Sep 14, 2016 directed by alexander buono, rhys thomas. 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. 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. If youre a documentary hound, youre no doubt aware and are most likely a fan of the ifc comedy series documentary now. Cable and satellite subscribers can watch full episodes of documentary now. 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. 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. 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. Mirren appears at the beginning of each episode to introduce the classic documentary that the audience is about to see. Following the season 2 opener the bunker, which perfectly skewed the war room, d. The bunker by yosinclair on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Season 3 of the satirical documentary series continues with takes on wild wild country, original cast album.
Ifcs brilliant, demented, and insanely detailed series documentary now. Each episode adopts a different style of nonfiction filmmaking to honor the most important stories that didnt actually happen. 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. 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. Big fan of portlandia and also a few episodes of documentary now. Boasting a talented cast and smart writing, documentary now. This episode sends up the documentary smash wild wild country and the notion of a sex cult hiding in plain sight. 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. The war room introduced us to the concept of corruptingtheprocess campaign consultants as imagemakers, and in its comic, halfhour way, documentary now. Each episode is a parody of actual classic documentaries. The oral history of documentary nows coop episode chazs. Each episode really takes on its own documentary style which keeps it fresh throughout the whole season. 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.
With fred armisen, bill hader, helen mirren, van epperson. Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono codirect most episodes. Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono. My least favorite though is the first one, a take on grey gardens which i have seen at least 20 times. The bunker was undeniably good, but it almost seemed too easy and like documentary now. Both fred armison and bill hader are hilarious the whole way through. The team rallies together for the first time to find exposable flaws in their political competitor governor lester. 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. Pennebaker receives another tribute in the form of the season 3 episode original cast album. Part one of the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of a seminal softrock band called the blue jean committee. Episode 1 latest news ifc has officially renewed the cultfavorite, lovingly crafted spoof documentary now. Teddy redbones gives james carville a run for his money with these comparisons. Sep 28, 2016 hader doesnt mimic gray the way he did james carville in the bunker, documentary nows sendup of the war room, but he channels his essence, investing even a mundane recitation of.
Ranking every episode of documentary now paste magazine. Likewise, in the bunker, the bumbling candidate in the ohio gubernatorial race the episode centers on is inconsequential. How peak tv brought us the weird, nichey brilliance of. Aug 01, 2016 helen mirren presents a scene from the bunker, an upcoming film on documentary now.
Documentary now ifc releases season two details canceled. The ingeniously nerdy filmmaking secrets of documentary now. The bunker tv episode 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In season 1, the comic filmmakers spoof such classic documentaries as grey gardens. 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. But its the seasons second episode, original cast album.
Bill hader and fred armisens documentary now is as funny. Parody of the war room 1993 about two fictional political rivals and their campaign staffs during the 1992 us presidential election. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different st. Apr 21, 2016 an important part of the magic of documentary now. Feb 20, 2019 shrinking the size of the canvas is a trick documentary now. 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. If youre into awkward and quirky comedy this show will not disappoint. 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. Returning for its secondahem, 51stseason, 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. Created by fred armisen, bill hader, seth meyers, and rhys. A fascinating fly on the wall look at the 1992 ohio gubernatorial campaign. Helen mirren presents a scene from the bunker, an upcoming film on documentary now.
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