Ever since making “Prince of Peace – God of War” I have developed a major respect for those who can skillfully make documentary films. I’ll be honest with you, even though I’ve always enjoyed documentaries, I quite frankly thought it looked easy to do. I WAS WRONG. Telling a narrative where no narrative exists is a major challenge, and those who do it well should be admired.
Anyway, the eligibility list has just been narrowed down to 15 (which will later be narrowed down even more). Here is the list:
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Please Vote for Me
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
The Price of Sugar
Autism: The Musical
Taxi to the Dark Side
Nanking
Lake of Fire
Sicko
For the Bible Tells Me So
War/Dance
Body of War
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
The Rape of Europa
There are a couple on that list that I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing yet (I’m dying to see Lake of Fire), but my favorite one would have to be Body of War, Sicko, The Price of Sugar… but if I got to pick the winner it would be No End In Sight I think. Anyway, great crop of films this year.
I Know!!! We were totally ROBBED! :P
WTF? No Prince of Peace God of War???? You was robbed!
POPGOW! POPGOW!
It knocks me sick that Sicko even makes it into this list, the film is a joke.
Michael moore is a liar and a fantasist.
His films a crude, one sided and extremely manipulative.
So many people are easily mislead by mr valiant-truth-bringer.
For our international friends, moore paints the picture of a perfect NHS as an example to the world, when in fact its in deep trouble, mired in scandel and incompetence and chews up billions of pounds of tax payers money.
The same can be said for many NHS type schemes in the EU.
Moore is a suposed world-wsieman, laughing behind his hand at all you gawping suckers who fall for his bullshit, while he pigs out on maccy D’s.
Hes a fat obnoxious loser who likes to paint a picture of despair, when infact the picture he paints is but a pixel in the grand multimegapixels that the world is.
Fall for his rubbish and your a stupid as the Bush he often portrays in his so called documentaries
No End in Sight was AWESOME. It’ll be down to that film and Sicko to win the vote in liberal Hollywood. They sure love Moore, but they love bashing the war even more. Damn, the Oscar pool this year is gonna be a coin toss…
as long as sikko doesn’t win. p.s. John have you seen that documentary about michael moore yet? I heard an interview with the producer and the stuff he does just sounds appalling.
Yeah, ‘The King of Kong: a fistful of quarters’; i’m dying to see that.
I heard that one about Donkey Kong was a lock to be nominated. King of Kong or something.
The Oscars suck in my opinion…..I still watch the show though i just can’t help it lol.
No “An American Opera” either. Disappointing.
sorry, I was reading this wrong. I thought this was an “of all time” list.
John, no Ken Burns stuff?