Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Crumb (1994) - Documentary that examines the life and work of underground cartoon legend R. Crumb Directed by Terry Zwigoff Robert Crumb (or R. Crumb as he commonly signed his work) may not be a name that jumps out at you. If you were growing up in the mid-60's through early 1970s then his work... Continue Reading →
I am a huge fan of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. My bet is that his work really came to our attention with "The Civil War" in 1990. At his best, his movies and series are sweeping poetry done in film. His visual style, use of music and ability to interweave personal narratives to the larger... Continue Reading →
Empire of the Air - The Men Who Made Radio (1991) - Ken Burns delves into the stories of the three men most central to the development of radio and eventually television - Lee de Forest, E.H. Armstrong and David Sarnoff. The growth of Radio into the first electronic, broadcast medium and its dominance of the American... Continue Reading →
Senna (2010) - This is for racing fans. The documentary follows the racing career of the great Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna through his tragic death at Imola in 1994. Senna put the world on notice from the moment he slid down into the cockpit of an F1 machine. Astoundingly fast, intensely competitive and... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 