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Each episode can be associated with an iconic documentary?

posted 8 years ago by TsarStepan
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Sandy Passage (#1.1), loosely based on Grey Gardens (1975);
Kunuk Uncovered (#1.2), loosely based on Nanook of the North (1922);
The Hunt for El Chingon (#1.3) loosely based on the journalism series, Vice (2013)?
The Eye Doesn't Lie (#1.4), loosely based on The Thin Blue Line (1988)?

Are A Town, a Gangster, a Festival (#1.5) and Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee Part 1 + 2 loosely based on any particular documentaries or overgeneralizing and parodying art and indie documentaries and musical "where are they now" style documentaries?

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[–] Gordon_Gartrelle 8 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4677934/board/nest/247483467

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[–] TsarStepan 8 years ago

Thanks.

[–] tsrts (300) 2 years ago

The Story of the Blue Jean Committee has references to the History of the Eagles doc.
It even has Irving Asimov playing a part.

[–] agentalbert (2358) a year ago

Final Transmission(#2.5) is clearly based on the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense".

I don't know that you can say every episode is based on an "iconic" documenatary, though many are. I remember hearing Bill Hader talk about episode (#2.4) Globesman, and it was inspired by some corporate training film/documentary about traveling encylopedia salesman.