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Ken Burns Documentaries
Posted on 2/9/12 at 1:07 am
Posted on 2/9/12 at 1:07 am
Does anyone else get addicted to these things?
This guy's soundtracks alone draw you into the films..
This guy's soundtracks alone draw you into the films..
Posted on 2/9/12 at 1:35 am to Funreaux
Civil War and National Parks I can watch over and over and over again.
I thought Prohibition was dull. Not really his fault, it's a documentary.
I thought Prohibition was dull. Not really his fault, it's a documentary.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 4:13 am to Zamoro10
quote:
National Parks
Really good series. Particularly the first few episodes.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 6:50 am to RogerTheShrubber
Brooklyn Bridge is the best of his non-Civil War docs.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 7:00 am to Funreaux
He's the unquestioned master of the documentary. For several topics he's chosen to tackle, his doc has become the definitive reference on that particular topic. I love every one of his docs that I've seen:
The Civil War
Baseball
Unforgivable Blackness
The West
The War
Jazz
Huey Long
Thomas Jefferson
The Civil War
Baseball
Unforgivable Blackness
The West
The War
Jazz
Huey Long
Thomas Jefferson
Posted on 2/9/12 at 7:08 am to Jamohn
Check out "New York" by his brother....equally great
Posted on 2/9/12 at 7:56 am to Funreaux
I started Jazz just last night, in fact. And yes, I'd say addicting, since I've seen Baseball, Civil War, The War, National Parks, Huey Long, and probably a couple more of the shorter ones.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:40 am to Funreaux
quote:
Keith David alone draw you into the films..
FIFY
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:06 am to TigerRad
quote:Which one, Monty or George?
his brother
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:08 am to Funreaux
quote:
Ken Burns Documentaries
Civil War and Huey Long
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:15 am to coolpapaboze
quote:
Which one, Monty or George?
His name is Ric, smartass
but srsly, its a great documentary, worthy of the Burns name
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:37 am to Funreaux
I have been watching "The War" on Netflix for awhile. It is the one about WWII. It is incredible!
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:44 am to Funreaux
I enjoyed the one on Thomas Jefferson.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 11:05 am to Funreaux
He's the reason there is a Ken Burns Effect on my slide show software.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 1:02 pm to Jamohn
The Civil War- Seen it. It's gripping.
Baseball- Haven't watched it yet, but I'm pretty pumped about it
Unforgivable Blackness- Haven't heard of this one
The West- Pretty damn cool
The War- Probably my favorite aside from Huey Long & Thomas Jefferson
Jazz- Ordered it recently
Huey Long - As a Louisianian, I'm glad he created this before that generation passed on. Louisiana is now working hard to distance itself from this image.
Thomas Jefferson- The commentary from the historians is second to none.
eta: Also on the topic of documentaries- Gary Sinise as the narrator in WWII in HD is fricking awesome.
Baseball- Haven't watched it yet, but I'm pretty pumped about it
Unforgivable Blackness- Haven't heard of this one
The West- Pretty damn cool
The War- Probably my favorite aside from Huey Long & Thomas Jefferson
Jazz- Ordered it recently
Huey Long - As a Louisianian, I'm glad he created this before that generation passed on. Louisiana is now working hard to distance itself from this image.
Thomas Jefferson- The commentary from the historians is second to none.
eta: Also on the topic of documentaries- Gary Sinise as the narrator in WWII in HD is fricking awesome.
This post was edited on 2/9/12 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 2/9/12 at 1:33 pm to Funreaux
"Lewis and Clark - The Journey of the Corp of Discovery", and "The West", are two of my favorites from Burns, yet you don't hear them mentioned much. The Lewis and Clark music is some of the best.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 2:12 pm to Funreaux
quote:best sports/human piece I've ever seen. It's the story of the rise and fall of the Jack Johnson the boxer.
Unforgivable Blackness- Haven't heard of this one
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:02 pm to JBeam
Unforgivable Blackness is easily his best work, and that's saying a lot.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:07 pm to BoardReader
That's my favorite as well.
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