Saw these two this week on Netflix Watch Instantly and I can recommend both.
Capturing the Freidmans:
Pedophiles, Jews, party clowns and Long Island...sounds like a great weekend at the Birnbaums...but no wait..it's the Friedmans (sorry Paul I couldn't help myself). This is a crazy story some of which I believe and some of which makes me question my own reality and existence...this plays like the This is Spinal Tap Bar Mitzvah edition.
Exit Through the Gift Shop:
Street Art meets "The Greatest Showman on Earth"...this is a wild tale that is similar to the above documentary...people do crazy things in front of a video camera...in fact don't they always act differently...I think I saw this done best this year with I'm Still Here...the Joaquin Phoenix film. In that film maybe Phoenix and Affleck are commenting on this very thing...our "America's Funniest Videos" mentality...life and Humans are changing folks...we do things unnatural now and are evolving...the video camera is our Big Black Obelisk (2001 reference)
