Strangers to Fiction

On this episode BIll and Jacob discuss the new Netflix documentary series Don't F**k With Cats. Make sure you've watched the series before listening, we'll even avoid any spoilers in the description. Have a great New Year folks.

This week on Strangers to Fiction we take a look back at the 1972 Academy Award winning documentary Marjoe. A former child preacher, Marjoe Gortner, invites a documentary crew to follow him on a revival tour, while confessing that he is not a believer.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we start with an impromptu discussion on the state of Netflix documentaries before diving into their newest series The Devil Next Door. Check us out on FB!

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss two films by legendary documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. We take a look at Vernon, Florida - a film pieced together after the originally project Nub City had to be scrapped. As well as Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we delve into three project by prolific filmmaker Werner Herzog - Grizzly Man, Into the Abyss and Meeting Gorbachev. Since directing his first film at nineteen, Herzog has gone on to direct more than sixty documentary and fictions films.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss the 2008 documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. When filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's childhood friend Andrew Bagby is murdered by his pregnant girlfriend, Kurt sets out to tell Andrew's story to his unborn son.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss the classic 1975 Maysles' Brother documentary Grey Gardens. Known for their Direct Cinema style, the Maysles' brothers laid the groundwork for many documentary filmmakers to come. Grey Gardens depicts the everyday lives of Big Edie and Little Edie, a mother and daughter who reside in a dilapidated mansion in the Hamptons.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss the groundbreaking 1995 documentary Crumb. Following underground cartoonist Robert Crumb (Keep on Truckin', Fritz the Cat), Crumb paints a picture of the artist's influence through candid conversations with the artist, his family and critics.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss the 2018 documentary Three Identical Strangers. The film tells the story of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, identical triplets who were separated as six-month old infants and placed into  homes with differing parenting styles only to be reunited when they entered college. Directed by Tim Wardle, Three Identical Strangers tells how the brothers were reunited, rose to national prominence and the strange psychological experiment that separated the brothers.  The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival where it took home the prize for U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7664504/

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