A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

©2010 A&E Television Networks. Content © 1999 Lou Reda Productions and A&E Television Networks In 1999, months before the 50th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War, The History Channel (now History) aired The Korean War: Fire and Ice, a four-part television series about a conflict most Americans have chosen to forget: the 1950-1953 struggle between the U.S.-led United Nations Command and the Soviet-supported North Korean/Chinese alliance for control of that divided Asian nation. Produced by Lou Reda and written by Rod Paschall, The Korean War: Fire and Ice mixes archival footage (both color and black-and-white) from the archives of several nations and 1990s interviews with historians, former diplomats, and U.S. Korean War veterans. Though much of the archival footage is combat footage, there are also shots of non-battle events, such as Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's 1949 meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung, the deliberations at the UN Headquarters in N...

DVD Cover Art (C) 2012 Cable News Network, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. CNN Presents: Cold War (C) 1998 Turner Original Productions, Inc.   In 1998, seven years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, CNN and Britain's BBC Two network aired Cold War, a 24-part miniseries co-produced by Turner Original Productions and Jeremy Isaacs, a British producer who is best known for his 1970s series about World War II, The World at War.   The idea of the series originated with Jeremy Isaacs Productions and was financed by CNN founder Ted Turner. Isaacs then put together a team of writers and producers to make 24 46-minute-long episodes that are presented in the same style and format of The World at War. Many of Isaacs' collaborators, including co-producer Pat Mitchell, writers Neal Ascherson and Jerome Kuehl, and composer Carl Davis, had worked on the earlier series. Thus, Cold War can be considered to be a sequel to The World at War.  As you might ex...

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Episode Nine: A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973) Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward Directed by: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home - to a bitterly divided country. - from The Vietnam War 's Episode List On September 27, 2017, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired "A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973), the ninth episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The Vietnam War. Produced by Burns, Novick, and Sarah Botstein, this 10-part documentary series is an attempt to explain, as best as possible, one of the most tragic and controversial events in American history. A decade in the making, The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn...

Episode One: Déjà Vu (1858-1961) Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward Directed by: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two. Communists in the North aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem’s untested regime in the South. – from The Vietnam War’ s Episode List. On September 17, 2017, PBS premiered “Déjà Vu (1858-1961),” Episode One of The Vietnam War, a 10-part documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ( The War, Prohibition ). Produced by Burns, Novick, and Sarah Botstein, this 18-hour exploration of one of the most divisive events in modern American history was 10 years in the making. It features interviews of participants from all sides, including civilians and veterans from North and South Vietnam. (Hence the series’ tagline: “There is no single truth in war.”...