 last-iconOC
Male, 13-17, Southern US
 152 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:36:26 PM
the Behind Bars one is no longer available :\ |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:47:23 PM
Show me a documentarian that doesn't "leave a lot on the floor" and I'll show you a documentarian nobody has ever heard of. |
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:15:30 PM
vv Well, fair enough point Crakr, I'll concede you that one. I guess I was saying that they have very different motives, but I suppose their techniques have similarities. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:39:54 AM
davymid: The two are comparable because of their 'creative' editing. Moore's is more egregious and slanted, But Theroux still leaves a lot of relevant footage on the cutting room floor as Moore does. |
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madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:28:49 AM
Dead people cannot be king of anything. |
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 MEZA
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
333 Posts
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:59:59 AM
Hunter Thompson is king fer sure! His helps angels stuff was rad. |
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 TheSharpest
Male, 18-29, S. America
1774 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:22:56 PM
This guy has got BALLS. |
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 pixiechick81
Female, 30-39, Canada
837 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:47:52 PM
Just watched behind bars and it was pretty good. Maybe I'll check out the survivalist one next. Thanks IAB  |
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 LandoGriffin
Male, 30-39, Western US
4263 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:53:32 PM
Hunter S. Thompson is the king of gonzo journalism.
Guys, guys, guys, Hunter S. Thompson WAS the king of Gonzo Journalism, but now he is dead, so he is no longer the king. |
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 patchouly
Male, 40-49, Canada
2956 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:34:36 PM
Hunter S. Thompson certainly was known up here. I think it's more of an age thing then a location thing. |
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 Ron_Burgundy
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
340 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:05:58 PM
Theroux is great but Hunter S. Thompson is the king of gonzo journalism. |
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 LemonTarte
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1451 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:44:24 PM
oops *time
how embarassing |
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 GroupW
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
48 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:28:53 PM
Gonzo- Hunter S. Thompson, might not be well know outside of U.S. and Fiji. |
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 jamesrs
Male, 18-29, Europe
86 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:57:33 PM
theroux is awsome!!! he showspeople both sides of the arguement, is impartial so lets the public decide and helps some of the close minded people he interviews to see the wrong in there arguement, without provoking an agresive response :) |
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 TR-Wolf
Male, 18-29, Europe
1565 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:19:15 PM
What the hell is "Gonzo" journalism? |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:58:13 PM
UFO Hunters was way too funny |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:37:28 PM
ok |
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 Luv2Snowbord
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
20 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:32:20 PM
meh |
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 madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2854 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:17:49 PM
I love Louis Theroux- he is always polite to his subjects, lets them be what they are, and allows the viewer to decide. It shows how even odd people are fairly normal, and the truly vile can also be nice- no two dimensional cut outs. |
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davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:10:57 PM
Theroux is not much better than Michale Moore, Sometimes worse.
Nah, they're different fish. Moore (openly admitted from a staunch liberal here) has a clear political agenda from the outset. Theroux does his particular brand of investigative journalism into what most of us perceive as the weirdest, kookiest fringes of society and tries to give an insight as to what makes those people tick. I don't think you can really compare the two... |
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LemonTarte
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1451 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:54:59 PM
I used to watch his stuff all the type. Though now I hope he moves on to more hard-hitting stuff. He's a brilliant journalist. |
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 greggpethers
Male, 18-29, Europe
272 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:24:53 PM
He is brilliant.
any progressive minded americans who want a great journey in to how the rest of the world (sometimes wrongly) veiws america... look no further than this guy.
he is cool, collected, often funny, but always engaging and incisive. really really worth a watch.
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 Mr_Sir
Male, 18-29, Southern US
581 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:09:00 PM
Never heard of this guy but after watching 5 or 6 of these clips I gotta say I'm impressed. BUT... to call someone "the king of Gonzo journalism" who's not Hunter S. Thompson seems strange to me. It's like calling a tiger "the king of the jungle."
I would like to see some Louis Theroux on DVD though, just to catch a whole documentary or two. Anybody know if they exist? |
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 MrsPoods
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
549 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:07:32 PM
I can't find any of his full-length features on Netflix. |
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MrsPoods
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
549 Posts
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:07:00 PM
I love documentaries but rarely do I find ones that ask the questions I want to see answered, especially concerning topics I find the most intriguing. Theroux covers interesting subjects and asks the interviewees what I wanna hear. Even if he doesn't get a straight answer, we get a response. |
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