I just watched this film on the life of tattooist Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins. Good doco with great characters. I've seen a few good documentaries lately where the story is entirely told by the characters within or in this case from letters the main protagonist wrote himself as well. There's kind of nothing worse than that "Lead Anchor" style where someone else's words tell a heavily-influenced story. Pisses people off, especially if it's trying to convince of a political perspective. I'd criticise Michael Moore for this. Not because I disagree with his politics necessarily but because it just doesn't leave much room for the intelligence of an audience to make up their own damn minds given the data.
Anyway, I'm definitely thinking hard about what tattoo/s I'm going to get come February when I head to Hawaii.
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absolutely agree with you on michael moore. he's so heavy handed at points it becomes comical. love the norman collins tip --- thank you!
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