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In Reply to: RE: "The War" revisited posted by rico on October 09, 2007 at 01:00:17
...and there's a lot about it I don't like (along with his other films). Most of my professional friends have major issues with the way Burns makes films. He is overly controlled and controlling of his material, which is one way of understanding the way he imposed limitations in subject matter and perspective in Jazz by focusing the major commentators to experts of a very limited and specific point of view (as commented by someone else). When you think about the variety of perspectives that exist on jazz the idea that he limited himself that way is positively indefensible. His work and style is also endlessly repetitive.You can try and convince yourself it's just professional jealousy but that ain't it!
eb
Edits: 10/09/07Follow Ups:
when he will be doing Part Two of The History of Jazz, for the rest of us.
Rod
So well put. Made me laugh.
...with his misguided, "definitive" treatments, is that it can partly preempt the ability of other filmmakers to get funding in similar subject areas. The widely held, false idea that Burns had created a definitive jazz documentary history can only make it harder for others, with deeper understanding and more nuanced approaches, to get funding and support for additional projects on the subject. And it's hard to get funding for jazz films to begin with.
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