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Brooklyn Bridge chronicles the design, construction, and legacy of the titular bridge. It is the directorial debut of popular documentarian Ken Burns, who takes a traditional but insightful approach to the film about this "marvelous" bridge "built by people".
Opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the first main bridges to connect Manhattan with the other New York boroughs. However, it's construction was not without its issues, which went from the death of its designer John Roebling, the illness of his son, successor, and chief engineer Washington, but also to the risky logistics of its erection.
Featuring interviews and commentaries from architects, writers, and regular New Yorkers, Brooklyn Bridge is a breezy and interesting journey through the drive of those that not only wanted to build something to connect, but also of those that wanted to be like them and conveyed that through word, poetry, music, comedy, or just simply by crossing it.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE
(1981, Burns)
A film from Ken Burns
(1981, Burns)
A film from Ken Burns
"Isn't it marvelous? that it was built by people like you and I? people like... we would like to be, at least?"
Brooklyn Bridge chronicles the design, construction, and legacy of the titular bridge. It is the directorial debut of popular documentarian Ken Burns, who takes a traditional but insightful approach to the film about this "marvelous" bridge "built by people".
Opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the first main bridges to connect Manhattan with the other New York boroughs. However, it's construction was not without its issues, which went from the death of its designer John Roebling, the illness of his son, successor, and chief engineer Washington, but also to the risky logistics of its erection.
Featuring interviews and commentaries from architects, writers, and regular New Yorkers, Brooklyn Bridge is a breezy and interesting journey through the drive of those that not only wanted to build something to connect, but also of those that wanted to be like them and conveyed that through word, poetry, music, comedy, or just simply by crossing it.
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