Bukowski: Born into This produced by John Dullaghan is a great glimpse at the life and work of Henry Charles Bukowski. Watch it here on Vimeo or here on YouTube.
Category: documentary (Page 7 of 8)
After the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, many economic losses ensued. Did insurance agencies and risk monitors account for this natural event? I am sure they did; or, at least they expected a small probability for an event of this scale. But what if a volcanic eruption thirty times larger and more violent occurs? This is exactly what will happen at Katla. As NOVA’s Doomsday Volcanoes explains, it is not if… but when will it erupt. Is the world ready? Katla has erupted twenty times since 930 AD; currently, Katla has not erupted for 95 years, the longest sterile period since 930 AD.
NOVA does a great job in Iceman Murder Mystery, a documentary on Otzi. Preserved in ice for 5,300 years, his body survived the test of time and provides an enormous amount of information about ancient man. I find it amazing that humans have been burying their dead for thousands of years in preparation for a future life. But Otzi achieved the greatest rebirth of any mummy. In ways he could have never dreamed of, he has been brought back to life. Watching this show on Otzi makes me want to write a novel about the events which lead up to his death. This could provide the basis for a fascinating story full of clan rivalry, intrigue, revenge, backstabbing, and murder.
Also watch it on YouTube here.
One of the better documentaries about the universe that I have seen in recent years, Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe is worth a watch.
Great “movie” about human life and religion. I say “movie” because Baraka has “no plot, no dialogue, no actors.” It contains numerous religious ceremonies and peoples which I never knew existed. The visuals are stunning and I would suggest watching the Blu-Ray version. Really surprising that it only earned $1.3 million in the box office.
![[ GNU Link]](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gnubanner-2.png){kind=small}
