TED2008
David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything
David Hoffman fala sobre perder tudo
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Nove dias antes da TED2008, o cineasta dvid Hoffman perdeu tudo o que tinha em um incêndio que destruiu sua casa, seu escritório e 30 anos de estimadas posses. Ele rememora uma vida que foi varrida em um instante -- e olha adiante.
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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Houve um incêndio, nove dias atrás.
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My archive:
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Meus arquivos:
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175 films, my 16-millimeter negative,
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175 filmes, meus negativos de 16mm,
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all my books, my dad's books, my photographs.
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todos os meus livros, os do meu pai,
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I'd collected --
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que colecionei --
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I was a collector, major, big-time.
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eu era um grande colecionador --
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It's gone.
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se foram.
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I just looked at it,
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Eu olhei aquilo,
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and I didn't know what to do.
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e não soube o que fazer.
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I mean, this was --
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Digo, isso foi --
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was I my things?
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eu era minhas coisas?
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I always live in the present -- I love the present.
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Sempre vivo no presente - adoro o presente.
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I cherish the future.
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Estimo o futuro.
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And I was taught some strange thing as a kid,
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E me ensinaram algo estranho quando criança,
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like, you've got to make something good out of something bad.
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você tem que tirar algo bom de uma coisa ruim.
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You've got to make something good out of something bad.
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Você tem que tirar algo bom de uma coisa ruim.
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This was bad! Man, I was --
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Isto foi ruim! Cara, eu estava --
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I cough. I was sick.
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Eu tossi. Fiquei doente.
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That's my camera lens. The first one --
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Esta é a lente da minha câmera. A primeira --
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the one I shot my Bob Dylan film with 35 years ago.
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com que filmei Bob Dylan, 35 anos atrás.
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That's my feature film. "King, Murray"
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Este é meu longa-metragem. "King, Murray"
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won Cannes Film Festival 1970 --
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ganhei o Festival de Cannes em 1970 --
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the only print I had.
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a única cópia que eu tinha.
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That's my papers.
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Estes são meus papéis.
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That was in minutes -- 20 minutes.
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Isto foi em minutos -- 20 minutos.
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Epiphany hit me. Something hit me.
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A epifania me atingiu. Algo me atingiu.
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"You've got to make something good out of something bad,"
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"Você tem que tirar algo bom de uma coisa ruim,"
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I started to say to my friends, neighbors, my sister.
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comecei a dizer aos amigos, vizinhos, minha irmã.
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By the way, that's "Sputnik." I ran it last year.
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Aliás, este é "Sputnik," que fiz no ano passado.
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"Sputnik" was downtown, the negative. It wasn't touched.
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"Sputnik" estava na cidade, o negativo. Foi salvo.
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These are some pieces of things I used in my Sputnik feature film,
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Estas são peças que usei no filme, Sputnik,
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which opens in New York in two weeks
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que estréia em Nova York em duas semanas
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downtown.
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na cidade.
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I called my sister. I called my neighbors. I said, "Come dig."
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Chamei minha irmã. Chamei os vizinhos. Disse "venham cavar."
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That's me at my desk.
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Este sou eu em minha mesa.
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That was a desk took 40-some years to build.
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Esta mesa levou 40 anos para ser montada.
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You know -- all the stuff.
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Sabe -- todas as tralhas.
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That's my daughter, Jean.
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Esta é minha filha, Jean.
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She came. She's a nurse in San Francisco.
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Ela veio. Ela é enfermeira em San Francisco.
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"Dig it up," I said. "Pieces.
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"Cave," eu disse. "Pedaços.
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I want pieces. Bits and pieces."
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Quero pedaços. Fragmentos."
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I came up with this idea: a life of bits and pieces,
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Tive esta idéia: uma vida de pedaços e fragmentos,
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which I'm just starting to work on -- my next project.
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na qual estou trabalhando -- meu próximo projeto.
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That's my sister. She took care of pictures,
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Esta é minha irmã. Ela cuidou das fotos,
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because I was a big collector of snapshot photography
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porque eu colecionava muitas fotografias
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that I believed said a lot.
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que eu achava que diziam muito.
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And those are some of the pictures that --
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E estas são algumas das que --
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something was good about the burnt pictures.
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eu até gostava das fotos queimadas.
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I didn't know. I looked at that --
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Não sei. Olhei pra isso --
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I said, "Wow, is that better than the --"
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e disse, "Uau, é melhor que --"
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That's my proposal on Jimmy Doolittle. I made that movie for television.
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Esta é a proposta pra Jimmy Doolittle. Eu fiz este filme pra TV.
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It's the only copy I had. Pieces of it.
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É a única cópia que tinha -- pedaços dela.
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Idea about women.
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Uma idéia sobre mulheres.
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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much!
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Então comecei a dizer, "Ei, cara, você é muita coisa!
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You could cry about this." I really didn't.
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Você poderia chorar." O que não fiz.
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I just instead said,
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Ao invés disso, disse,
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"I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... "
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"Vou fazer algo com isto, e talvez ano que vem..."
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And I appreciate this moment
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E agradeço o momento
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to come up on this stage with so many people
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de vir a este palco, pra tanta gente
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who've already given me so much solace,
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que já me deram tanto consolo,
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and just say to TEDsters:
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e quero apenas dizer aos TEDsters:
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I'm proud of me. That I take something bad,
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Estou orgulhoso de mim mesmo. Que pegue algo ruim,
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I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this,
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e transforme, vou fazer algo bom com isso,
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all these pieces.
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todos os pedaços.
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That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved.
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Esta é a fotografia original de Arthur Leipzig que eu adorava.
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I was a big record collector --
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Eu colecionava muitos discos --
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the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you,
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eles não sobreviveram. Cara, te digo,
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film burns. Film burns.
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filme queima, filme queima.
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I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film.
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Digo, este era filme de segurança, de 16mm.
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The negatives are gone.
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Os negativos se foram.
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That's my father's letter to me, telling me to
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Esta é a carta de meu pai, me dizendo
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marry the woman I first married when I was 20.
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pra casar com a mulher com que casei aos 20.
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That's my daughter and me.
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Minha filha e eu.
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She's still there. She's there this morning, actually.
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Ela ainda está lá. Nesta manhã, na verdade.
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That's my house.
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Esta é minha casa.
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My family's living in the Hilton Hotel in Scotts Valley.
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Minha família está no hotel Hilton de Scotts Valley.
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That's my wife, Heidi,
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Esta é minha esposa, Heidi,
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who didn't take it as well as I did.
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que não aceitou tão bem quanto eu.
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My children, Davey and Henry.
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Meus filhos, Davey e Henry.
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My son, Davey, in the hotel two nights ago.
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Davey, no hotel, duas noites atrás.
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So, my message to you folks,
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Então minha mensagem é,
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from my three minutes, is that I appreciate the chance
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de meus três minutos, que agradeço a chance
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to share this with you. I will be back. I love being at TED.
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e dividir isto com vocês. Voltarei. Adoro vir à TED.
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I came to live it, and I am living it.
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Vim para viver, e estou vivendo.
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That's my view from my window outside of Santa Cruz, in Bonny Doon,
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Esta é a vista de minha janela, perto de Santa Cruz, em Bonny Donn,
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just 35 miles from here.
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a 35 milhas daqui.
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Thank you everybody.
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Obrigado a todos.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
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