Film Discussion Lunch - Documentaries
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Do you like talking movies? Do you like eating lunch? Why not combine the two as our gathering of film buffs leads to free flowing conversations on movies of any and every type. For our Film Discussion brunches, we will be starting out with a designated topic decided at the previous lunch, whether a filmmaker, era, style or genre.
March is our first lunch at our new location, Mad River Bar and Grille (www.madriverchicago.com (http://www.madriverchicago.com/))! The topic – documentary films. We’ll be discussing the lines between truth and fiction the way many filmmakers blur that line. There are no shortage of great docs out there, so consider the suggestion list below just the tip of the iceberg.
Nanook of the North – Robert J. Flaherty (1922)
Man With the Movie Camera – Dziga Vertov (1929)
Night and Fog – Alain Resnais (1955)
The “Up” Series – Michael Apted (1964 – 2005)
Don’t Look Back – D.A. Pennebaker (1967)
Salesmen – Albert & David Maysles, Charlotte Zweri (1968)
Gimme Shelter – Albert & David Maysles, Charlotte Zweri (1970)
Woodstock – Michael Wadleigh (1970)
Land of Silence and Darkness – Werner Herzog (1971)
Juvenile Court – Frederick Wiseman (1973)
Harlan County U.S.A. – Barbara Kopple (1976)
God’s Country – Louis Malle (1985)
The Thin Blue Line – Errol Morris (1988)
Roger and Me – Michael Moore (1989)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse – Fax Bahr, others (1991)
The War Room - D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus (1993)
Crumb – Terry Zwigoff (1994)
Hoop Dreams – Steve James (1994)
When We Were Kings – Leon Gast (1996)
The Gleaners & I – Agnes Varda (2000)
Fog of War – Errol Morris (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans – Andrew Jarek (2003)
Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog (2005)
March of the Penguins – Luc Jaquet (2005)
Murderball – Henry Rubin & David Shapiro (2005)
An Inconvenient Truth – Davis Guggenheim (2006)
When the Levees Broke – Spike Lee (2006)
Boxing Gym – Frederick Wiseman (2010)
Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy (2010)
The Interrupters – Steve James (2011)
Film Discussion Lunch - Documentaries