I watched The Human Experience tonight and I have to say it was a truly beautiful documentary. If the footage of the children in Peru in particular doesn’t move you, chances are you aren’t alive inside. Within the first 30 seconds of the documentary starting I could tell I was going to love it and I’ll go so far as to say it was life changing and powerful. If you endure corporate politics all day after a while you may really start questioning humanity. This film will help remind you what is incredibly important, the human experience.
From the homeless experience:
“You can’t say everyone is bad, we all have something happen to us. If you don’t have good family and friends to support you, then you’re in a lot of **** because it is family and friends and you know this is life.”
And then there is this brilliant clip from the movie:
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“Experience can be a generous teacher or a cruel teacher. But whatever experience we have, whether it is good or bad, we can always remember and learn something from it.”
“We can talk about ideas forever. But ideas are simply that, they are thoughts, abstractions. Until these ideas are rooted in reality, in the reality of my own life, my own experience, they can’t be tested. They can’t be proven true.”
I hope you can watch the movie, it is available on Netflix or for purchase on DVD here.
Just finished watching Exit Through the Gift Shop and loved it. Very interesting what happens when underground art is turned upside down. You learn toward the end of the film why it is titled what it is. The film features the famous street artists of the world:
The description of the film on the official site is: “This is the inside story of Street Art – a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world’s most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results. One of the most provocative films about art ever made, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fascinating study of low-level criminality, comradeship and incompetence. By turns shocking, hilarious and absurd, this is an enthralling modern-day fairytale… with bolt cutters.”
If you are into modern art it is definitely worth checking out. I found Mr. Brain Wash especially fascinating and am not quite sure what to make of him but I don’t seem to be alone. If you watch it let me know what you think in the comments section.
I just watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Netflix Instant tonight. That in itself is pretty incredible for a number of reasons. I’m crazy cheap but decided I was sick and tired of hearing all about how amazing Netflix is and not being able to experience it for myself. That and they came out with a new pricing model today so I decided to give it a try. All I have to say is I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Now I have to cut my cable bill or another cost because that is how I roll. Watching the documentary was also incredible for me because I’ve never been one to watch many movies. I want to do so many things in life, movies haven’t ever been much of a priority for me. Heck I’ve never seen Braveheart and lots of other great movies people tell me about which I’m sure I’d love, but I personally like to spend my time doing other things. If I do watch movies my absolute favorites are ones I’ll learn something from, so I absolutely love documentaries. Yes I also love my superhero and Sci-fi movies too so I know what you are thinking. OK so enough about Neflix and why I don’t watch movies and onto the movie review part of this post!
Fat, Stick and Nearly Dead was very educational, very inspiring, very low budget, and very enjoyable. I embedded the trailer above which doesn’t do it justice. It was so inspirational I paused the movie twice to juice some strawberries after the first 30 minutes and then a small bag of carrots about 20 minutes after that. I used to be into organic foods, juicing, exercise, and mental health but life just consumed me. This documentary was a great reminder to keep what is important in perspective. Christina didn’t drink much juice before she met me but I love juice (Odwalla in particular). Bob and Christina, kept thinking about you all throughout the movie (Bob because of his shakes). The movie was very life changing and what is most interesting is every ailment they were suffering from went away after only 60 days after drinking 100% juice for those days. They had skin rashes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, migraines, and they all went away. Now of course you can’t and probably shouldn’t only drink juice but as a supplement and cleanser it seems to work very well. Hope you get a chance to watch it and Bob and Christina (and of course Barbara) I want to have you over for dinner and a movie to show it to you some night. Very motivational!
This documentary looks great and they have Seth Godin in it so you know it will be great (Seth is brilliant).
About the documentary: “The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.”
Visit http://www.presspauseplay.com for more info, screening dates, and sneak peeks.
