In Reply to: The PROBLEM with PBS posted by g.r.hughes on October 9, 2007 at 08:49:35:
And it's good film making to that end.
It's not his best work... Or is it?
Like "The Civil War", it's a view of conflict through an American lens.
On that level, I found it very engaging.
I did find the narration and music to be lacking or, somehow, inappropriate at times.
Nicely assembled, and some INCREDIBLE footage.
SF
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Follow Ups
- The War seems to be more about "what" than "why"... - SF tech 17:29:55 10/09/07 (5)
- As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting so is 'The War' forgettable and hollow. NT - Tony D. 18:07:53 10/09/07 (4)
- RE: As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting....but pretty bad history - Tom Brennan 18:57:54 10/09/07 (3)
- It wasn't meant to be a blow-by-blow recounting - DWPC 14:23:58 10/10/07 (0)
- No doubt, but Burns caught the 'feel' of the Civil war IMO. - Tony D. 19:38:16 10/09/07 (1)
- RE: Agreed; Burns did pretty well with the Civil War - grinagog 21:25:28 10/09/07 (0)