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Summary: Not worth buying
Review: I purchased this DVD expecting a completely different film. This is not the 2 hour documentary I appreciated so much on television. While this is well done I cannot recommend this video.
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Summary: misled by promotions
Review: I purchased this dvd from the historical Society of NY after missing, the CBS documentry hosted by Robert Deniro about the 2 Firemen starting work in NYC.. When it did arrive some friends talked me out of watching it because living so close to ground zero it may be upsetting, because i lost some friend there. well I finally watched it after the HBO special to see a close up view of the NYFD at work. Well having gone online for one thing i received another..there is very little sound, no narration, and to me looks like a bucnh of cutting room scraps tossed together. Boring to be blunt, and i saw more from my local news. What happened to the documentry that I went on to The First 24 hrs web site for
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Summary: Big Event-Big Disappointing DVD
Review: I was anticipating a summary of the news reporting on the event as it unfolded. This is an unnarrated DVD with at best average video. Save your money!
Rating:
Summary: disappointed
Review: I was responsible for buying this video for a middle school Social Studies class. What a mistake! Imagine teenagers sitting through this film....and besides, why try to make "art" from what is surely one of the most tragic disasters in our history? It may be my fault that I missed the fact that this was not a conventional documentary, and it may have cinematic merits (judging from the Sundance festival blurb), but as supplemental instruction: teachers and students, beware!
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Summary: disappointed
Review: I was responsible for buying this video for a middle school Social Studies class. What a mistake! Imagine teenagers sitting through this film....and besides, why try to make "art" from what is surely one of the most tragic disasters in our history? It may be my fault that I missed the fact that this was not a conventional documentary, and it may have cinematic merits (judging from the Sundance festival blurb), but as supplemental instruction: teachers and students, beware!
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Summary: Not what I thought...
Review: I wished there had been commentary and some information in the video. There is none. It just seems like somebody bought a camcorder Sept. 10 and decided to try it out and market whatever they shot. PLEASE UNDERSTAND- I mean no disrespect to the men and women who worked so hard during the 'first 24 hours' and long after that-
This video doesn't do them justice, IMHO. I just wish this documentary was that- a documentary. Instead it seems like a tourist who didn't know he had a mic on the camera. The video WAS Artsy, but it didn't 'grab' me and transport me in the middle of it all like I thought it might. I prefer the WTC video that the Discovery channel did.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: If I had remembered to read reviews on [an online internet store] before I bought this, I would have saved my money. There is zero human aspect here, devoid of voices or people. This video is really just a camera panning across building fronts, broken windows and ground debris after it was all over and no one was around. No chronology, no sensible order of footage. The only human contact is when the cameraman walks past a group of firemen, but they are just sort of standing around their firetrucks. As a viewer I din't feel I was participating, as a matter of fact I felt disconnected. Be aware that 90% of this footage is just panning the streets hours later and the next day. Absolutely silent with no one on the street. The helpless fear we felt that day is not expressed. This DVD is not worthwhile.
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Summary: Skip this one
Review: If I had remembered to read reviews on [an online internet store] before I bought this, I would have saved my money. There is zero human aspect here, devoid of voices or people. This video is really just a camera panning across building fronts, broken windows and ground debris after it was all over and no one was around. No chronology, no sensible order of footage. The only human contact is when the cameraman walks past a group of firemen, but they are just sort of standing around their firetrucks. As a viewer I din't feel I was participating, as a matter of fact I felt disconnected. Be aware that 90% of this footage is just panning the streets hours later and the next day. Absolutely silent with no one on the street. The helpless fear we felt that day is not expressed. This DVD is not worthwhile.
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Summary: Yet another raw reflection on the events of 9/11
Review: On 9/11, two planes crashed into the WTC. This film is about the aftermath of the first 24 hours after the attacks. There are three features. And each one is great. Here they are: Expanded Version: A Timeline The first images in the expanded version of the "First 24 Hours" show the gaping hole in the World Trade Center's North Tower, caused by the impact of American Airlines Flight 11. At (:06 a.m., a giant fireball climbs up the side of the North Tower, an explosion resulting from the collision of United Flight 175 into the South Tower. The next images show the South Tower, close up and shourouded in smoke, before breaking apart at 10:05 P.M. The final images are of the North Tower, at 10:28 a.m, crumbling and disappearing for view, and moments later the cloud of smoke drifting out of frame, leaving a clear blue sky. Then, you see the aftermath of the collapse for 24 hours. 28 minutes. Original Version The original version of "The First 24 Hours" was made as a raw reflection of "ground zero" in the wake of the World Trade Center collapse. This film was expanded into a longer documentary, which begis with the footage of the twin towers. The original version of "The First 24 Hours" had it's premier as an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2002. 11 minutes. Photo Gallery This interactive photo gallery contains stills taken from "The First 24 Hours" to allow a closer look at the images. The photos rotate automatically, in regular intervals. They can also be controlled through the pause, reverse, and forward features of your DVD player or control. Time: Unknown This documentarie's scenes were borrowed for creationg 9/11. (See "9/11: The Filmakers Commerative Edition") I give it five stars. It is one of the best 9/11 documentaries ever made. So get it. You shouldn't be sorry.
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Summary: Yet another raw reflection on the events of 9/11
Review: On 9/11, two planes crashed into the WTC. This film is about the aftermath of the first 24 hours after the attacks. There are three features. And each one is great. Here they are: Expanded Version: A Timeline The first images in the expanded version of the "First 24 Hours" show the gaping hole in the World Trade Center's North Tower, caused by the impact of American Airlines Flight 11. At (:06 a.m., a giant fireball climbs up the side of the North Tower, an explosion resulting from the collision of United Flight 175 into the South Tower. The next images show the South Tower, close up and shourouded in smoke, before breaking apart at 10:05 P.M. The final images are of the North Tower, at 10:28 a.m, crumbling and disappearing for view, and moments later the cloud of smoke drifting out of frame, leaving a clear blue sky. Then, you see the aftermath of the collapse for 24 hours. 28 minutes. Original Version The original version of "The First 24 Hours" was made as a raw reflection of "ground zero" in the wake of the World Trade Center collapse. This film was expanded into a longer documentary, which begis with the footage of the twin towers. The original version of "The First 24 Hours" had it's premier as an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2002. 11 minutes. Photo Gallery This interactive photo gallery contains stills taken from "The First 24 Hours" to allow a closer look at the images. The photos rotate automatically, in regular intervals. They can also be controlled through the pause, reverse, and forward features of your DVD player or control. Time: Unknown This documentarie's scenes were borrowed for creationg 9/11. (See "9/11: The Filmakers Commerative Edition") I give it five stars. It is one of the best 9/11 documentaries ever made. So get it. You shouldn't be sorry.
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