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Series Details & Credits
| PBS | Release Date: April 5, 2021 |
Summary:
The three-part Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary narrated by Peter Coyote explores the life and work of the author with interviews with other writers, academics, biographers, and his son, Patrick.
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Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Arts
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RogerEbert.com
Apr 5, 2021
Over six hours, Burns, Novick, and regular writer Geoffrey C. Ward (a winner of five Emmys for Burns projects) don’t just offer a chronological biography of Hemingway, they dig into his strengths and weaknesses as a writer and human being. They are unafraid of tackling his abusive side and claims of misogyny and racism, resulting in as three-dimensional a portrait of a twentieth century icon as I’ve seen in a very long time.
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Apr 2, 2021
This is a must-watch experience for devotees who have devoured such classics as “A Farewell to Arms,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Sun Also Rises,” and it’s essential viewing for those only passingly familiar with Hemingway as a pop culture figure who might be motivated to sample his works after watching the series.
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Apr 5, 2021
“Hemingway” is an engaging and beautifully constructed character study and proof that whatever Burns chooses to cover as a filmmaker will more than likely become the definitive documentary on that specific topic. In Hemingway’s case, it’s a story that is a lot more sensitive than one could’ve imagined.
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Apr 5, 2021
PBS' Hemingway delivers the Ernest Hemingway people know, the Ernest Hemingway people think they know and the Ernest Hemingway captured in his private correspondence, in the recollections of others less invested in his hagiography, and in close literary analysis of his best and worst work. That's a lot of Hemingway. So is Hemingway too long? Yes. Does Hemingway have enough rewards to justify its length? Also yes.
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The Guardian
Jun 29, 2021
The Telegraph
Jun 29, 2021
Apr 8, 2021
Overall a fantastic portrait of a very complex person. It was extremely illuminating. My main problem is with the choice of Jeff Daniels as the voice of Hemingway. His voice is too weak and dry to capture the actual man himself.
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