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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: INECOM ENTERTAINMENT CO
EAN num: 9781592180288
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
ISBN number: 1592180280
Label: Inecom Entertainment Company
Manufacturer: Inecom Entertainment Company
Quantity: 1
Publishing house: Inecom Entertainment Company
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 20895
Studio: Inecom Entertainment Company
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 2005
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Narrated by Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) EXPO - Magic of the White City brings the Chicago World s Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in science technology and culture are unveiled there. In addition fairgoers enjoy the popular and commercially successful Midway Plaisance where the festive atmosphere of this one-mile entertainment center offers an array of guilty pleasures such as belly dancing street fighting and beer.Nearly 28 million visit the Fair. Dubbed the 'White City' it inspires future innovators like Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright debuts the Ferris Wheel and Cracker Jack and in many ways marks the beginning of the 20th century.Filmed in High-Definition EXPO - Magic of the White City immerses viewers in one of the world s biggest extravaganzas and one of the most unforgettable events in American history. There will never be another event like it...or will there?Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rated by buyers PG UPC: 806213157025 Manufacturer No: 15702
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It's difficult for me to pinpoint exactly what I like about this documentary. Mostly, I'd say it was the mood, the way it took me back to a time I did not know, but now have a sense of what it might have been like.
I very first watched/ listened to this while packing boxes for a move. I really only intended it to be background noise while I worked, but instead I found myself coming back to it, slowing my packing progress.
I now own the DVD so I can watch it at my leisure. I have since spent the time researching many of the interesting things mentioned. It must have been an amazing sight. Even for us jaded folks of the 21st century.
Oddly enough, when the DVD ends, I feel just a little bit how folks might have felt when the Fair ended: a sense of loss; a sadness that it had to end.
Please note: My review is a based upon the needed escapism I experienced while watching. I didn't feel the need to be critical with this documentary.
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this video gives great information and has great photos with in the movie. it is a little long and doesnt focus much information on the midway fare grounds. overall this is a great documentary.
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The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was certainly the progenitor of fairs that followed in the United States. Attempting to re-create that comes along "Expo", designed to give the viewer a comprehensive look at that fair. To a degree, it succeeds.
"Expo" outlines the history of the fair in detail and Gene Wilder's narrative is sufficient, if not overly compelling. The DVD takes way too much time to tell its story, evidenced by the cheesy updates in artists' renderings and suggestion. (If I saw one more belly dancer appear in this offering, I was ready to hit the "stop" button on my remote) Given the fact that this was a great historic event... and the documentary does many things well....why resort to cheap new age stuff when the history, itself, would suffice? Ken Burns knew how to do it in his "Civil War" series....these guys did not.
If the viewer can remove the lesser, innocuous bits of "Expo", it's worth a look. But I wonder how much better this story could have been told, with the right temperature and persuasion. Clearly, Chicago in 1893 had a great more to be written about and viewed upon and I hope the subsequent rendition of this fair can be told within a better reference.
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"EXPO" is extremely disappointing. If authentic materials were so lacking, the feature should have been shorter--certainly the foolish modern footage of fish, belly-dancing, and beer-drinking should have been omitted. After reading "Devil in the White City," I thought this DVD would show the "city" Erik Larson writes about so vividly; but "EXPO--Magic of the White City" is a dull and anemic commentary.
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I received this DVD as a gift last year and have since recommended it to every Chicagoan I know.
Despite having lived in Chicago some years ago, my knowledge of the World's Fair of 1893 was quite limited. I had seen the occassional photo of "Big Mary" and Court of Honor, but was not familiar with the scale and history of the Exposition.
I was advised that my whole family would enjoy this DVD, but my 8- and 11-year olds weren't interested. That is, they weren't until they walked into the room where the documentary was playing. Perhaps it's something about Gene Wilder's voice, or perhaps it's those incredible images, or simply the mystery and romance of a time when electric lights were a magical new phenomenon; but once engaged, they were completely transfixed.
I can't recommend this DVD enough. We all loved it, and it inspired each of us to seek out age-appropriate books related to the 1893 fair (I'm now reading "Devil in the White City" and the kids are reading "Fair Weather").
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