A British documentary directed by Paul Almond and Michael Apted.
Beginning at the age of 7, 14 British people are interviewed every 7 years.
This was definitely interesting. There is a 2019 film, but I was not able to find a copy. Given that I watched over 13 hours of material in a few days, I did get a little tired of repetition. If I had watched them on TV when they came out, I would have enjoyed it more and that is why the repetition was there. TV viewers are not expected to remember what all 14 people were doing for the past few chapters. I think the idea was a good one, if a little intrusive into the lives of these chosen people. I find that I share the most similarities with Neil. He was the one who was homeless before becoming a politician. I'm not saying that I am either of those things, but like him, I am viewed as an eccentric. There were some great quotes from the whole series and none of the people were boring. It was not quite as deeply informational as I would like from a documentary, but it was not completely entertainment either. There was no techno and mostly talk, so that was good. I rate it adequate and wish I had watched a few less of the episodes.
A British BBC TV documentary directed by Jim Nally.
A pair of Swedish twin sisters run out into traffic on a highway. They resist police and medical workers. One of them is released, only to go and kill a man.
Great story, poor production. The duration was far too long for the short story that it was about. My film director senses were tingling from all the filler material. Information density was extremely sparse, with heavy narration lengthening eye-witness reports by an obscene amount. Only some of the interviewees had anything at all to do with the story. Who is this psychologist guy? Not the psychologist hired by the defense or prosecution in the case. Hence, he doesn't matter. The subject matter was initially riveting. After the "motorway/carriageway" incident, it became much less interesting. The footage was pitiful. A few security cameras caught these women on video, there were a few interviews and the rest was filler. Audio was extremely normalized for TV, so everything sounded great to me. The modern television style calls for a catchy intro, followed by fluff and filler. This was adhered to religiously. I rate this bad. It didn't hurt to watch, but a few minutes of google search could pull up something better.
A BBC documentary on Google video.Pseudo-scientists present functions of the human brain along side examples of people in which these functions have been damaged.The video had a standard google video amount of pixelation and was late compared to the sound. Some of the sound distorted due to volume level differences.During 6 45 minute parts, there was a lot of talk, but very little actual information. This series seemed to be focused around the presentation of negative stimuli. The woman with one arm was disturbing, there were scenes of old people in swim suits for absolutely no reason and the child singing "twinkle twinkle little star" really got on my nerves. Probably not the best thing to watch.
