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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Ken Burns replied when asked if he'd make a documentary about dumdum
https://variety.com/video/ken-burns-on-why-he-would-make-a-trump-documentary/Burns is so articulate and so intelligent, yet he's totally down-to-earth and approachable.
I heard him speak last night and was blown away-- best speaker I ever heard!!! Wish we could clone him
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)I just re-watched part 1 and 2 of his parks series last night as I felt I needed a little grounding. Perhaps I will continue tonight during the speech. Fitting I think...
For any who have not seen them I wholeheartedly recommend all of his series; the most recent one on the Roosevelts is rather good and helps to remind me what it means to be an American.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Guess I'll have to start watching all his documentaries-- so far I've seen Civil War and Mark Twain; I look forward to seeing more.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)pecosbob
(7,543 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)pecosbob
(7,543 posts)on the history of New York City that are quite good, but more difficult to find.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)I believe he's made (somewhere around) 24 documentaries-- the one about Vietnam took him 10 1/2 years.
Staggering, really
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)About making a Trump documentary, he said he would be interested but it would have to be 25 or 30 years in the future to allow for a different perspective.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Ken Burns is a great American and a remarkable film-maker.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)What a special evening