A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

There is something almost magisterial about a documentary from Florentine Films.

Beginning with the selection of archival materials, both still and moving, the integration of those elements via editorial, along with scripted narration,  and the way the narration is spoken, in this case by Peter Coyote.

There is a certain quality, that from the first frame, makes the viewer aware that they are watching something created by Ken Burns and Company.

Every year of so, a new work will appear via PBS, along with the requisite Blu-ray, which kicks the entire enterprise or a notch or three in terms of image and aural quality.

The Roosevelts is no different.

In terms of concept, overall quality, and for lack of a better phrase, purity toward its subject matter, The Roosevelts is a perfect fit to the rest of the Florentine canon.

Like the most recent productions, all elements are high definition, and on Blu-ray shines.

The Roosevelts is currently available from Amazon at around $75 for 14 hours of programming.   To my mind an absolute bargain, the purchase of which concurrently supports future Florentine productions, along with Public Television.

Very Highly Recommended.

RAH

Dennis Nicholls said:

I noticed a credit for Eli Wallach, who died in June, after tonight's episode. What was his role?

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bigshot said:

Ugh. No thanks on this one. Why is this on blu-ray anyway?

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bigshot said:

Ugh. No thanks on this one. Why is this on blu-ray anyway?

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bigshot said:

There are so many great movies out there to watch, investing 14 hours in a slow moving Ken Burns documentary is something I might do once on TV or streaming, but how many times am I going to watch a 14 hour documentary? Does it really need to be on a $75 blu-ray? I got World at War on DVD and I'm still working my way through that one. Sprawling documentaries are better on TV. Movies with potential for being rewatched over and over are better on blu-ray.

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bigshot said:

There are so many great movies out there to watch, investing 14 hours in a slow moving Ken Burns documentary is something I might do once on TV or streaming, but how many times am I going to watch a 14 hour documentary? Does it really need to be on a $75 blu-ray? I got World at War on DVD and I'm still working my way through that one. Sprawling documentaries are better on TV. Movies with potential for being rewatched over and over are better on blu-ray.

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atcolomb said:

I love documentaries and a big fan of Ken Burns so i also started watching this on my PBS station and so far very good with some facts i did not know about Teddy. For a shorter doc on Teddy i recomend "The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt" with narration spoken by George C. Scott which is excellent!

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bruceames said:

To me good docs have as high a replay value as a good movie. My favorite is The World at War. I've watched that about 3 times and am looking forward to watching it again (I need to wait a few years to feel more satisfied rewatching it, like any good movie).

Also Ken burns docs are perfect for Blu-ray because they always have a lot of archival photos, which when paused look awesome!

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Robert Crawford said:

Hell, I wish they would release The Civil War and the entire Baseball documentaries on BD.

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Dennis Nicholls said:

If you like TR, you should see Brian Keith's performance of a lifetime as TR in John Milius' The Wind and The Lion. It may not be the way TR really was, but it's certainly the way we would LIKE to believe TR was.

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Jacksmyname said:

Same here. Ken Burns' The Civil War is, for me, the finest documentary I've ever seen.
I salivate over the idea of it on Blu Ray.

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bruceames said:

Same here. That has a ton of photos in it so I'm looking forward to seeing those in high definition.

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