{"id":3569,"date":"2019-04-13T07:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T11:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2019-04-13T07:23:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T11:23:46","slug":"ken-burns-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"Ken Burns Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Various thoughts from Ken Burns talk <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>History is the best teacher<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The goal is to make a film that \u2026 \u201cdrops out of your head and into your heart.\u201d <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Race is at the core of the American narrative<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cAll of our films are made in the editing room\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Process: Reading, scholars, museums, archives, and interviews<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We\u2019re 80-100 hour a week people. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cRemove the arrogance we have about the past\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cGood history is making you think it won\u2019t turn out the way it did.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThe internet equalizes\u2026\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cMost of what we do is subtraction\u2026(Analogy to syrup: forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.) &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There\u2019s no boundaries in music; WM quote: \u201cMusic as the art of the invisible\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>KB as conductor of huge orchestra. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When something is going wrong: \u201cSomeone, somewhere, let something slide.\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Note about teachers &#8212; \u201cmore about how to be a person than a filmmaker\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Points at TJ and DoI: second greatest sentence in the English language. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Laws of storytelling are the same, no matter what kind of film you\u2019re making. &nbsp;&nbsp;(Difference between me and Spielberg is that he can make something up and I can\u2019t.) &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various thoughts from Ken Burns talk History is the best teacher The goal is to make a film that \u2026 \u201cdrops out of your head and into your heart.\u201d Race is at the core of the American narrative \u201cAll of our films are made in the editing room\u201d &nbsp; 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