expect a connection to the space race. I love it!<\/li>\n<li>Wow! Because women had better dexterity (they thought because of needlework), most of the chip-assemblers were women!<\/li>\n<li>Ahhh I forgot how it started: the military market&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Really cool to see how the whole start-up culture was created. These early silicon valley companies really shaped the industry. They remind me of Microsoft today in many ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>20 Years Of Kompakt &#8211; The Pop Documentary<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPzZLkBujWQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love the Kompakt record label (based in Cologne, Germany). I download pretty much every single the label releases.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, this is basically a promo for the label!<\/li>\n<li>I wish for the music video part they matched the video with the song rather than just showing the visuals<\/li>\n<li>Happy 20th Birthday Kompakt!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My favorite Kompakt release is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_6\"><i>Total 6<\/i><\/a>. I love the songs &#8220;The Difference it Makes&#8221; by The MFA, &#8220;Tell Me About It&#8221; by Superpitcher, and &#8220;Action&#8221; by The Field. My favorite Kompakt artist is The Field.<\/p>\n<h2>Project Nim<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxQap9AAPOs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I always wish we could communicate with animals and have them tell us what they are thinking!!<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It was the seventies&#8230;&#8221; !! yes!<\/li>\n<li>&#8230; wow. they are pretty weird&#8230; <\/li>\n<li>Oh my this is less about a scientific experiement and more about human drama!<\/li>\n<li>The chimp takes puffs off a joint?!<\/li>\n<li>If Nim is as human as these scientists think, the poor guy must have major parental issues.<\/li>\n<li>You probably shouldn&#8217;t watch this if seeing animals in pain disturbs you. I can barely make it&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Like for example, the chimps who knew how to sign&#8230; once they were locked in cages for medical experiments, they signed &#8220;out&#8221; \ud83d\ude41 <\/li>\n<li>Very much reminds me of <i>Black Fish<\/i> &#8212; we drive these poor animals insane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that concludes my 2014 documentary marathon! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years now, my Fourth of July (Independence Day) tradition has been to watch intellectual and political documentaries (none of that sappy human interest stuff for this occasion!). Films I&#8217;ve re-watched in past years include Fahrenheit 9\/11, Outfoxed, Bill Maher&#8217;s Religulous, and others. I started more serious and then ventured into more bizarre&#8230; This year &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/posts\/2014\/july-4-2014-documentary-marathon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 4, 2014 Documentary Marathon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55024,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55019\/revisions\/55024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}