- Language: English, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 3
- ASIN: B004NJC0R0
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating!!!!!, Oct 6 2011
By R. Daniel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ken Burns: Prohibition [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I am not an historian nor am I usually interested in documentaries. I accidentally turned the channel on the t.v. and was immediately captivated by the history of the prohibition era. I read the last review. I can't dispute the author's factual accounts, but from what I saw and learned the minute details that were missed or left out were irrelevant. I say that because even though the last reviewer tells of inaccuracies I think that the amount of information that was given left me with a passion to want to research more for myself. It's like having bad teachers and wanting to drop out of school then the next semester you have a dedicated teacher. That teacher can't teach you all you'll ever need to learn but gives you the thirst to want to learn more. So much to want to leave a review and purchase the Blu-ray. That's what I got from it.
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Prohibition in America comes alive through film clips and focused narration. Bravo for Ken Burns!, Oct 19 2011
By Linda Linguvic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: NEW Black In Latin America - Black In Latin America (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Ken Burns, the undisputed master of the TV documentary, has done it again. This 3-part 5-1/2 hour PBS series kept my eyes glued to the screen while my own impressions of the world of prohibition, which were mostly gleaned from stories my parents told me, became real through the old film clips and the excellent narration and historical perspective.Looking back, it seems as if the nation was crazy to actually pass a law that prohibited alcoholic beverages in all its forms. But times were different then. In the small town Americana of 1919 men were getting dead drunk and abusing their families. For the first time in history, women asserted themselves and organized the Women's Christian Temperance Union, marching in the streets and eventually influencing legislation. It was different in the cities however, where an immigrant population did not see liquor as a menace. Thus began the age of Prohibition and the biggest crime wave and social change that America has ever seen.
This documentary tells it all with excellent film clips, fine historical research and clear and focused narration. I loved every minute of it, learned a lot, and revisited old stories told to me as a child. This series is absolutely spectacular, I give it my highest rating and am delighted that it is now available for purchase.
26 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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Another Ken Burns PBS documentary that mostly hits but sometimes misses., Oct 7 2011
By Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: NEW Black In Latin America - Black In Latin America (Blu-ray) (DVD)
PBS documentarian Burns shares the byline credit this time around with his business partner Lynn Novick. The script is again by Geoffrey C. Ward, based on his book. As noted by a previous reviewer here there are factual errors and they should be blamed on Ward. Burns is more interested in the collages he creates from thousands (literally - just look at the ed credits) of stills that he mixes with some silent film footage with newly added sound effects ("talking pictures" were not common until 1927 - except for experimental film). Then he adds famous actors reading quotes from people relevant to the story at hand.The show is divided into three parts and these are each placed on a separate DVD in the 3-disc package. The parts run about 100 minutes each. There are just over 90 minutes of "bonus features", consisting of a seven-minute "behind the scenes" (music scoring, the celebrity voices), deleted scenes (about 25 minutes) and 16 interview segments (totaling 53 minutes) of raw footage with timing counters.
There is no booklet or other informational insert in the package that is more generic than other Burns DVDs from PBS.
Burns is discussing a subject - not necessarily a time period - and spends the first third of the program just leading up to why prohibition occurred.
While some of the facts are wrong, so is the music - at least for the period. Many of the songs you will hear in the background are from the 1930s, not the `teens or the twenties. But most folks won't notice - as they won't notice the factual inaccuracies.
Burns does "slick" and "visually appealing" films and this is just another one of those. It's worth spending time with and - if you liked what you saw and heard on TV, the DVD gives you more of it; it's just not "dressed up" like it was on TV.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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