I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts. Ken Burns composerfactmusic Change image and share on social
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. Ken Burns activebadlybase Change image and share on social
When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad. Ken Burns baddocumentaryfilm Change image and share on social
In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans? Ken Burns americanaskfilm Change image and share on social
I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style. Ken Burns addcarefulcomplexity share on social
We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? Ken Burns happenhardjazz Change image and share on social
I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films. Ken Burns begindocumentarydrama Change image and share on social
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel. Ken Burns amplifybringemotion Change image and share on social
I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New York Times, every single day reading their jazz reviews even though I didn't put them in the films. I wanted to know what is going on. Ken Burns coverdayfilm share on social
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. Ken Burns definedeprivegood Change image and share on social
