{"id":473,"date":"2007-03-10T16:50:33","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T21:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?p=473"},"modified":"2007-03-10T16:50:33","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T21:50:33","slug":"interview-with-ken-burns-february-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/interview-with-ken-burns-february-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Ken Burns, February 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/archive_mwc\/publications\/read\/today\/archive\/2003\/sum03\/Ken_Burns.jpg?resize=226%2C145\" title=\"Ken Burns speaks with a student at Mary Washington\" alt=\"Ken Burns speaks with a student at Mary Washington\" height=\"145\" width=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, and what seems like a lifetime away, I was fortunate to be able to speak with filmmaker Ken Burns just before his Fredericksburg Forum appearance at the University of Mary Washington (then Mary Washington College). The interview was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umw.edu\/archive_mwc\/publications\/read\/today\/archive\/2003\/sum03\/burns.htm\" title=\"Interview with Ken Burns\">published some time ago<\/a>, but in my newly urgent dedication to getting my archives out of my boxes and into the cloud, or at least into the bottle I&#8217;ll cast on the waves, I offer this podcast of the interview.<\/p>\n<p>The audio isn&#8217;t top-notch: I was using a small cassette recorder and its built-in microphone. There&#8217;s also an annoying &#8220;click&#8221; every so often. But I think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3\">the results are at least listenable<\/a>, and worth hearing for the particular emphasis and tempo of Burns&#8217; responses.<\/p>\n<p>Burns was ready for the questions, though he had no inkling of what I was going to ask. I admired his candor, his intensity, and his immediate willingness to go deep. In another life, perhaps I should have been a journalist, or at least a radio interviewer. I like the sense of occasion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_913\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-473-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3\">http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?powerpress_pinw=473-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/podcast\/ken_burns_interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ken_burns_interview.mp3\">Download<\/a> (7.0MB) <\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, and what seems like a lifetime away, I was fortunate to be able to speak with filmmaker Ken Burns just before his Fredericksburg Forum appearance at the University of Mary Washington (then Mary Washington College). 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