Ways of Seeing

John Berger's seminal Ways of Seeing, a four part documentary that spawned a book of the same name, is now available to watch, courtesy of the ever-brilliant ubuweb:

http://www.ubu.com/film/berger_seeing.html

Watched the first programme the other day and shall watch the rest.

Alos bought Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation' on DVD a few months ago - utterly captivating in its entirety. Why can't we make programmes like that anymore?

Originally posted by Marcusr
Watched the first programme the other day and shall watch the rest.

Alos bought Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation' on DVD a few months ago - utterly captivating in its entirety. Why can't we make programmes like that anymore?

How about the BBC's recent Life? I'd like to think that it will stand the test of time as well as either Ways of Seeing or Civilisation...

Originally posted by DrKF
How about the BBC's recent Life? I'd like to think that it will stand the test of time as well as either Ways of Seeing or Civilisation...

True, but then Attenborough is essentially a relic from a previous era - in the best ways possible, of course.

Originally posted by Marcusr
True, but then Attenborough is essentially a relic from a previous era - in the best ways possible, of course.

🙂

Matthew Collins has a new one on the Renaissance starting tomorrow - it might not be quite up to those lofty standards, but it is quality programming...

And before all that was Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man. Great series.
Well I guess it was a bit after Clark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Man