EPISODE
Hemingway - Season 1
Explore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters.
23 March 1976, Fountain Valley, California, USA
29 August 1936, Canal Zone, Panama
19 June 1945, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
29 December 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
2 August 1964, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
March 28, 1936 in Arequipa, Peru
October 1, 1946 in Austin, Minnesota, USA
18 October 1947, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
22 June 1949, Summit, New Jersey, USA
April 05, 2021
What makes Hemingway work - what inspired me to add several Hemingway books that I either haven't read or haven't read since college to my online shopping queue - is the almost text-by-text analysis of his writing.
April 02, 2021
The biggest compliment I can pay "Hemingway" is that it made me pull my "Collected Short Stories" off the shelf after years, to read his piercing, full-feeling work in a new light.
April 01, 2021
It doesn't avoid or excuse Hemingway's excesses and betrayals and failures. Instead it enhances our understanding of the man by probing deeply into both his life and his writings.
April 05, 2021
Like all of Burns' other films... it's an absorbing history lesson.
April 05, 2021
What happens here is a journey toward the man's psyche and it is a gripping but uneasy journey.
April 01, 2021
Mostly, though, Burns and Novick face the opposite challenge: an excess of material. The evidence of the eventfulness of that life -- its exteriority -- is extensive, to say the least. Meeting that challenge, they demonstrate a fine eye for detail.
April 05, 2021
While many documentary series drags on these days, "Hemingway" chronicles a life with so many pieces that six hours, in this case, doesn't feel like too much to ask.
April 05, 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.
April 05, 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...
April 05, 2021
Hemingway never shirks from the writer's dark side - considering his ultimate fate, echoing his own father's suicide, how could it? - but the film also makes a strong and moving case for his enduring masterworks and their insight into human nature.
April 05, 2021
It's not just the details unearthed here that make this a must-watch -- it's how everyone involved comes together to illuminate more than could be gained from a traditional biographical series.
April 06, 2021
From the eclectic stylings to the difficult phases in their relationship, the first hour doesn't shy away from the darkness, volatility, and bluntness surrounding the writer's life while serving as a through-line for the man he will become.
