Comments on: More Documentary Ideas http://mrquale.com/2008/02/16/more-documentary-ideas/ a resource for students and teachers Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:22:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael H. Lyons http://mrquale.com/2008/02/16/more-documentary-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Michael H. Lyons Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:11:29 +0000 http://mrquale.com/2008/02/16/more-documentary-ideas/#comment-561 I just saw "No End In Site"," one of these nominated war documentaries (the one matching the screenshot), and I found it quite intriguing how while it did not feel like "homework," I still learned a lot about the conflict in Iraq which has given me a whole more "enlightened" perspective on current events. The whole film is told in a chronological narrative about the US occupation in Iraq yet builds off of key testimonials and video clips that make it more than just reading a textbook. Documentaries such as this one also work amazingly well to ignite a little passion in the viewer; a real desire to see reform and a genuine distaste for current situations. It's like a documentary makes a historical narrative as exciting to the general public as it would to the most avid history professor. Isn't that the point of a documentary? To show something real to real people hopefully in a way that resonates? Anyway, "No End In Site" is quite successful to that. Haha, I just saw No End In Site so I felt compelled to share my thoughts about it in a hopefully relevant manner to the intention of this blog entry. I guess it's a result of that whole post-movie mania syndrome.. I just saw “No End In Site”,” one of these nominated war documentaries (the one matching the screenshot), and I found it quite intriguing how while it did not feel like “homework,” I still learned a lot about the conflict in Iraq which has given me a whole more “enlightened” perspective on current events. The whole film is told in a chronological narrative about the US occupation in Iraq yet builds off of key testimonials and video clips that make it more than just reading a textbook. Documentaries such as this one also work amazingly well to ignite a little passion in the viewer; a real desire to see reform and a genuine distaste for current situations. It’s like a documentary makes a historical narrative as exciting to the general public as it would to the most avid history professor. Isn’t that the point of a documentary? To show something real to real people hopefully in a way that resonates? Anyway, “No End In Site” is quite successful to that.

Haha, I just saw No End In Site so I felt compelled to share my thoughts about it in a hopefully relevant manner to the intention of this blog entry. I guess it’s a result of that whole post-movie mania syndrome..

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