If you have any knowledge of a subject you will find that part or all of the story is either wrong or distorted.

Good point, davod – and the same rule can be applied to nearly all mainstream journalism.

I think I’ve seen “The War” advertised here, but yet to see it. Be interesting to see if it can top The World at War, but from what I’m hearing on this thread..

If you have any knowledge of a subject you will find that part or all of the story is either wrong or distorted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X6qtwxedzg

Also, I think his “Baseball” documentary was his best.

Did he do one on Rock ‘n Roll. I seem to recall that and that Rock didn’t begin until Dylan went electric, or something nutty like that.

n some seriousness, Burns is probably the country’s greatest living documentary film maker.

I stopped watching the propaganda filled,one sided “North Good, South Bad” because it was distorted, untruthful, not factually based and biased.

I tried to watch the WW2, it was HORRIBLE. That was not a “documentary”, again, it was someone filming their dissertation and point of view.

Ken Burns might be perceived as a premier filmaker in PBS circles, that’s about it. They deserve one another.

Burns is probably the country’s greatest living documentary film maker.

Ah, no. His “documentaries” remind me of a slightley-underweight retarded version of roger and me. He achieves “historical” look by using dull colors and bad voiceovers. Pretty much aiming for a leni riefenstahl look to his “documentaries”, he fails miserably. 99% of the stuff on the History Channel, like Sherman’s March, is soooooo much better.

wistful, no less.

/snort

You have *no* idea just how truthful this is, Bryan.
The Ugly American on December 18, 2007 at 8:59 PM

I was aquainted with a documentarian who tried to live off the scraps that were left over after Burns feasted at PBS. So I’m aware of how true what I wrote is, believe me.

Limerick on December 18, 2007 at 8:55 PM

Look a group of historians wrote a book about his crockumentary, Sheby Foote, who narrated much of it was not happy about the end result.
It was not as factual as it could have been, trust me, I have studied the war for 33 years. There were fictional characters, (Sullivan Balloo)lack of context in many occassions, and outright bias (Like calling Stonewall Jackson a cold-blooded killer) Incidents like Ft. Pillow was presented with almost none of the bountiful eveidence and testimonies about what occurred there. The Battle of the Crater was presented in an absurdly inaccurate fashion. The list is long and undistinguished. Burns even admitted he was not purely presenting history.

Of course, Burns WOULD latch onto Obama as the liberal prophet of “change” in America, and Obama will certainly enjoy the benefits from our PBS tax proceeds that enabled Burns to launch his reputation. Here we go with a DOCUMENTARY dignifying a (blank experience) slate of intrigue as the “just what we need” candidate in this, our hour of despair…

squandered talent.

In ‘The War’ he took ‘Oh how sad’ track. It was horrible.
Limerick on December 18, 2007 at 8:34 PM

Really? I’m surprised so many of you found it tedious.
Between the awe inspiring stories by the vets, the letters, the ample coverage of the Pacific theatre and the examination of the effects of WW2 on four towns of normal America, I was riveted.