According to Paul Attanasio, "[t]he richness of Sherman's March comes from the way McElwee, in his roundabout way, completes the portrait of Sherman he originally set out to achieve"; but "[t]he chief problem is that, at 21⁄2 hours, it's about an hour too long. The narrator could not be more dry and boring and it sounds as if he is reading cue cards. First Run Features was the only company willing to take a chance on it and, in fact, it did terrifically well. From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Experiencing so much of the director's personal life is an unusual experience and takes the motion picture somewhere it doesn't often go. Escape from the Planet of the Pandemic Parade, 35 Promised Remakes of Documentaries That Still Haven’t Happened, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-Winners Through the Years, Most Deserving 80's Film on National Film Registry (list #2). McElwee initially planned to make a film about the effects of General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas (the Georgia portion of which is commonly called the "March to the Sea") during the American Civil War. Sherman's March is three hours of footage from a broken man's life. Title: Directed by Jonathan Chase Cook. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Timothy, Corrigan. Sherman voyaged the world, influenced the California Gold Rush, started banks and Louisiana ... 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. Use the HTML below. She's sincerely upset about my having ended my relationship with my girlfriend, and she's looking for ways to get me back on my feet.
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One of the worst executed doc's I've ever seen, Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2019. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. (2019).
Sherman for hours. Period. Keep your little bookworms engaged outside of the classroom with our selection of the very best literary adaptations. Not bad, must say, but nothing new or exciting or revelatory. There's no change in voice tone throughout the ENTIRE film. He advised and entertained presidents, and changed the dynamic of war. This is what happens when you have a 'A' level subject, do meticulous research, and then do an elementary school level of production. Soldier, banker, lawyer, professor; William Tecumseh Sherman was more than a Civil War General.
Here, they tried well, and History Channel did their best to promote this footage with not so bad budget, actors, large number of Civil War buffs in mass scenes. This documentary is the equivalent of listening to a student read facts about W.T. I could never have imagined it being that kind of a film. I have a Master's Degree in the military history of the American Civil War.
Even conversations between multiple subjects performs all the dialog, rendering the documentary the feeling of storybook time when your elementary school teacher read from a book to the class. Later he set decades of policy in the American West. It's as if the very weakness, the retiring politeness, that has made McElwee such an interesting comic character has also made him a crummy editor of his own film — like the women who mostly reject him, you don't really want to spend your life with him.
Lots of excellent illustrations and photographs that make it come alive. The thing is, this film is still very much on the mediocre level and does a fairly sour job, especially when it comes down to main heroes dialog and portrayal. Its a minor point because this film is unlike any conventional documentary or comedy. Sherman voyaged the world, influenced the California Gold Rush, started banks and Louisiana State University.
Also, I'm still scratching my head as to why there was loopy-pop music in this documentary?
Brett Coon
Other themes include the spectre of nuclear holocaust in the context of the Cold War and the legacy and complexity of General Sherman's own life. I wanted to shop around a bit, because it's a very small company and I wanted to see what else was available. It's also a very cheerful recollection of the kind of self-searching, home-movie documentaries that Jim McBride, the director, and L. M. Kit Carson, the writer and actor, satirized so brilliantly in their fiction film, David Holzman's Diary. will put more time into making a better historical presentations in the future. Sherman's March is three hours of footage from a broken man's life. However, the movie is long and I feel it should have been further edited for the public. Oxford University Press, 2011. Looking for some great streaming picks? Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art. Looking for something to watch? This should be shown in high school history classes instead of the watered down apologetic history that is now taught. This documentary chronicles General William Tecumseh Sherman's fabled "March to the Sea" through Georgia and the Carolinas, utilizing state of the art production techniques including CGI, special effects and historical re-creations.
Sherman’s actions were child’s play compared to the United State’s policy during World War II, where the enemy countryside was freely bombed. View production, box office, & company info, Interview with actor Bill Oberst Jr. of The Devil Within & Vivid, Bill Oberst Jr. and Being Hounded in Hollywood: An Exclusive Interview, FILM LIFE: War and Revolution | Chapter 15, IMDB - (100 to 500 Votes) (USA) (7.5 to 7.9) (year 2000 - 2009). Directed by Ross McElwee. Soldier, banker, lawyer, professor; William Tecumseh Sherman was more than a Civil War General. Soldier, banker, lawyer, professor; William Tecumseh Sherman was more than a Civil War General. (1985). Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.