TS: Lost in La Mancha vs Dogtown and the Z-Boys

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The were both showing at about the same time over here, I think I saw them on consecutive days.

So, vastly manipulative film about "the birth of cool" made by one of those whose myth it's propping up, or entirely anonymous documentary about a fascinating and heart-breaking sequence of events?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, the phrasing of that questions certainly isn't biased in any way.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not expecting to coerce answers out of people who haven't seen them :)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Haven't seen LILM yet, though I want to. Dogtown I thought was good and sad in its own way, and if you're aware of who the director is when you watch the movie, you can enjoy it with a critical eye. My main problem with Dogtown was the flashy editing. It was annoying. They needed more straight old footage.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Lost in La Mancha had some great scenes, esp. the ones involving the Giants.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 30 October 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Q: Is Lost in La Mancha the documentary about the Terry Gilliam Don Quixote pic that the Hand of God keeps killing?

Dogtown & the Z-Boys was a waaaay better film than I expected; granted, I expected just another skate-vid, for I was vastly underinformed about it before seeing it.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 31 October 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

my impression of lost in la mancha: "we're fucked!" (repeat 100 times)

― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

I bought lost in la mancha ages ago and watched it once and have kind of forgotten all about it

I just saw dogtown and the z-boys, last week, and thought it was really good but, yeah, a little bit more mythologising than was necessary but, I guess, that's what happens, when things happen in the past

I think I will go and see this lords of dogtown, though

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

the title is dogtown and z-boys (no "the"), isn't it? (yes, according to the imdb.)

― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

I like it a little less

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

I saw lords of dogtown tonight, but had to leave 20 minutes before the end. the minutes up till then weren't awful, but dogtown and the z boys is supposed to be incomparably better.

― stet (stet), Friday, 23 September 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

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