The lights dim, and a familiar -- a very familiar -- gravel-strewn rumble comes over the sound system.
"The first lumber documentary per se was a three minute film entitled, 'Our Amazing Forests...'"
The voice is that of Sheriff Harry S. Truman.
Huh, Cooper would say, except he doesn't talk during movies.
The credits at the beginning confirm it: Harry is the narrator, but the director is Bobby Briggs, and the documentary about lumber documentaries -- a meta-documentary? -- is produced under the auspices of the Twin Peaks High School A/V Department.
"From these humble beginnings, the genre grew by leaps and bounds. By 1977, local historians agree, we had entered the 'Golden Age' of lumber documentaries with Alexandria Martell's 'From Acorn to Credenza: How Your Hometown Furnishes America (And Fights Communism)'..."
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Date: 2006-12-08 06:51 am (UTC)"The first lumber documentary per se was a three minute film entitled, 'Our Amazing Forests...'"
The voice is that of Sheriff Harry S. Truman.
Huh, Cooper would say, except he doesn't talk during movies.
The credits at the beginning confirm it: Harry is the narrator, but the director is Bobby Briggs, and the documentary about lumber documentaries -- a meta-documentary? -- is produced under the auspices of the Twin Peaks High School A/V Department.
"From these humble beginnings, the genre grew by leaps and bounds. By 1977, local historians agree, we had entered the 'Golden Age' of lumber documentaries with Alexandria Martell's 'From Acorn to Credenza: How Your Hometown Furnishes America (And Fights Communism)'..."