Ken Burns' The Civil War: A Film Directed By Ken Burns, 1990

I like the topic, so I'll give it 4 stars. ...But the story telling in this particular piece is a bit drab. However, I think it would be difficult to make a compelling movie using modern testimonials, some scratchy black and whites from the national archives, paintings and overdubbed writings from people of the time. I think if you're interested in the topic, a narrative book would be more compelling. Also, I don't know why the DVD translation is so bad in parts: the original is obviously film, but the frames wave around excessively as though the film is flying loose in some dime-store projector.

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