“The willness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire, and the experience of it changes a person profoundly. What the army sociologists, with their clipboards and their questions, and their endless meta analyses, slowly came to understand was that courage was love. In war neither could exist without the other, and that in a sense, they were just different ways of saying the same thing.” - from War by Sebastian Junger
“the willingness to die for another person is a form of love.” i want to question that for a second because are you really willing to die for them, or is it just what you would have done anyway? when you're in that position of living with somebody and understanding somebody to a degree that nobody else can, that is a form of love. but the willingness to die part, is it yourself who wants that or is it the pure collective removal of your individualism, of your personhood? because the army strips you of that. you are not yourself. you are there to serve your fellow soldiers, your country, you're not there to serve yourself. all of your selflessness is gone. you would rather sacrifice your life for the guy next to you than to save yourself, because that's what you’re primed to do that's what you're there for. so is that really love or is that just what you would have done anyway? because you’re brainwashed into doing so?
“courage was love.” but is it really courage? and is it really love if it's just saving the guy next to you? would you love this person, would you take that risk or do this if you weren't in this war zone? definitely not. you probably would hate the guy next to you in real life. but you're in this life or death survival situation. they have this deep devotion to each other, you form this brotherhood and then it's addictive and you want to keep it because you don't have a relationship like this anywhere else.
it's really interesting to think about whether love has anything to do with agency, and i know people will say, oh, you don't really control who you love. that's true. but, are they really allowed to love or are they taught to love?
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Hey, it's time to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being real... in these 13 "docs" about real life. "Docs" is an abbreviation term that people in the biz use for "documentaries," which are movies about real life. I'm so tired of Matthew McCokiughehey. And Liam Neeson? Give me a break. Hey Meryl Streep! Give someone else a chance! Sheesh. It's time for something real.
This list should help you navigate your way through the documentary k-hole of Netflix.
A Life in Dirty Movies
This is a fascinating look into the life of a man who made a great living of being a soft-core porn director, back before hard-core was a thing. He tries to make a comeback in a time when hard-core rules, standing by his art and his own style of film-making that is tasteful and respectful to women.
Frontline: The Secret State of North Korea
Wow. I've seen a lot of North Korea documentaries, but haven't seen anything quite like this. A network of North Koreans actually go undercover with hidden cameras and show us some of the real shit that goes down in North Korea, which is not what we're used to seeing. The movie also interviews several people who have fled to North Korea and speak of many North Korean citizens' dissatisfaction with with their country. Other documentaries we've seen portray citizens as brainwashed, blindly worshipping their dear leader, while The Secret State of North Korea shows us that that might not fully be the case.
Particle Fever
I mean I didn't totally understand what's going on in this because it's about complicated particle science. However, it's pretty interesting because it's about finding the Higgs particle and shows us how physics is now sort of at a fork in the road, and the universe might just be chaotic!! You just have to watch it to make any sense of it. There's a whole bunch of weird nerds in this movie.
We Always Lie to Strangers
This film is about the town of Branson, Missouri, one of the strangest places on earth. The very small town of Branson thrives on tourism and they have all these weird old-timey variety shows. It was seemingly shot around the time of the recession, or possibly even more recently. But basically these shows are having trouble making money. So this is about some of the show families and the town surrounding them.
Cropsey
Watch this and learn about a Staten Island urban legend that was an attempt to explain a series of child disappearances that happen in the 70's and 80's. Is the legend true?
Queen of Versailles
So this super mega crazy fucken stupidly mega rich family gets their money from owning a shit ton of time share properties. It just so happened that this doc was being filmed right when Wall Street imploded. The movie was originally supposed to be about the construction of the family's giant-ass home (the biggest home in America or something). BUT since their whole business model depended on little mortgages, the movie became more about their shit falling apart. It's pretty crazy.
First Position
It's a bunch of kids who are really really good at ballet, spend lots of time doing ballet, love ballet, and compete in ballet. Fun to watch.
The Price of Gold
Tanya Harding. You just cannot look away. This takes us through the Harding/Kerrigan story from each of their early years to the scandal, to present day. The scandal is even more dramatic than what I remember. What really seals the deal on the awesomeness of this movie is Tanya Harding's interview. Yesssss.
Virunga
Oscar-nominated! And well-deserving! It's about The Congo's Virunga National Park, the efforts to preserve it, why it's important, and the efforts to exploit it. Well-done, and visually stunning too.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
This is a fun one. It's about a defunct baseball team, which means it had no farm team and was not supported by the MLB. But it competed in the minors. Bing Russel owned the team and and his son Kurt Russel was even ON the team! They were a rag tag bunch of long-haired crazies who the MLB didn't really like.
Korengal
A follow up to the oscar winning Restrepo, this takes place in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan during the war. This one is slightly lighter than Restrepo, though not that light. These guys get shot at for days straight, and this film is about comradery, fear of death, non-fear of death, addiction to adrenaline, boredom, guns, and brotherly love. Very good.
I am Santa Claus
Hilarious! Adorable! Hilarious! This doc, produced by and featuring former WWE guy Mick Foley, is full of joy. It has funny little kids, funny men who are obsessed with Christmas, partying bears (the gay kind), hawaiian shirts, almost naked old men, parents lying to their children, drunk people, swingers, mobile homes, and elves.
Short game
I guess I'm on a sports documentary kick, but this Netflix produced movie is beautifully shot, lots of fun, and pretty fascinating. Seriously, watch it. It's about these tiny baby children, all eight years or younger, who compete in the World Championships in Pinehurst. The little stars of this movie, who are from all over the world, are absolutely obsessed with golf. It's really fun to see their parents, the difference in families, and what kind of attitudes they bring into the game. Turns out golf is not for the weak at heart. It's also really fun to see their adorable personalities shine. My favorite was Zama, the eight year old South African boy.
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