Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the American Experience series, they used some town scenes 50 years off date. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Sonny - The accuracy of documentaries is apparently becoming suspect. > NPR's "On the Media" did a story on this last weekend. "March of the > Penguins" had factual errors to mention one well known example they they > cited. Michael Moore's stuff also plays pretty loose with the facts when > it > suits his purposes, they said. > > See: > > http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/09/25/08 > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > A Ken Burns Documentary is a little bit like going to a cafeteria. They >> serve it in an attractive manner, fresh, but no pepper in the gumbo, and >> someone to takes the trays to the table for you. >> >> They've used materials from our archives before, and were a tiny bit >> slippery in the accuracy of period the image was supposed to portray. >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> We share your disappointment with the first episode of the National Park >>> series. My wife and I have spent considerable time in many of the parks >>> and >>> even rafted through the Grand Canyon. I guess we were expecting a visual >>> tour through all the parks, both the ones we have seen and those we have >>> not. Instead we were treated to a dry, and fairly uninteresting history >>> lesson stressing the rapacity of some early land developers. It is >>> apparent >>> that Burns is trying to recreate the success of his Civil War series by >>> using the same model. But the Civil War had a distinct time line. Events >>> and >>> battles occurred in a sequence which structured the story. Not so with >>> the >>> parks. Each is unique. It matters little which was created first or the >>> legal battles surrounding the creation of each. What they look like now >>> is >>> all important. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> <<I'm finished with the first episode of Ken Burns' documentary on the >>> >>> national parks and I have to say I feel he made some really strange >>> >>> choices. Sometimes the colors seem so hyped up as to be surreal. I'm >>> >>> thinking of the Yellowstone Canyon images in partiular and some images >>> >>> inside the Grand Canyon where there's a distinct green band between >>> >>> the sky and the cliffs of the canyon. >>> >>> >>> Is this just me? These are places I visit relatively often and it's >>> >>> like it's all been amped up so much that it no longer is the place I >>> >>> know and remember. >>> >>> >>> Adam Bridge>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA