Ken Burns' "Vietnam"
September 13th, 2017 at 10:45:17 AM permalink | |
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
I don't think Burns will be constrained by available footage. I've only seen a few of his documentaries, but it seems to me that the strength of his work is the story telling. The footage and still shots help convey the emotion. The interviews with with first hand participants and colorful experts tied together with well written narration are the core of the production. It feels as if the stories are being told at your kitchen table over a cup of coffee. He often keeps going back to one or two strong characters (Buck O'Neil in Baseball, Shelby Foote in The Civil War). A slow pan of a dramatic photo is just as good if not better than footage in his works, but he'll find the visuals that make it work. As you say, we'll see. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
September 13th, 2017 at 11:28:56 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Who's narrating this. Makes a huge difference. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 13th, 2017 at 12:09:06 PM permalink | |
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
I looked up the soundtrack and I was wrong. Burns is too original to use Paint it Black yet again. He went with with Gimmie Shelter (as well as dozens more great selections). The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
September 13th, 2017 at 12:30:38 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I hope they include Country Joe Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
September 13th, 2017 at 12:54:08 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 |
Kent State shooting was a Vietnam protest. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 13th, 2017 at 1:18:18 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | Now here's an interesting one. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 13th, 2017 at 1:21:42 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Ho Chi Minh asked the US, to help him get the French out of NV before the US decided to go the route we did. If the US reason for going to war in Vietnam was to stop the spread of Communism, how does that square with the status today where both Vietnam and China are both not only Communist Country's, but have "most favored nation" trading status with the US? All wars are bankers wars, "General Smedley Butler". The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
September 13th, 2017 at 1:33:54 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I wouldn't call either China or Vietnam today Communist countries. They both have a high degree of respect for the free market. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
September 13th, 2017 at 2:00:54 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | Several communist countries have maintained the trappings of communism at the political level but have modulated significantly on controlling the means of production. Hybrids of communism. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 13th, 2017 at 2:12:41 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | Several years back I had several months of seeing an occupational therapist. He had a student from China training with him. I bluntly asked her many questions about freedom in her country. She was very defensive against accusations about repression. It would ultimately end up in some response claiming China has order and you have Detroit or similar point. There was always a counterpoint, where she found some positive vs some negative to point to in the US. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |