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Last Days, TheLast Days, The (1999) Recommended
Dir. James Moll
Accompanied by return visits to their homeland and the Nazi death camps, five Hungarian survivors of the Holocaust recount their remarkable stories…
Life and Art - Maria CallasLife and Art - Maria Callas (1999)
Dir. Alan Lewens, Alistair Mitchell
Feat. Maria Callas
Sympathetic documentary concerning the life and art of famed opera singer Maria Callas. Features extracts from 'Tosca', "Norma', 'Barber of Seville',…
Life of Python, TheLife of Python, The (1999) Recommended
Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
The BBC celebrates 30 years of Monty Python with new sketches and a plethora of guest appearances. Volume One: "Pythonland" – Journey with…
Louis Theroux's - The CollectionLouis Theroux's - The Collection (Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met....) (1999) Recommended
Four disc set compiling the best of the affable Louis Theroux, drawing from his three series to date. More disarming than Borat, Theroux’s…
Michael Palin's Hemingway AdventureMichael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999)
Feat. Michael Palin
The fourth of Michael Palin's travel series with the BBC, this one recounts the life of author Ernest Hemingway, as Palin travels to places that…
Millennium (1999)
Dir. Various
Exhaustive history of the last thousand years, taken from the book by Felipe Fernandez–Armesto and presented by CNN. Refreshingly deals not…
Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, JrMr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Errol Morris
Another wholly idiosyncratic and remarkable work from documentarian Errol Morris, this time with the human oddity factor turned up to a…
My Best FiendMy Best Fiend (Mein Liebster Feind) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog’s personal portrait of his friend and famous ‘alter ego’, the late Klaus Kinski, threads together just some of the bizarre…
New York: A Documentary FilmNew York: A Documentary Film (1999-2003)
Dir. Ric Burns
Grand and compelling PBS portrait of New York City in the vein of Ken Burns's fulsome documentaries (incidentally, directed by younger brother Ric)…
New Zealand Wars, TheNew Zealand Wars, The (1999) Recommended
Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich
Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…

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