STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
PROS –
1) A documentary on the 2018 excavation of the Sinauli burial site.
CONS –
1) While the discovery of chariots, swords, and other artifacts is of great importance for history enthusiasts, the documentary got nothing significant for the common viewer.
2) The documentary left too many questions unanswered.
QUOTE –
“sinauli hamare sonay ki chidiya ka ek pankh hai”
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
PROS –
1) Out of the 3 documentaries, Subrata Roy’s story is most fascinating.
2) Common theme: The thin line between scam and business. While Subrata Roy and Vijay Mallya were self-obsessed megalomaniac whose arrogance got the better of them, Nirav Modi was a 100% conman.
CONS –
1) No groundbreaking investigative journalism or revelations. All this information is already available on various YouTube channels.
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STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
PROS –
1) An all-out, no holds barred analysis of the rise of one of the most talked about psychologists/thinkers of our time. The documentary includes his fans as well as his fierce critics.
2) Jordan Peterson is now possibly one of the greatest champions of right-wingers. There were many like him before however, he’s certainly the most scrutinized thanks to the internet-era.
CONS –
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QUOTE –
The best story isn’t in the realm of identity politics. It isn’t, well, the Left has the best story or the Right has the best story. It’s that that whole level of analysis isn’t the right story. And the story that I’m telling people is that their lives matter more than they think, more than they want them to even and that their ethical decisions determine the direction of the world. And what I’ve increasingly realized is something like the best story will win. I hope that what I’m doing is telling the best story and I think if it doesn’t win, then something that is really not good wins instead and that’s–I’m not comfortable with that as an alternative outcome.
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) Rise and fall of Britney Spears. And most importantly the conservatorship of the pop-star.
2) Nothing groundbreaking in this documentary but must give credit to The New York Times for raising an important issue.
CONS –
1) There are shorts available on YouTube about Britney Spears better than this documentary.
QUOTE –
OMG, my goodness, ew, Strong Britney!
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) The film explores the rise of social media and the damage it has caused to society, focusing on its exploitation of its users for financial gain.
2) The docudrama highlights the unfair advantage of the cabal of silicon valley social media platforms run by an army of techies with the help of AI against a human brain not meant to perceive or tackle this onslaught.
CONS –
1) Liberal cry-babies last attempt to influence the 2020 US Presidential Election. They still can’t get over the fact the Hillary was a weak candidate against Trump in the 2016 Election. The third act of the documentary is using classic scare tactics to potential voters conclusively implying that Russia extensively used Facebook to influence the 2016 Election.
QUOTE –
“Social media isn’t a tool that’s just waiting to be used. It has its own goals, and it has its own means of pursuing them by using your psychology against you.”
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) Peter Bogdanovich gave a fitting tribute to a genius actor of physical comedy and a forgotten pioneer of cinema. The first part of the documentary provide his complete personal biography while the later half highlights some his best works in the 1920s.
2) Watching this documentary makes us realise how influential Buster Keaton’s work is not just in the history of cinema but cartoon too.
CONS –
N/A
QUOTE –
“Johnny Knoxville: It’s amazing how timeless he is and that type of physical comedy will never be unfunny. It was funny then, it’s funny now, and it’ll be funny in a 100 years. And how many film-makers can you say that about.”
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) A well-made nature documentary chronicling the journey of an elephant herd across the vast Kalahari Desert.
2) Elephant crossing the Zambezi River.
CONS –
N/A
QUOTE –
“And it’s true that elephants never forget.”
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) Behind the scene of a gargantuan size election across the nation. The sheer amount of hard work by the election commission, poll-officials, security officials to execute true democracy is extraordinary.
2) Modi filing nominations in Varanasi.
3) Following the campaign trail. From the old penniless Congress flag-bearer in Amethi to Pappu Ki Adi in Varanasi.
CONS –
N/A
QUOTE –
N/A
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1
PROS –
1) A monumental scientific experiment of nature vs nurture. The real answers can be given only either by Peter B. Neubauer or the sealed records in Yale University after 2065.
2) This is some scary The Boys from Brazil (1978) stuff.
CONS –
N/A
QUOTE –
Natasha Josefowitz: People don’t like to hear, they say, “I have free will.” We would prefer that we have some influence over our lives. Wouldn’t you rather know that’? That you have some control over this and so finding out, never mind, doesn’t matter what you do. So, I think it’s upsetting to people to see how little influence they have, how little control they have. We don’t like that, we fight that.
STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0
PROS –
1) John McAfee is as important figure in silicon valley as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. The documentary provides great insight into the bizarre private life of this eccentric-genius-millionaire.
CONS –
1) A documentary too good to be 100% true. While the life of John McAfee is indeed full of upheavals, the claims made by people against him in this documentary sounds too dubious and biased. The entire plot sounds like a shoddy Hollywood story.
QUOTE –
“I’m sort of the god of computer security”
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