Documentaries Gifts

Poor vs Rich

The Bronze Age of Television

'If you're going to stare at that thing all day, at least watch something educational,,, like Japan,'

"What do you suppose Ken Burns will have to say about all this in 30 years?"

Obese Kids Documentary.

"A programme about television sets being manufactured in sweatshops - I'll watch something else."

"I hate these 'fly-on-the-wall' type documentaries...they're nothing like real life...!"

Directing a wildlife documentary.

'06 Graduation (The March of the Penguins).

Brexit through the gift shop.

A fly on the wall documentary.

'I'm sorry, but I'll have to eat you. . . they're filming a documentary.'

Goosestepping Nazi Geese

I just watched a documentary about the dangers of drinking and it petrified me. No more TV for me!

Fahrenheit 911.

'Welcome again to 'myth-busters'. . . We're just going to spend an hour blowing stuff up!'

"It's a documentary on how they make submarines."

'He was shown for 15 seconds on that National Geographic TV coverage last month...'

'We're doing a fly on the wall documentary.'

'Do you want to be informed, entertained or infotained?'

'Colin's attempts to convince friends that his 45' surround sound flatscreen TV was purely for nature documentaries was doomed to fail.'

"This evolution show is a crock! There's no way we evolved."

Diana Inquest - 'It's time to move on, and start making a TV mini-series of her life.'

The case against Mike Moore.

"OK Harold, no more Tiger King for you."

The Fevered Brow of Ken Burns

Cinéma Vérité

Did you see that documentary on prairie dogs last night?

A penguin's life is like endless summer camp, swimming and fishing all day every day!

With Mort and Sadie so torn over what to see next Saturday night they've ceased speaking. The parties have called in representatives. Mr. Park merely wishes to see a documentary that challenges the mind as well as the spirit. Whisper whisper whisper whisper. My client merely wishes to withhold nookie. Objection!

Why do you hate blockbuster movies? Why do you hate documentaries? I don't. I love spending two hours watching the very life I'm trying to escape. Oooh, fun, bittersweet insights into the complexities of living in modern life. Document this! My camera lens isn't wide enough.

A typical Monday. Zombie truck driving maniacs! South Pole penguin love! That's a stupid eco-friendly chick documentary! Insipid, mindless, violent, zombie crud! Negotiations commence, nearly a week before date night. Wimp! Blockbuster head!

I'm watching "Untold History of the United States" on Netflix. Is it true it was actually the Soviet Union that won World War II? … and is it true Japan was trying to surrender because the USSR had just entered the war against them, but we nuked them anyway just to show Russia who was boss? And is it true Truman single-handedly started the cold war and the arms race by reneging on deals Roosevelt and Churchill had struck with Stalin and then threatening to nuke the USSR? History's interesting no

No News Is Good News

On the set with Errol Morris