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@bdp24 Indeed. I’ve shown/enjoyed-the-experience-of-rewatching tons of movies (certainly more plausible during a global pandemic) with my girlfriend the last couple years. It’s great. Talking about them afterwards, the whole bit.

Taking her for a spin on my fancy turntable with all my fancy gear and fancy records is pretty great, too.  

I still own Crumb on VHS.  I won’t show Katie Crumb that way unless I have to.  Will stream it or DVD it.  That came out when I was in junior high.  I hadn’t really seen many documentaries yet at that age.  That one set a high bar!  I’ve seen it many times.  As good a documentary as I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot over the past 25-odd years.

Terry Zwigoff’s other masterpiece, Ghost World, was one that didn’t garner an enthusiastic reaction from my partner, surprisingly, which is a rare occurrence.  Can’t win ‘em all, I guess.  Maybe it was just her mood at the time.

I think of Ghost World quite a bit.  I definitely think of it when I peruse Audiogon forums, seeing how ubiquitous the appreciation of bands not dissimilar to the one briefly portrayed in the film (Blues Hammer🤣🤣) is around these parts.

O Brother

Blues Brothers

Tommy

American Hustle (Steely Dan forever!)

@tylermunns: OMG, I love Ghost World! There is much about it to love, including the Blues Hammer scene. SO true! Every time I happen to see a clip from a current Country Music Awards Show on TV (my sisters watch them. Ugh.) I am reminded of Blues Hammer. Then there is the scene at the party with the record collectors; it reminds me of audiophile gatherings: Guys who wear bermuda shorts with black socks and dress shoes, comb-over hairdo’s and mustaches. Present company excluded, of course. ;-)

When it comes to mockumentaries, everyone knows about Spinal Tap. Another great one is The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash. It is to the 60’s British Invasion what Spinal Tap is to Hard Rock/Metal, but done more subtly. It was made by Eric Idle of Monty Python and Neil Innes of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (who appear in the underground scene in The Magical Mystery Tour movie).

For straight documentaries, two good ones are the ones made about Muscle Shoals and The Wrecking Crew. The house band in Rick Hall’s Alabama recording studio---unofficially known as The Swampers---is as fine a non-Jazz ensemble band as I have ever heard. Lots of people have gone (or were brought) to Muscle Shoals to record, mostly because of The Swampers: Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Boz Scaggs (his first album, featuring Duane Allman on the fantastic "Loan Me A Dime"), Steve Winwood, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, hundreds more, including even Bob Dylan and The Stones. Swampers’ drummer Roger Hawkins is considered by many pro’s as one of the handful of greatest drummers who was ever recorded (Jim Keltner has said he wished he played more like Roger), and pianist/songwriter Spooner Oldham is nothing less than a national treasure. If you haven’t seen it, do so!

It was the time of the Great Romantics! They were obsessed with the idea of making the world a better place - they wanted all people to live well and be happy! (the devil meanly hit in the back - this country is no more and the whole world is rolling into the abyss).

I already had my one vote but I can’t believe that no one mentioned

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Seu Jorge doing David Bowie songs in Portuguese makes it a soundtrack I listen to all the time.

(he was great in concert also)