Ifcs brilliant, demented, and insanely detailed series documentary now. If youre a documentary hound, youre no doubt aware and are most likely a fan of the ifc comedy series documentary now. The movies you need to watch in preparation for documentary. Both fred armison and bill hader are hilarious the whole way through. Following the season 2 opener the bunker, which perfectly skewed the war room, d. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didnt actually happen.
Feb 20, 2019 shrinking the size of the canvas is a trick documentary now. Returning for its secondahem, 51stseason, documentary now. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different st. Presented by executive producers lorne michaels, seth meyers, bill hader and fred armisen, each episode is a standalone loving parody of a classic documentary, from grey gardens and the thin blue line to stop making sense and jiro dreams of sushi.
Pennebaker receives another tribute in the form of the season 3 episode original cast album. Bill hader and fred armisens documentary now is as funny. The bunker tv episode 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Boasting a talented cast and smart writing, documentary now. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking and honors some of the most important stories that didnt actually happen. Each episode is a parody of actual classic documentaries.
Doc now dream team seth meyers, fred armisen, and bill hader all insisted earlier this summer at the television critics association press tour that the bunker the shows sendup of 1993s the war roomhas nothing to do with today. Created by a team of wildly funny, intensely knowledgeable talents including bill hader, fred armisen, and seth myers, the shows premise finds each standalone episode simultaneously honoring and making glorious comic mincemeat out of a celebrated documentary in the. Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono. Pennabakers the war room, about the insandouts of the 1992 bill clinton presidential campaign, was a fresh piece of work in the way that it provided. Sep 14, 2016 the first episode of documentary nows second season, airing wednesday, is a twist on 1993s the war room called the bunker where details as small as armisens way of winking flirtily. Part one of the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of a seminal softrock band called the blue jean committee. The bunker, the shows second season premiere and an adaptation of 1993s the war room, rises above some of the series earlier episodes to paint a resounding picture of current american. Though significantly more understated than the season premiereespecially in terms of the performancesjuan likes rice and chicken is actually a funnier episode than the bunker, finding humor in all. Each episode adopts a different style of nonfiction filmmaking to honor the most important stories that didnt actually happen. Mirren appears at the beginning of each episode to introduce the classic documentary that the audience is about to see. If youre into awkward and quirky comedy this show will not disappoint.
Likewise, in the bunker, the bumbling candidate in the ohio gubernatorial race the episode centers on is inconsequential. A fascinating fly on the wall look at the 1992 ohio gubernatorial campaign. In this episode of headliners, msnbcs mika brzezinski sits down oneonone with nancy pelosi, the face of the democratic party and its resistance to president trump. Apr 21, 2016 an important part of the magic of documentary now.
Teddy redbones gives james carville a run for his money with these comparisons. Documentary now ifc releases season two details canceled. Episode info season 2 kicks off with the bunker, a spoof of the political documentary the war room, and starring bill hader and fred armisen as driven campaign managers involved in the 1992. But its the seasons second episode, original cast album. Helen mirren introducing each episode in a masterpiece theater style and acting as if this is a pbs show that has run for years is hilarious. How peak tv brought us the weird, nichey brilliance of. The war room introduced us to the concept of corruptingtheprocess campaign consultants as imagemakers, and in its comic, halfhour way, documentary now. In season 1, the comic filmmakers spoof such classic documentaries as grey gardens. Each episode really takes on its own documentary style which keeps it fresh throughout the whole season. Episode 1 latest news ifc has officially renewed the cultfavorite, lovingly crafted spoof documentary now.
The ingeniously nerdy filmmaking secrets of documentary now. My least favorite though is the first one, a take on grey gardens which i have seen at least 20 times. The bunker by yosinclair on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The team rallies together for the first time to find exposable flaws in their political competitor governor lester.
With fred armisen, bill hader, helen mirren, van epperson. Created by fred armisen, bill hader, seth meyers, and rhys. Cable and satellite subscribers can watch full episodes of documentary now. Aug 01, 2016 helen mirren presents a scene from the bunker, an upcoming film on documentary now.
Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono codirect most episodes. Hosted by helen mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar. Ifc subscribers can also watch full episodes on our app, available on ios and android, roku, apple tv, fire tv, xbox, and android tv devices. Here are the nerdy cinephile injokes for documentary now. The oral history of documentary nows coop episode chazs. Big fan of portlandia and also a few episodes of documentary now. Sep 14, 2016 directed by alexander buono, rhys thomas. This episode sends up the documentary smash wild wild country and the notion of a sex cult hiding in plain sight. Season premiere took on the war room ahead of the season 2 premiere, series creators and directors rhys thomas and alex buono talk about the bunker and going one. Parody of the war room 1993 about two fictional political rivals and their campaign staffs during the 1992 us presidential election. Thatll probably come as a relief to some, since stumbling blind into the shows meticulous, bizarre recreations of past documentary worlds was one of the pleasures of the shows first run. The bunker was undeniably good, but it almost seemed too easy and like documentary now. Ranking every episode of documentary now paste magazine.
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