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Originally Posted by pbradley
I think the focus on the biographical was apart of the show's thesis of identifying the national parks as something that transcends politics and defines the American identity. A valuable message, I believe, in this new trend of reactionary minarchism.
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I saw that thesis and enjoyed it and had my own sentimental epiphanies about the same premise while watching it and further that thesis neglected the international appeal of American National Parks which help cement a global identity transcending even American identity..
but it was dramatically put on the back burner, you had to be a detective to catch it. I really was turned off by the over-reliance on Duncan and the writers for interviews, it was essentially 6-8 hours of conversations with Duncan on his opinion of National Park history and purpose, not enough variety of sources to catch my attention, I kept thinking to myself, "who are you?" the beauty of documentary film is that you can interview your sources, the writer synthesizes all the source material into a cohesive draft, but he is not the primary source.