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"When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces a shortlist for one of its Oscar categories, many critics immediately focus on what titles are missing. Religulous was snubbed! Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired was punished for having a “secret” qualifying run! The Academy’s rules for eligibility must be amended! Such reactions were seen all over the web last week as awards season pundits looked at the narrowed-down list of 15 Feature Documentary hopefuls and criticized the Academy for its omissions. But the better response (which is the one SpoutBlog had) is to primarily address and celebrate the included films, not just for being contenders for the Feature Documentary Oscar but also for being showcased in general. The wonderful thing about shortlists is that they expand further the idea that it’s great just to be nominated. For feature documentaries, particularly those without a lot of "
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"Now that we know, courtesy of Stu at Defamer, that Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant is not so much a remake as it is like a new entry into a franchise, a la the James Bond movies, we at SpoutBlog wonder what other ’90s indie favorites could be continued with similar yet “completely different” installments. I remember back in the day thinking that Clerks should be a franchise, each film focusing on a different crappy job experience, but now that Clerks II has come and gone, that idea will likely never be realized. Of course, the concept of sequels unrelated to the original aren’t new — just look at any sequel title substituting the number 2 (or II) with the word Too. But nevertheless, here’s a few suggestions for other crazy foreign auteurs to take into consideration: Kids - Looking back, Larry Clark’s then-shocking debut is pretty tame. Nowaday "
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"Anyone who hasn't seen this film ought to go out and rent it right now. It's definitely a flawed and biased documentary-type film, but he makes a good point: America IS the fattest nation on the planet. After seeing this film, you ought to rent yourself another documentary (less visually stimulating than this one) called "The Corporation". These two films will really get you thinking about the world we currently live in (and not in a good way). Sadly, though, I was a tad underwhelmed with this film - could have been better. "
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"Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden, follows a similar gimmick to his first film, Super Size Me: take a controversial topic, put yourself at risk exploring that topic, and make it funny. While not a perfect film, it does work on many levels, especially in humanizing average citizens of the Muslim countries Sprulock explores. The film also turns Mortal Combat style video game fight sequences into biting political satire. Read a full review of the film here. SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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""Super High Me" is from the maker of "Super Size Me" and involves his use of massive amounts of marijuana for 30 days, followed by 30 days of going cold turkey.From Alexis Hanawalt's blog:I'm editing a documentary called Super High Me. It's Supersize Me, but with pot. Doug Benson, who might be famous, spent 30 days sober as a saint, then spent 30 days smoking, eating and vaporizing medicinal marijuana non-stop. Our "b-stories" include the activists, dispensary owners, politicians and patients who comprise the medical marijuana movement. The situation in California is basically anarchy and chaos. Every jurisdiction is handling the "legality" of Prop. 215 in a different way. Some prosecute. Most ignore. Los Angeles has over 200 dispensaries now.I don't smoke pot. I never have. We have 600 high definition hours of people talking about pot. Pot heads. Talking. 600 hours. In HD!The finished film will be amazing. It might change th ... "
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"I was one of the many who enjoyed Morgan Spurlock’s debut feature documentary, Super Size Me, but mostly only because it came at the tail end of an anti-fast-food kick for me that began with Eric Schlosser’s 2001 book Fast Food Nation. By the time Spurlock showed up on the big screen with his silly McDonalds-only diet/experiment, I had already given up fast food two years prior, had lost 65 lbs. over the course of a summer (only partially as a result of not eating fast food, of course) and wasn’t exactly in need of convincing. But I was in the mood for some comedy, and Spurlock entertained as needed. Did he deserve the Oscar nomination? Not at all. This time around he’s even less of a pioneer. In fact, I think the Where is Osama Bin Laden? jokes were already dated when Super Size Me hit theaters. This isn’t to say that I think the search for the terrorist should be over, nor that I think we should shrug off the topic of Bin Laden and A "
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"Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden is the latest autobiographical odyssey by Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock. The film has a wry, snarky tone, so while Spurlock actually does tour the Middle East poking around for the world’s most wanted terrorist, the mission is understood to be secondary to the wider political comments the film attempts to make. If the mission to find Bin Laden is tongue-in-cheek, then what is the point of the very real dangers Spurlock subjects himself to? Comparisons to Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 are well deserved. Both rely heavily on darkly comic animated history lessons about the underbelly of American foreign policy. These segments are very entertaining, but also frustratingly simple. While it could be argued that Spurlock is intentionally over-simplifying complex histories in order to spoof the mainstream media’s penchant for cartoonish dichotomies, the animated segments instead prop up wid "
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"I was surprised by how interesting i found this movie, although documentaries have never failed to entertain ME, I know many people find them boring. This film... made me laugh, cry, and gag... what story line? You don’t need one. The facts speak for themselves- we’re eating ourselves to death. Its time we recognized it for what it is... and stopped. supersize me. "
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"well geez. i thought that i was the only person who thought fast food was just WRONG!!! finally something to show people that maybe chasing down your big mac with a super-sized fry and large coke isnt really such a good idea. i thought this movie was really informative, but i really had trouble watching it. not because it was uninteresting, but because it was just...eww. "
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"By Tricia Olszewski Finally, somebody’s thinking of the children. In Super Size Me, a critical look at our ever-expanding fast-food nation, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock learns that, in a culture in which little ones are more likely to recognize Ronald McDonald than Jesus, bad habits begin early. Advertisers, lazy parents, and even poor urban planners all have a hand in creating children’s positive associations with cheeseburgers and fries—greasy treats served in restaurants where toys and playgrounds take the place of Brussels sprouts and polite dinner conversation. This pervasive good-time feelin’, Spurlock suggests, is an obvious contributor to America’s obesity problem. So when talking to a nutrition expert about teaching the young to make healthy choices, he graciously shares his plan to protect his progeny from burger chains’ seductive forces: “That’s why, when I have kids, every time I drive by a fast-food restaurant, I’m g ... "
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