Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nor did I say "bad." I said "formula." No surprises (yet). It's his story, told in his way. One can expect other's stories (or points of view) will not be told; which is why I also said "skimming." He's added his POV in his formulaic manner to the histories of his subjects. Not bad. Just more. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 28, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > I didn't say Ken Burns' National Parks Documentary was bad; (maybe > you go to > different cafeterias than I do.) I go to the Piccadilly once in > a while > in Shreveport. I like the green pea salad, and the turnip greens. I > always have to add some pepper sauce to the greens. They do as > good a job > as anyone frying catfish fillets. So, there ya go. > > I don't know If Ken shoots all the footage himself. Maybe so. > Most of the > still stuff is just pulled straight from scans. This I know, > because I was > a sous-chef in one of his cafeteria-docs a few years ago. > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Mark Rabiner > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>> A Ken Burns Documentary is a little bit like going to a >>> cafeteria. They >>> serve it in an attractive manner, fresh, but no pepper in the >>> gumbo, and >>> someone to takes the trays to the table for you. >>> >>> They've used materials from our archives before, and were a tiny bit >>> slippery in the accuracy of period the image was supposed to >>> portray. >>> >> >> >> Wow weird! >> I'll go to bat for Ken Burns. >> >> If his stuff is so bad why are they by far the most watched things on >> public >> TV for the past 22.2 years? >> Because they are so bad and boring I'm sure is the reason. >> He's mine and most peoples favorite documentarian. >> - He operates his cameras himself. >> - And its all about the power of stills. >> Stills in motion of course. >> The Ken Burns affect. >> >> >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > (+31.754164,-093.099080) > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information