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Subject: [Leica] Ted's DVD has arrived
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Mar 11 06:08:44 2008
References: <4cfa589b0803102250m9d35a15j87beb6d160936c83@mail.gmail.com>

On Mar 10, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Today, despite being handled by both the US and Canadian postal
> systems, Ted's DVD arrived. Jan and I eagerly screened it tonight.
>
> It's a wonderful production. I've not yet met Ted in person, only
> shared this forum with him. But the sense of who is he is just fills
> the documentary. There are many images I had not equated with being
> Ted's, so seeing something familiar and finding out it was his made
> for a wonderful discovery.
>
> I wasn't aware of his work with the Chernobyl children - that sequence
> brought tears to my eyes, and I think to Ted's too. The medical
> images, and Ted at work in the OR, was special. My wife gave me two of
> his medical books for Christmas -- this makes them that much more
> special.
>
> I particularly enjoyed the sequences with Ted's family and, as I think
> about it, holding that first camera his wife gave him, that was quite
> special too.

I could not agree more Adam, and it was wonderful seeing Sandy Carter,

Ted's blessed friend and colleague, who has the kindest eyes I have  
ever seen...


Steve


> This is good documentary film making. If I were to ask for something
> it would be that the DVD had been made anamorphic so my player would
> have expanded it to full-screen on my HDTV instead of showing it
> letter-boxed in 4:3 format. That was a production decision and I'm
> sure $$$ were an issue there. I'd have liked some pan-scan across the
> images too. In some of them I noticed what appeared to be JPEG
> artifacts as if they were captured into video from low-resolution
> scans.
>
> These are quibbles. The essence is of the humanity and the art and
> craft of Ted Grant.
>
> Your team did good, Ted. Thank you! And thank you for your work. I'm
> looking forward to sharing a single malt with you!
>
> Adam Bridge
>
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Steve

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