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Topic: Documentary director Ken Burns
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Mike Z Member Posts: 451 From: Ellicott City, Maryland Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 10-01-2007 07:08 PM
We have been watching and taping Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The War" about World War II. It's a seven day 15 hour documentary on PBS Television. Like everything he has done, including Baseball and the Civil War, it is outstanding! We have learned so much about the Second World War. I would love to see Ken Burns do a documentary on Space Flight or Man in Space. I think he would do a wonderful job!!Mike Z |
Peter S Member Posts: 101 From: Toronto, Ontario , Canada Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-02-2007 09:28 AM
Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing. I recently also watched his "BaseBall" documentary, as well as a shorter one he did about Frank Lloyd Wright, and they really are very well done. He'd do a great job, I'm sure.ahh....we can dream..... Peter |
Wehaveliftoff Member Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 10-02-2007 10:30 AM
What more could possibly be done that the new movie "In the Shadow of the Moon." |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-02-2007 10:52 AM
quote: Originally posted by Wehaveliftoff: What more could possibly be done that the new movie "In the Shadow of the Moon."
Well, let's see: Mercury, Gemini, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, unmanned planetary missions, and the engineers and scientists behind all of that, to say nothing of the other astronauts, etc. I'm told "In The Shadow of the Moon" is a fine film, but it's not the be all and end all of space documentaries, nor do I believe that David Sington intended it to be. In fact, it's not even the be all and end all of Apollo documentaries, given how much of the program it doesn't (nor set out to) cover. |
FFrench Member Posts: 3161 From: San Diego Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-02-2007 12:18 PM
Agreed, Robert. I think the documentary is a wonderful and engaging introduction to the subject for the general public. It's not, and I don't think was intended to be, a Burns-style exploration. You'd be hard pressed to know that Apollos 9 and 10 ever existed, watching the documentary, as the story focuses elsewhere.Of course, there has already been a Ken-Burns-style spoof documentary about the space program... | |
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