Did you perhaps ever wonder, prior to it's rebranding, just what The History Channel was so desperate to emulate with all that unending analysis of World War II that they used to run 24/7? Well, it was this; the now defunct Thames Television's monolithic 26-part serial, The World At War, the depths of which have since served as the benchmark by which all other retrospectives shall be judged.
Supreme in scope, yet personal in detail, The World At War remains an unparalleled achievement in the realm of historical documentary filmmaking. Not least due to it's courageous level of dispassion; commendable for a nation not yet a generation removed from the devastation and one still reeling from the effects of rationing and widespread social unrest. The startlingly simple yet hauntingly effective title sequence - a series of anonymous photographs turned to ash by a naked flame - affirms a commitment to...
Supreme in scope, yet personal in detail, The World At War remains an unparalleled achievement in the realm of historical documentary filmmaking. Not least due to it's courageous level of dispassion; commendable for a nation not yet a generation removed from the devastation and one still reeling from the effects of rationing and widespread social unrest. The startlingly simple yet hauntingly effective title sequence - a series of anonymous photographs turned to ash by a naked flame - affirms a commitment to...
- 11/21/2010
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
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