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- Robert Harris
When one's name becomes synonymous with a computer software function, you've risen to a certain level of public awareness and admiration.
So it is with Florentine Films, a documentary production entity working out of Vermont, that has become the go-to for bespoke films on a myriad of subjects, by Mr. Burns and Company.
If there is something to be presumed about Mr. Burns's work, is that it continues to grow, to stretch its own boundaries, and continually hit higher levels of quality.
The camera movies, the editing, the narration (in this case by Peter Coyote) is all of the same cloth. And by that, software plug-ins aside, it means that you can spot a Burns film from fifty paces.
My personal background with country music is minimal. It's something that has simply been there for me, for decades, but I'd not given a great deal of though to it, aside from a period when I was collecting wax cylinders, and early recordings.
Over the course of eight Blu-ray discs - some 16 hours of screen time - and whether one has a knowledge of country music, or not, this series is a masters' class in the subject.
From earliest performers, concepts and beginnings, around the American continent, and beyond, we learn via biographies, and contextual concepts, what its all about, and from whence it came.
From hillbilly tunes, and singing cowboys, the bluegrass era, and into the mid-‘90s, Country Music makes for an extraordinary experience for those who love country music, as well as those who desire to get to the roots of what they're hearing on today's performances.
A great modern documentary that belongs in one's documentary library.
If you're getting the idea that I love this series, you'd be correct. I'm a huge fan of anything Burns / Florentine.
Image - 5
Audio – 5 (5.1 surround)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Very Highly Recommended
RAH
So it is with Florentine Films, a documentary production entity working out of Vermont, that has become the go-to for bespoke films on a myriad of subjects, by Mr. Burns and Company.
If there is something to be presumed about Mr. Burns's work, is that it continues to grow, to stretch its own boundaries, and continually hit higher levels of quality.
The camera movies, the editing, the narration (in this case by Peter Coyote) is all of the same cloth. And by that, software plug-ins aside, it means that you can spot a Burns film from fifty paces.
My personal background with country music is minimal. It's something that has simply been there for me, for decades, but I'd not given a great deal of though to it, aside from a period when I was collecting wax cylinders, and early recordings.
Over the course of eight Blu-ray discs - some 16 hours of screen time - and whether one has a knowledge of country music, or not, this series is a masters' class in the subject.
From earliest performers, concepts and beginnings, around the American continent, and beyond, we learn via biographies, and contextual concepts, what its all about, and from whence it came.
From hillbilly tunes, and singing cowboys, the bluegrass era, and into the mid-‘90s, Country Music makes for an extraordinary experience for those who love country music, as well as those who desire to get to the roots of what they're hearing on today's performances.
A great modern documentary that belongs in one's documentary library.
If you're getting the idea that I love this series, you'd be correct. I'm a huge fan of anything Burns / Florentine.
Image - 5
Audio – 5 (5.1 surround)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Very Highly Recommended
RAH