Ken Burns America Collection - Brooklyn Bridge
directed by: Ken Burns
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Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 09/23/2005Director: Ken Burns
Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 09/23/2005Director: Ken Burns
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- Ken Burns Classic
Ken Burns produces another excellent documentary. He brings life to a tale that could be otherwise uninteresting, but that is what makes Ken Burns the master storyteller that he is. Fascinating for the whole family to watch,
Rating: - How It was Built, How It's Built Me
Pending who you ask, this documentary may seem incomplete.However, this reviewer believes it does a handsome job for an hour-long documentary, not to mention the maiden output by Ken Burns.I first saw this special (in a heavily-edited form) as a boy of eight.I was already the world's first self-proclaimed bridge freak, and my father figured I'd be fascinated with the Brooklyn Bridge.He was probably too right.It was on the heels of this presentation that I urged my parents to escort me to ... Read More
Rating: - Burns' first film
Ken Burns made this film from David McCullogh's brilliant book on the difficulties Washington Roebling had building the Brooklyn Bridge. Ken Burns mines the archives to document the construction, but then adds a Part Two that chronicles the reaction of our culture to the fact of the bridge: high art (paintings, poems), popular culture (movies and songs, including Frank Sinatra's "good ol' Brooklyn bridge")and even ads for, among others, Singer sewing machines. The theme is that man can create something ... Read More
Rating: - Fabulous documentary about the most famous bridge in the world
I just finished reading David McCullough's book "The Great Bridge, the Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge" which I bought on Amazon.Then I purchased Ken Burns' DVD.The bridge was built during the most incredible hardships, and was finished in 1883, and it is still in use today.As a native New Yorker, I am so proud of this bridge, I love to just look at it and dream.
The DVD is very informative, John Roebling's vision of a bridge scanning the two cities of New York and ... Read More
Rating: - Great
I watched this a few weeks before a trip to NY and couln't wait to go after watching.It goes over all the interesting details about it being built.Nice documentary.
- Ken Burns ClassicKen Burns produces another excellent documentary. He brings life to a tale that could be otherwise uninteresting, but that is what makes Ken Burns the master storyteller that he is. Fascinating for the whole family to watch,
- How It was Built, How It's Built MePending who you ask, this documentary may seem incomplete.However, this reviewer believes it does a handsome job for an hour-long documentary, not to mention the maiden output by Ken Burns.I first saw this special (in a heavily-edited form) as a boy of eight.I was already the world's first self-proclaimed bridge freak, and my father figured I'd be fascinated with the Brooklyn Bridge.He was probably too right.It was on the heels of this presentation that I urged my parents to escort me to ... Read More
- Burns' first filmKen Burns made this film from David McCullogh's brilliant book on the difficulties Washington Roebling had building the Brooklyn Bridge. Ken Burns mines the archives to document the construction, but then adds a Part Two that chronicles the reaction of our culture to the fact of the bridge: high art (paintings, poems), popular culture (movies and songs, including Frank Sinatra's "good ol' Brooklyn bridge")and even ads for, among others, Singer sewing machines. The theme is that man can create something ... Read More
- Fabulous documentary about the most famous bridge in the worldI just finished reading David McCullough's book "The Great Bridge, the Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge" which I bought on Amazon.Then I purchased Ken Burns' DVD.The bridge was built during the most incredible hardships, and was finished in 1883, and it is still in use today.As a native New Yorker, I am so proud of this bridge, I love to just look at it and dream.
The DVD is very informative, John Roebling's vision of a bridge scanning the two cities of New York and ... Read More
- GreatI watched this a few weeks before a trip to NY and couln't wait to go after watching.It goes over all the interesting details about it being built.Nice documentary.
