RE: Agreed; Burns did pretty well with the Civil War

Posted by grinagog (D) on October 9, 2007 at 21:25:28

In Reply to: No doubt, but Burns caught the 'feel' of the Civil war IMO. posted by Tony D. on October 9, 2007 at 19:38:16:

it's difficult to do justice to such huge subjects; but we saw the Civil War through the eyes of the people who were there, from frontline nurses to eccentric Generals, private soldiers writing letters home with some great photography + music which seemed consistently relevant to the themes he presented
If Burns Civil War was formulaic, it was a very workable + enjoyable formula

Grins

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Topic - "The War" revisited - rico 01:00:17 10/09/07 (18)

RE: "The War" revisited - rico 07:51:57 10/10/07 (4)

Well, that settles that - DWPC 13:37:00 10/10/07 (0)

What? - EBerlin 12:34:25 10/10/07 (2)

Wait a minute - rico 17:20:02 10/10/07 (1)

Oh, come on... - EBerlin 19:49:50 10/10/07 (0)

Well I am a professional documentarian... - EBerlin 13:00:37 10/09/07 (3)

I'd like to ask Burns... - Rod H. 16:18:19 10/09/07 (2)

RE: I'd like to ask Burns... - rico 05:20:42 10/10/07 (0)

The problem... - EBerlin 20:17:53 10/09/07 (0)

My opinion of it hasn't improved - DWPC 11:42:34 10/09/07 (0)

"The War"--a complaint... - C.B. 07:10:24 10/09/07 (7)

The PROBLEM with PBS - g.r.hughes 08:49:35 10/09/07 (6)

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)

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