[at-l] Re: PBS was THE ATC & Membership therein - a bit longish

[jestbill at yahoo.com (william fitzpatrick)]

"Why do tourists video-tape a statue?" 

Because they're not doing documentaries about the park, they're doing
documentaries of their trip.  That's what they see, so that's what they record.

Ever notice that you can tell when a picture was taken of the family by which
car they're lined up against?  They are capturing clues to memories.

Hikers take pictures of odd trees, rocks and mushrooms.  They don't actually
care about those mushrooms, they care about the memories attached to them.  

Why else would there be not only memories of which stile is Southernmost on the
Trail, but pictures galore of it?

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--- Leslie Booher <lbooher@pure.net> wrote:

>           The problem with the AT vs Burns is that he depends so extensively
> on archival photographs and footage.
> 
>           I'm not sure the archive exists to satisfy a Burns venture...
> *********************
> 
> When you're covering something like the Civil War that doesn't exist (in the
> same way <G>) anymore, you have to use archival photos.  We're a living,
> breathing entity, so perhaps he could use current material.  
> 
> What bugs me about documentaries is that they will use a statue and film
> while circumnavigating it.  Dizzy!  And that still doesn't make it move.  We
> lived for several years in Vicksburg, MS, Civil War town par excellence.  Our
> oldest daughter asked me once, "Why do tourists video-tape a statue?" 
> Excellent question.  
> 
> anklebear
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