Hemingway: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

2021
3.0
2 reviews
TV-14
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Hemingway: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick - Season 1 episodes (3)

1 “A Writer” (1899-1929): Episode One
4/5/21
Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his novel, A Farewell to Arms.
2 “The Avatar” (1929-1944): Episode Two
4/6/21
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.
3 “The Blank Page” (1944-1961): Episode Three
4/7/21
Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh but is beset with tragedies. He publishes The Old Man and the Sea to acclaim but is overcome by his declining mental condition.

About this show

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers – Ernest Hemingway.

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3.0
2 reviews
deborah elliott
January 11, 2022
Not a Hemingway fan, not interested in toxic masculinity, male egotism or narcissism. If Hemingway had been a real man, he would have stayed married to Martha Gellhorn, but he couldn't stand being married to a talented, intelligent journalist, so he just got drunk and found himself a more submissive woman in typical Hemingway, predatory fashion.
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Adam Kendrick
July 26, 2021
An incredible documentary, it provides - in characteristic Burns style - an intense and engaging perspective on the life of its subject. One feels a sense of building anticipation for the inevitable throughout, guided on by a beautiful soundtrack.
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