TED2008
David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything
Deivids Hofmens: Kas notiek zaudējot visu
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Deviņas dienas pirms TED2008 kino uzņēmējs Deivids Hofmens ugunsgrēkā zaudēja teju visu, kas viņam piederēja, — māju, biroju un 30 gadu laikā savākto. Nu viņš atskatās uz aizslaucīto dzīvi un veras savā nākotnē.
David Hoffman - Filmmaker
In David Hoffman's long film career, he's made documentaries on everything from Amelia Earhardt to B.B. King, from double-dutch jump-roping to F-15 fighter pilots. Lately he's been fascinated with the early space program and our mania for all things Sputnik. Full bio
In David Hoffman's long film career, he's made documentaries on everything from Amelia Earhardt to B.B. King, from double-dutch jump-roping to F-15 fighter pilots. Lately he's been fascinated with the early space program and our mania for all things Sputnik. Full bio
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I had a fire nine days ago.
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Pirms deviņām dienām es piedzīvoju ugunsgrēku.
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My archive:
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Mans arhīvs:
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175 films, my 16-millimeter negative,
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175 filmas, mans 16 milimetru negatīvs,
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all my books, my dad's books, my photographs.
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visas manas un mana tēva grāmatas, fotogrāfijas
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I'd collected --
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ko biju savācis.
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I was a collector, major, big-time.
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Es biju pamatīgs kolekcionētājs,
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It's gone.
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Nekā no tā vairs nav.
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I just looked at it,
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Es uz to noraudzījos
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and I didn't know what to do.
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un nezināju, ko iesākt.
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I mean, this was --
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Tas bija...
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was I my things?
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vai es biju savas lietas?
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I always live in the present -- I love the present.
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Es vienmēr dzīvoju tagadnē. Man patīk tagadne.
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I cherish the future.
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Es loloju nākotni.
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And I was taught some strange thing as a kid,
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Kad es vēl biju mazs, man iemācīja ko dīvainu,
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like, you've got to make something good out of something bad.
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ka sliktajā vienmēr ir jāsaskata kas labs.
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You've got to make something good out of something bad.
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Sliktajā vienmēr ir jāsaskata kas labs.
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This was bad! Man, I was --
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Tas bija briesmīgi! Es biju...
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I cough. I was sick.
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es klepoju. Es biju slims.
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That's my camera lens. The first one --
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Lūk, manas kameras lēcas. Pirmā.
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the one I shot my Bob Dylan film with 35 years ago.
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Ar šo es pirms 35 gadiem uzņēmu sava Boba Dilana filmu.
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That's my feature film. "King, Murray"
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Lūk, mana mākslas filma „Karalis, Marejs”,
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won Cannes Film Festival 1970 --
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kura uzvarēja 1970. gada Kannu filmu festivālā.
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the only print I had.
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Vienīgā kopija, kas man bija.
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That's my papers.
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Lūk, mani papīri.
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That was in minutes -- 20 minutes.
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Tas notika minūtēs, 20 minūtēs.
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Epiphany hit me. Something hit me.
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Mani sasniedz epifānija. Kaut kas mani sasniedza.
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"You've got to make something good out of something bad,"
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„Sliktajā vienmēr ir jāsaskata kas labs.”
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I started to say to my friends, neighbors, my sister.
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Es sāku to atkārtot saviem draugiem, kaimiņiem, māsai.
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By the way, that's "Sputnik." I ran it last year.
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Starp citu, lūk, pērn demonstrētais „Sputnik”.
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"Sputnik" was downtown, the negative. It wasn't touched.
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„Sputnik” negatīvs bija centrā. Tas palika neskarts.
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These are some pieces of things I used in my Sputnik feature film,
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Lūk, dažu lietu fragmenti, kurus es izmantoju savā mākslas filmā „Sputnik”,
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which opens in New York in two weeks
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kas pēc divām nedēļām tiks demonstrēta
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downtown.
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Ņujorkas centrā.
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I called my sister. I called my neighbors. I said, "Come dig."
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Es piezvanīju savai māsai. Es piezvanīju saviem kaimiņiem. Es teicu: „Nāciet rakt.”
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That's me at my desk.
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Te esmu es pie sava galda.
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That was a desk took 40-some years to build.
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Šī galda izveidošana prasīja apmēram 40 gadus.
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You know -- all the stuff.
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Saprotiet, visas mantas.
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That's my daughter, Jean.
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Tā ir mana meita, Džīna.
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She came. She's a nurse in San Francisco.
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Viņa atbrauca. Viņa ir medmāsa Sanfrancisko.
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"Dig it up," I said. "Pieces.
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„Uzrociet visu,” es teicu. „Fragmentus.
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I want pieces. Bits and pieces."
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Es gribu fragmentus. Daļiņas un fragmentus."
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I came up with this idea: a life of bits and pieces,
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Man radās šī doma: fragmentu un daļiņu dzīve,
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which I'm just starting to work on -- my next project.
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ko tikko esmu sācis arī veidot — mans nākamais projekts.
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That's my sister. She took care of pictures,
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Tā ir mana māsa. Viņa parūpējās par attēliem,
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because I was a big collector of snapshot photography
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jo es biju liels fotogrāfiju momentuzņēmumu kolekcionētājs,
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that I believed said a lot.
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kas, manuprāt, daudz ko izsaka.
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And those are some of the pictures that --
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Lūk, daži attēli,
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something was good about the burnt pictures.
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kaut kas šajos apdegušajos attēlos mani piesaistīja.
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I didn't know. I looked at that --
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Es nezināju. Es uz tiem skatījos.
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I said, "Wow, is that better than the --"
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Es nodomāju: „Oho, vai tas ir labāk nekā...”
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That's my proposal on Jimmy Doolittle. I made that movie for television.
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Tā bija mana Džimija Dūlitla ideja. Šo filmu es uzņēmu televīzijai.
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It's the only copy I had. Pieces of it.
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Tā bija vienīgā kopija, kas man bija. Tās fragmenti.
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Idea about women.
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Iecere par sievietēm.
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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much!
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Tāpēc es sāku teikt: „Ei, vecīt, nu tu dod!
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You could cry about this." I really didn't.
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Par to varētu raudāt.” Es to nedarīju.
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I just instead said,
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Tā vietā es teicu:
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"I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... "
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„Es no tā kaut ko izveidošu un varbūt nākamgad...”
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And I appreciate this moment
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Es novērtēju šo mirkli
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to come up on this stage with so many people
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kāpt uz skatuves tik daudzu cilvēku priekšā,
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who've already given me so much solace,
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kuri man jau ir snieguši tik daudz mierinājuma,
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and just say to TEDsters:
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un teikt TEDeriem:
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I'm proud of me. That I take something bad,
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Es ar sevi lepojos. To, ka es paņemu kaut ko sliktu
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I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this,
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un radu un radīšu kaut ko labu no
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all these pieces.
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visiem šiem fragmentiem.
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That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved.
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Šis bija mana iemīļotās Artūra Leipciga fotogrāfijas oriģināls.
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I was a big record collector --
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Es biju liels ierakstu kolekcionētājs.
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the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you,
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Ieraksti ugunsgrēku nepārcieta. Eh, teikšu jums tā,
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film burns. Film burns.
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plēves deg, plēves labi deg.
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I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film.
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Šī bija mana 16 milimetru drošības plēves.
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The negatives are gone.
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Negatīvu vairs nav.
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That's my father's letter to me, telling me to
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Tā ir mana tēva vēstule, kurā viņš man raksta,
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marry the woman I first married when I was 20.
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lai apprecu sievieti, kuru apprecēju 20 gadu vecumā.
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That's my daughter and me.
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Te esam mēs ar manu meitu.
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She's still there. She's there this morning, actually.
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Viņa vēl joprojām ir tur. Īstenībā, viņa ir tur arī šorīt.
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That's my house.
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Šī ir mana māja.
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My family's living in the Hilton Hotel in Scotts Valley.
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Mana ģimene dzīvo „Hilton” viesnīcā Skotsvalijā.
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That's my wife, Heidi,
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Tā ir mana sieva, Heidija,
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who didn't take it as well as I did.
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kura to neuzņēma tik mierīgi, cik es.
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My children, Davey and Henry.
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Mani bērni, Deivijs un Henrijs.
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My son, Davey, in the hotel two nights ago.
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Mans dēls Deivijs viesnīcā pirms divām naktīm.
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So, my message to you folks,
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Tātad, mans trīs minūšu
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from my three minutes, is that I appreciate the chance
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vēstījums jums ir, ka es novērtēju doto iespēju
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to share this with you. I will be back. I love being at TED.
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dalīties šajā pieredzē. Es atgriezīšos. Man patīk būt TED.
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I came to live it, and I am living it.
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Es nācu to vēlreiz izdzīvot, un to es tagad arī daru.
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That's my view from my window outside of Santa Cruz, in Bonny Doon,
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Tāds ir skats pa manas mājas logu ārpus Santakrusā, Bonidūnā,
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just 35 miles from here.
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nieka 56 kilometru attālumā no šejienes.
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Thank you everybody.
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Paldies jums visiem!
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(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Hoffman - FilmmakerIn David Hoffman's long film career, he's made documentaries on everything from Amelia Earhardt to B.B. King, from double-dutch jump-roping to F-15 fighter pilots. Lately he's been fascinated with the early space program and our mania for all things Sputnik.
Why you should listen
Documentary filmmaker David Hoffman has been capturing reality for almost 4 decades, following his wide-ranging interests and turning them into films for PBS, The Discovery Channel, A&E, National Geographic. Highlights from his career include the groundbreaking experimental doc King, Murray, which blurred boundaries between truth and fiction as it tracks its subject through a debauched weekend in Las Vegas; A Day With Filmmaker Timmy Page, about a 12-year-old auteur; and his series of films on American indigenous music.
Lately, he has become fascinated with the Atomic-era Space Race, turning out a feature-length documentary about the Sputnik era. Sputnik Mania was scored by Thomas Dolby and has played at festivals and theaters around the country.
Hoffman suffered a devastating setback in early 2008 when, nine days before TED2008, his home, containing a vast archive from his long and fascinating career, burnt to the ground. His next project: to reframe his life and rebuild.
David Hoffman | Speaker | TED.com