mizoguchi's "100+ Documentaries"

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Year order (late additions to be put in right place). I’ve no doubt forgotten a few, will add in due course.

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    The Arrival of a Train (1895)
    by Auguste Lumière & Louis Lumière

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    South - Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition
    by Frank Hurley

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    Manhatta (1921 short film)
    by Paul Strand

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    Nanook of the North (1922)
    by Robert J. Flaherty

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    Moana
    by Robert Flaherty

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    People On Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) (1930)
    by Robert Siodmak / Curt Siodmak / Edgar G. Ulmer / Fred Zinnemann

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    Man With the Movie Camera
    by Dziga Vertov

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    A propos de Nice (J. Vigo, 1930)

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    Douro, Faina Fluvial (Oliveira)

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    Land Without Bread (Las hurdes)
    by Luis Bunuel

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    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
    by Walter Ruttmann

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    Man of Aran
    by Robert J. Flaherty

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    Song of Ceylon
    by Basil Wright

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    Triumph of the Will
    by Leni Riefenstahl

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    Night Mail (short) (1936)
    by Harry Watt & Basil Wright

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    The Spanish Earth (1937)
    by Joris Ivens

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    The River (1938 documentary short)
    by Pare Lorentz

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    The 400 Million (Ivens)

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    Olympia (1938)
    by Leni Riefenstahl

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    Why We Fight (WWII Capra Series)
    by Anatole Litvak

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    Fires Were Started
    by Humphrey Jennings

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    Jammin' the Blues

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    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
    by John Huston

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    A Diary for Timothy
    by Humphrey Jennings

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    Louisiana Story
    by Robert J. Flaherty

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    Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des Betes)
    by Georges Franju

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    Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
    by Georges Franju

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    Night and Fog - Criterion Collection
    by Alain Resnais

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    Les Maîtres Fous
    by Jean Rouch

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    Letter from Siberia
    by Chris Marker

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    Window Water Baby Moving
    by Stan Brakhage

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    Salesman - Criterion Collection
    by Charlotte Zwerin

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    Cuba Si!

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    Chronique d'un été (Chronicle of a Summer) (1961)
    by Edgar Morin / Jean Rouch

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    A Valparaiso (1962, Ivens)

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    Tokyo Olympiad
    by Kon Ichikawa

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    The War Game
    by Peter Watkins

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    Now (1965, Alvarez)

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    Titicut Follies
    by Frederick Wiseman

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    For the First Time- Cortazar

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    Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

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Comments

MestnyiGeroi
New York City

Untitled — 21 weeks ago

Great list! Just about all are either favorites or high on my must-see list (unfortunately the majority are still in the latter category). I can use this as a real checklist.

Is Close-Up a doc? Hard to say what it is, as it’s a dramatic recreation of a real event.

I take it you’re not a fan of Ken Burns. Hype or no, I think he’s done some great work (Civil War, Jazz, Not for Ourselves Alone).

Also, consider checking out Barbara Kopple.