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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841887006330
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: PBS (Direct)
Manufacturer: PBS (Direct)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PBS (Direct)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2006
Running Time: 240 minutes
Sales Rank: 26655
Studio: PBS (Direct)
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 2001
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Whether it shows a lot of actors in costume or not isn't really the point. He takes you through areas as a tour guide and tells you the history. The last part about De Vacca and his revelations and the extraordinary journey was fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed this just as much as I do Ken Burns' documentaries, it is a different style. I don't want to see everyone do things the same way. As far as him showing art, he did show art, he also showed you by trying many things how these people survived, ... Read More
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From the comments made by some reviewing this series, I can see that they are not practicing historians. Most modern historians understand the biases of especially contemporary and nineteenth century writers. It is interesting that they would question the presentation of modern research and not those of the past. That said, this presentation is a modern interpretation of the period of Spanish conquest. The one point that it shows better than most interpretations is the role that Native peoples played in ... Read More
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Some of the other reviewers have complained that this series doesn't match with the "classic" history authors on the subject. It's my opinion that this view fails to recognize how Michael Wood's documentaries usually operate. His research often has a revisionist ethic, and if you observe the credits and his interviews, many of his sources are often current versus classic experts, and he also goes out of his way, especially in this series, to get folk and indigenous perspectives.
This is in line ... Read More
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I have recently taken on learning the history of the Spanish Conquistadors and have read several of the classics of that history like Diaz, Prescott, and Thomas, and I must say that this show is almost completely opposite to their writings.
This documentary I believe is the history as this phony wishes it and not how it was. It makes me wonder why my tax dollars would support such a work of falsehood and trash.
Save your money and don't buy, instead read Bernal Diaz or Prescott.
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I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSSED TO BE ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORS. I THINK THE HOST HAS AN EGO PROBLEM. HE SHOULD WATCH SOME OF THE KEN BURNS SHOWS SO HE WILL KNOW HOW TO MAKE A GOOD SHOW. MANY TIMES THEY MAKE YOU WATCH THE HOST WALKING OR SHOW HIS BACK OR CLOSE UP SHOTS OF HIS FACE. WHAT THEY SHOULD BE SHOWING IS RUINS,PAINTINGS FROM MUSEUMS, ACTORS IN COSTUMES ETC... I DID NOT WANT TO SEE A BUNCH OF GLAMORE SHOTS OF SOME GUY. THAT BEING SAID: SOME OF THE THINGS SHOWN ARE GOOD. THEY DO SHOW SOME RUINS ETC... BUT, ... Read More
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