Ken Burns and Lynn Novick"s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides-Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. THE VIETNAM WAR features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era and haunting original music from ...保持了一贯水准。比 Prohibition 和 The Civil War 成就更高的佳作。一个这么困难的题材，看起来却没有“导演好难”的感觉，因为对所有人物带有深深的理解之同情。地球东西，国家南北，所有人义无反顾、驷马难追地一起奋力奔向悲剧。
