The top rated doco for 2008 (and 4th overall) on IMDb is not awards darling Man On Wire, but Dear Zachary.
The film’s poster is illustrated by Oregon-based artist Evan B. Harris. Glowing reviews aplenty on the official promotional site.
Jack White photographed by Davis Guggenheim during the filming of his new documentary on the electric guitar, It Might Get Loud. The film features White, Jimmy Page and The Edge, and culminates with the three of them on a sound stage sharing influences, swapping stories, and teaching each other songs. (via Mike Harding)
“The Archive”, a documentary about Paul Mawhinney and his collection of 2.5 million records. Directed by Sean Dunne and beautifully photographed by Ed David.
Objectified is the new documentary by Gary Hustwit (of Helvetica fame) about industrial design. It contains interviews with Jonathan Ive, Dieter Rams and Mark Newson, among others, and will definitely be on my “must see” list when it rolls around to cinemas.
Clever logo too, particularly the Panton chair on the end.
Charlie Rose interview from 2001 with Martin Scorsese, Christiane Kubrick and producer Jan Harlan, for the release of Harlan’s documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures.
I was looking forward to the film festival doco on Hunter S.Thompson but the Washington Post review says “you’d learn more factually about Thompson in two minutes on the internet than in the two hours of Gonzo”.
Typeface
Typeface is a new documentary from Justine Nagan that “focuses on a rural Midwestern museum and print shop where international artists meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique”. (via Ricardo Cordoba)
The Machine That Made Us: Stephen Fry on the history of the Gutenberg Press.
Selling the idea of a hybrid film that tells the story of a “forgotten soldier” through animation and documentary is as big of a hurdle that I could ever recommend to anybody, especially in a town of blockbusters, sequels, and movie vehicles.
— Armin Vit interviews director Richard Goldgewicht and producer Jeremy Goldscheider about Pablo, their forthcoming partially-animated documentary on one of the unsung heroes of film title design, Pablo Ferro. (via Motionographer)
