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Advantages: Great documentry must see.
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I've been a fan of Tupac Shakur for years, I would say I am a obsessive one. I own all of his albums and I've seen all of his movies. The new documentary, Tupac: Resurrection, answers just about every question anyone may have. So watch it There have been many unauthorized movies about the life of Tupac, a.k.a. 2Pac, but this is the first one officially commissioned by his mother, Afeni Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur, born Lesane Parish Crooks, was born ...
...In September of 1996, Tupac was leaving the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with Death Row Records label head Marion "Suge" Knight when they were the victims of a drive-by shooting. On September 13, 1996, he passed away at the age of 25, six days after the shooting. The movie is structured very much in the way that last year's The Kid Stays in the Picture was. They both overlap cutouts of the pictures of the subjects ...

UrbanChaos 26.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Tupac - Resurrection (DVD)

Heritage, Fred Dibnah, Getting Steamed Up DVD

Advantages: Fantastic look back at Fred Dibnah's life
Disadvantages: None

...we must preserve our industrial heritage for our own and future generations. Watching Fred swap tales of steam engines and of steeplejacking and jokes with his equally steam mad friends whilst supping ale at what the DVD bills as "the world's largest steam rally" at The Dorset Steam Fair is wonderful. As it is all too easy to forget, whilst watching those scenes filmed on a summer's day several years ago that Fred Dibnah is still with us, and not ...
...caravan is a real sight to see. Especially when they have to pull up at a fire hydrant to fill up. Watch the famous (or infamous?!) Monton Chimney drop, as Fred displays the technique used to drop the chimney, that has been used for 1,000 years or more. The audio is not quite as good as it might be, it sounds as if the narrator and Fred were talking in a chimney when they were recorded! It should cost about £12.99. It also touches on the very ...

Martinscholes 04.07.2006 · Read full review
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A Classic Documentary of a Classic Warbird

Advantages: A British Legend
Disadvantages: Not long enough

Anyone who has seen the Spitfire in Flight and heard the roar of the Merlin will tell you that it's a Sound of freedom and the sight of Her elliptical wings in the sky stirs feelings in your stomach. This DVD will take you through the History of this Classic Warbird from it's roots with the S.5 Seaplane to the Aircraft we are still fortunate to see in the air today! When Mr Reginald Joseph Mitchell designed the Supermarine S.5 Seaplane to enter ...
...started on the base of an Aircraft that still captures hearts today. In 1936 a Prototype Aircraft with the Ministry of Defence number F37/34 had completed Ground Trials and engine run-up tests. This Aircraft had the Registration K5054. (A well known Reg in Aviation Circles) This Prototype was then named the "Spitfire" and Flew for the first time at 4:35pm on 5th of March 1936 with a flight lasting 8 minutes! It was enough, the Spitfire was go! ...

SteveMason77 17.02.2006 · Read full review
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Cinema in Balance

Advantages: Utterly beautiful, visually and musically
Disadvantages: Say what?

...be possible to go through Koyaanisqatsi scene by scene and yet it would also be impossible. There is a sense of mysticism to this film, most likely intentional as the title: Koyaanisqatsi comes from the Native American Hopi tribe, which is explained as the film finishes. For those of a curious disposition, Koyaanisqatsi means 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another ...
...no ordinary motion picture, and Koyaanisqatsi isn’t at all. It has a narrative, but in an entirely different sense to going down to your local multiplex and seeing a Hollywood blockbuster, which is not to suggest that there is anything wrong with doing so; Koyaanisqatsi is simply the kind of life that should be pretentious, self-indulgence-as-high-art rubbish. But it’s not. Why? Koyaanisqatsi is a film built out of images. Some still, some in motion, ...

No_name 30.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi (Box Set) (DVD)

"Beautiful Girl"

Advantages: An exquisite documentary in every respect. Quality, ...
Disadvantages: ...not quantity. Special features would be welcomed. Specialist Audience.

...fan of Attenborough and his wildlife collaborations with the BBC, this is a miniature masterpiece. DETAILS Genre.. ..Natural History documentary Production.. ..1999 Length.. ..50 minutes Rating.. ..E Format.. ..Widescreen SYNOPSIS This wildlife special from the BBC finds its home in the idyllic setting of the Karha National Park in India, where the film focusses on the trials of a 12 year old tigress named Lakshmi. The cameras record the tribulations ...
...as is possible in this wildlife special. From the burnt yellows, oranges and blacks of an indian sunrise through the full gamit of greens and browns of the lush tropical forest, Houseman's camera work reveals the full palette of a paradise where the tiger's own magnificence is perfectly in key. There is barely a single shot in this documentary that is not exquisitely framed, yet this is not artistic license as each individual visual is part of a ...

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