Got my set, and by pure coincidence in mail from Netflix came another war documentary - "World War II: Behind Closed Doors: Disc 1"
I watched both, that and the first episode of W@W.
Turns out, I have seen W@W before, probably more than once, long ago, but it was still interesting. At first the narration seemed too skimpy, jumping too much, more poetic than informative, but eventually it settled into reasonably dry documentary style, although even then a person without already firm knowledge of that part of the history would most likely miss some key story elements. Things like the destruction of SA took perhaps just 30 seconds of screen time, for instance.
The other film deals with the same subject, but very differently, and provides an extremely important insight, so I strongly recommend it too.
The sub-story on slaughter of Polish officers is chilling, and continuing our Films discussion, I would strongly suggest Wajda's Katyn for perhaps the most horrific account of the events.
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Topic - The World at War and more - Victor Khomenko 06:57:44 02/11/11 (19)
- RE: The World at War and more - Ross 20:39:06 02/11/11 (4)
- Of course...O - Victor Khomenko 07:10:54 02/12/11 (3)
- Did you see the Blu-ray? - eppis1 10:55:41 02/13/11 (1)
- I don't have BR - Victor Khomenko 06:12:40 02/14/11 (0)
- RE: Of course...O - Ross 15:14:47 02/12/11 (0)
- Tinear watched it, I believe. He now thinks the U.S. was indirectly responsible for WW2. (nt) - semuta 09:38:03 02/11/11 (11)
- ....and the A-Bomb was a Jewish WMD. * - mr grits 21:30:06 02/11/11 (0)
- Try and be fair! The collapse of the world economy, precipitated by the US stock market's implosion, - tinear 09:59:34 02/11/11 (8)
- I found the perfect gift for you Tinear... - semuta 10:32:25 02/11/11 (0)
- "Not true!" (In Justice Alito's voice) - Victor Khomenko 10:26:56 02/11/11 (6)
- So, your argument is that the rise of Hitler, who had toiled - tinear 15:07:44 02/12/11 (0)
- RE: One of the main reason was.... - patrickU 04:45:32 02/12/11 (4)
- And exactly what was damaging in that poor treaty? - tinear 15:09:40 02/12/11 (3)
- RE: And exactly what was damaging in that poor treaty? - patrickU 02:21:04 02/13/11 (2)
- Everything could have been poised for the perfect storm, but... no Adolph, no - tinear 08:29:21 02/13/11 (1)
- RE: Everything could have been poised for the perfect storm, but... no Adolph, no - patrickU 08:42:00 02/13/11 (0)
- LOL! Yeah! Adolf Roosevelt and the Rabinowitz brothers! - Victor Khomenko 09:47:57 02/11/11 (0)
- RE: The World at War and more - grinagog 07:46:43 02/11/11 (1)
- If you have Netflix, Katyn is streamable to your TV - Victor Khomenko 07:55:43 02/11/11 (0)