Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., Thanks for the recommendation. I will chek it out. I saw it advertised at the Brattle, and was curious, but wasn't sure. Incidentally, I heard on the WRKO a few days ago that Kathy Boudin from the Brink's robbery, now in her 60's, was released on parole after 20+ years behind bars. Howie Carr made quite a fuss about the whole thing. - - Phong bdcolen wrote: > Saw- and highly recommend - a new documentary called The Weather > Underground, about the 60s radical group. Extremely well done, quite > balance; quite sad. And it contained to fascinating 60s foto-footnotes - > the film footage of the shooting by Gen. Loan of the VC captive in > Saigon which became a still photo icon as captured by Edie Adams, and > the film of the little girl with napalm burns running down the road. > Interestingly, the film of the little girl doesn't have anywhere near > the impact of the still - but the film of the execution is quite > disturbing, perhaps because the camera lingers on the body as blood > spurts from the head wound. > > In any case, for those old enough - and straight enough at the time - to > remember the 60s, it's a fascinating trip back. And for those too young > to have lived through the period - like my daughter, who went with me - > it's a terrific educational couple of hours. > > B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html