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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:01 PM Aug 2024

Anyone know about ..."Ken Burns"? ...greatest document producer ever...

Perhaps you have seen his movies...what do you think of them? or him?

Yes, I recced my own post...for "Ken Burns"









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Anyone know about ..."Ken Burns"? ...greatest document producer ever... (Original Post) Stuart G Aug 2024 OP
The Civil War Cirsium Aug 2024 #1
My favorite too. That and "Baseball". lamp_shade Aug 2024 #5
I would watch anything by Ken Burns. JoetheShow Aug 2024 #2
My favorite Ken Burn's film is KarenS Aug 2024 #3
Love and appreciate Ken Burns films. I had the pleasure appalachiablue Aug 2024 #4
Anything he does is appointment television for me. Xavier Breath Aug 2024 #6
When it says "Ken Burns" I watch it. It is usually very good. Even interviews of him are good...He's the kind of guy mitch96 Aug 2024 #7
Genius. bif Aug 2024 #8

Cirsium

(2,522 posts)
1. The Civil War
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:28 PM
Aug 2024

The Civil War was extraordinarily well done and is worth watching i you haven't seen it.

JoetheShow

(97 posts)
2. I would watch anything by Ken Burns.
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:47 PM
Aug 2024

I've seen the Civil War, the American Buffalo, and Benjamin Franklin. There are several others I want to see but my local library does not have them and I'm too cheap/poor to pay for the streaming service.

KarenS

(4,952 posts)
3. My favorite Ken Burn's film is
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 03:49 PM
Aug 2024

The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony ~ Not for Ourselves Alone.

Part I & Part II is a total of 4 hours,,,, it is a wonderful story.

I've watched many of his documentaries ~ these days one must pay to see them,,,, remember when PBS was free? of course, I'm talking about 'on demand'.

He really steers toward the middle to do the stories,,,, I noticed it particularly watching one about LBJ and
the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

appalachiablue

(43,531 posts)
4. Love and appreciate Ken Burns films. I had the pleasure
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 04:10 PM
Aug 2024

of meeting him once briefly at work at a lecture he gave on the Civil War, what a terrific series. He did take some guff over the lengthy Vietnam War (?) series that some still gripe about but I never wavered.

Xavier Breath

(5,606 posts)
6. Anything he does is appointment television for me.
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 04:41 PM
Aug 2024

Even when the subject matter is going to be rough. I knew going in that The American Buffalo would be a tough watch, but I watched it and came away knowing so much more than I did before.

mitch96

(15,206 posts)
7. When it says "Ken Burns" I watch it. It is usually very good. Even interviews of him are good...He's the kind of guy
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 05:26 PM
Aug 2024

I would love to have a beer with and chat..
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