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It's all there in those 26 remarkable hours. Every theater. Film footage from both sides. Interviews with victor and conquered. Diplomats, politicians, generals, foot soldiers, civilians: all have their say.
I've read more than a few books on WWII, but I honestly can say these hours have taught me more than all of them, combined. A Berlin burgermeister who staged two dead women (strangers to him), maintaining they were his wife and child, to gain sympathy from the Russians--- the contempt in his voice for the Russians was palpable. And the interviews with Albert Speer and other high ranking Nazis showed better than any account could how a man can speak about organizing and running a machine responsible for killing tens of millions of people and excuse himself, even though he had a principal role.
More Jews died in the War than did Germans. But the Russians and Chinese lost roughly 20 million, each; compare that to the less than 310,000 Americans. England also had relatively few deaths, though the devastation was immense. In fact, throughout the affected world, all participants with one sole exception were left in destitute circumstances. The USs industrial power and financial system vastly increased as did its world-wide political influence.
One of the greatest surprises, one that has forced me to alter a long-held belief, was the factual information presented to Truman which he used in deciding to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese people, politicians, and military leaders (remember, it was a martial society: the generals ruled over the political world) were very much against surrender before and after the bombs fell. You can hear this from the very mouths of the top Japanese military and political officials, including Hirohito's top aide.
Anyhow, this should be mandatory viewing for all high school students, throughout the world.
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I'll keep my standard dvd set. Regardless of the amazing efforts and (according to everyone) the results a stretched image is inexcusable. I understand the decision behind it, but I don't agree with it. It's just another example of catering to and the enabling of an ignorant end user. A simple disclaimer at the beginning of each episode explaining why the original aspect ratio was retained should suffice. It may even educate those with more money than brains who would complain about a "small picture".
Baba-Booey to you all!
Would be a bummer without it - an instant 80% market share loss.
Voice-over by Gilbert Gottfried.
Baba-Booey to you all!
Haha so you did not knew!
I did.
And now?
...before you spend the $95.00 US. It's been reformatted from the 1:33 to 1:78 (16 by 9 aspect) for HD. I'd buy it. I have an older dvd set that I'm happy with. Carl Davis' main title score has never left my head from the first time I heard it. Devastating. And using Shostakovich (sp) Leningrad for the siege is incredible. I also thought the sound fx added were very affecting. And Olivier can really tell a story, his narration is superb. The Holocaust segment is mind boggling. Brought the "Night and the Fog" to mind.
***And using Shostakovich (sp) Leningrad for the siege is incredible.
I am sure it is... just as it is over-abused million times. The combination has been all too trivial trivial for decades.
Not a criticism of the series, just a note.
How was the reformatting done?
You should read the negative reviews on Amazon UK!!!!!!
snooze fest.
In most such documentaries the old farts speaking from their armchairs don't add much to the story's dry factual side, but perhaps make it more palatable to those of us more interested in the glossy coffee table books.
Me, I will take the dry documentary style any day.
dare you. ;_0
They go for reasonable prices on ebay, makes sense just to buy rather than clog the Netflix pipeline for days.
BTW, apparently there are different releases - some are 11 DVD's, some 7 - any idea about the difference?
I JUST BOUGHT IT. ON BLURAY.
BUT MANY ARE UNHAPPY WITH IT!
Look at Amazon UK...
Should I now just hang myself? :)
A Blue Ray player is not on my list of things to buy for next ten years, so this is a non-issue. Still, curious how the format change was done.
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I just finished cleaning and adjusting my 19" Quasar TV from the eighties. The picture is to die for, so it is ready for Blue Ray!
Do I set it on channel 3 or 4 for best picture? Which Blue Ray with RF output is the best buy?
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Channel 3 works better!
DVD #7; it seems to have covered the end of the war, plus some final thoughts. I have no idea what the remaining ones will show, but I'm now awaiting them.
Of course, part of the greatness of this is the spectacular narration of Sir Laurence: it is one of his best "roles." Never overly emotive; letting the words convey the meanings. Oh, to have seen him live in a Shakespearean drama! The greatest of the three English giants (Gielgud and Richardson, of course, being the other two). Side note: as I heard from a Richardson interview, the three of them decided to buy exactly the same model Brit bikes, Norton Commandos, and ride together. They picked a date--- it may have been when all had reached 65 years of age--- where all three would have felt they'd lived long enough and had nothing to fear. Imagine zipping around an English country road and being passed by that threesome! "Dear.... didn't those three gentlemen look oddly familiar?"
totaling 26 hours. The other four DVDs are extra materials that many have reviewed as important.
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Not hard to see where "The Civil War" + "The Pacific" got their influence; if anything by showing both sides of a conflict with equal dispassion + balance "World at War", together with their superb interviews + classic archival footage, remains the best of the bunch
GW
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