EP Millstone wrote: ↑December 7th, 2022, 10:47 am
What type of documentary do you like?
I prefer documentaries about the arts: movies (e.g.,
The Celluloid Closet), actors (e.g.,
My Best Fiend), musicians (e.g.,
Gimme Shelter), artists (e.g.,
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story), writers (e.g.,
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table) as opposed to nature and science documentaries.
"The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table" is in the
American Masters series, and I enjoyed it very much. Frankly, I can't think of a single one of the programs in that series which I have not liked at least a little bit, and many of them are simply outstanding. Some of my faves in the series include the bios on: Miles Davis, Joseph Pulitzer, Lorraine Hansberry, Eero Saarinen, Dashiell Hammett, Tennessee Williams.
I think if I had to name my absolute favorite bio docs, I'd say
David McCullough: Painting with Words (2008), and
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story (2020).
I really enjoy nature docs, and anything David Attenborough does is wonderful.
His Life of Birds (1998) was fantastic.
I'm grateful for nature docs, to have the opportunity to see flora and fauna that I'll never see in person. Though I could go to many of the places I've seen in docs, I suspect that I'd not choose the proper location or correct time for viewing a snow leopard, and that would be painful. Most gorgeous cats on the planet, in my opinion.