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Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
2011 · Film · documentary · 86 min
Directed by Jon Foy
An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.
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Yeap love things like that, ex https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787791/ and the mystery show podcast. Let me know if you know any!
I guess this boils down to what your mean by "inspiring"; let me give you some of my favorites by category:
> Movies about people doing stuff, usually investigating something - makes me want to get up and get stuff done
[1] Cold Case Hammarskjöld - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9352780/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
[2] Tickled - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOBXuCYB4jQ
[3] Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIWpJ5Jl4fE (full movie is on Youtube, Too)
[4] The Cove - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cove_(film)
> Movies about ... the human condition, human life on earth? IDK, but if you watch the trailer, you get what I mean. WARNING: Might evoke the urge to travel
[1] Koyaanisqatsi - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi - Pruitt Igoe Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_SpRBXRmE
[2] Samsara - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkEILshUyU
[3] Anthropocene - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMlCxzO-94 (Check out his other movie "Watermark", too!)
> Movies about the work of particular people:
[1] Playing God - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knK4lE3tZBM
there is a great documentary about it from 2011, Resurrect Dead highly recommended
btw, the RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES documentary is now available on Netflix DVD and Amazon Instant streaming.
I found the documentary about these tiles to be pretty interesting as well: "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles"