Recalling his first documentary, Brooklyn Bridge,
made almost 30 years ago, filmmaker Ken Burns fast-forwarded to the
present and spoke about the World War II project that he is now
editing, last night at the Brooklyn Public Library. After vowing to
himself that he wouldn’t make another war film after The Civil
War, Burns told an audience of history buffs, the reason he’d
been motivated to work on the project was a statistic he’d heard. "Apparently 40 percent of graduating high school seniors
think that we fought with the Germans
against the Japanese," he said. "And that’s in spite
of Band of Brothers, Schindler’s
List, Saving Private Ryan, the execrable
Pearl Harbor. Even the best of them don’t give you
any context.”
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Comments (1) for "Ken Burns’ Next Big War Is WWII"
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Mr. Burns,
Overall your WWII documentary was excellent.
There is one question.
Who is the woman from (Alabama?), and why does she continue to speak thruout the film? She was most offensive in her demeanor, especially as she spoke of the Atomic Bomb with a smile on her face. She was offensive! She should be edited from the film, since she adds nothing positive.
M. H. Hiraga,M.D.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posted by Mikio H. Hiraga, M.D on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 @ 09:43 PM
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