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David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything
David Hoffman despre cum e să pierzi totul.
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Cu nouă zile înainte de TED2008, producătorul de film David Hoffman a pierdut aproape tot ce avea, într-un incendiu care i-a distrus locuința, biroul și colecția de 30 de ani. El vorbește despre viața care i-a fost distrusă într-o secundă și privește înainte cu optimism.
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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Acum nouă zile am avut un incendiu.
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My archive:
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Arhiva mea:
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175 films, my 16-millimeter negative,
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175 de filme, negativele de 16 mm,
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all my books, my dad's books, my photographs.
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toate cărțile mele și ale tatălui meu,
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I'd collected --
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fotografiile pe care le colecționam...
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I was a collector, major, big-time.
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Eram un foarte mare colecționar...
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It's gone.
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...au dispărut.
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I just looked at it,
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Mă uitam la ele
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and I didn't know what to do.
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și nu știam ce să fac.
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I mean, this was --
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Adică, asta era...
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was I my things?
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Eram suma obiectelor mele ?
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I always live in the present -- I love the present.
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Întotdeauna trăiesc în prezent. Iubesc prezentul.
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I cherish the future.
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Prețuiesc viitorul.
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And I was taught some strange thing as a kid,
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De mic, am fost învățat ceva ciudat:
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like, you've got to make something good out of something bad.
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că trebuie să iasă ceva bun din ceva rău.
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You've got to make something good out of something bad.
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Trebuie să iasă ceva bun din ceva rău.
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This was bad! Man, I was --
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Era rău! Eram...
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I cough. I was sick.
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Tușeam, mi-era rău.
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That's my camera lens. The first one --
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Asta e lentila primei mele camere,
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the one I shot my Bob Dylan film with 35 years ago.
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cea cu care am filmat filmul cu Bob Dylan, acum 35 de ani.
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That's my feature film. "King, Murray"
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Acesta e filmul meu de lungmetraj: King Murray
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won Cannes Film Festival 1970 --
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A câștigat Festivalul de la Cannes în 1970.
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the only print I had.
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Singura copie pe care o aveam.
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That's my papers.
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Acestea sunt hârtiile mele.
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That was in minutes -- 20 minutes.
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După 20 de minute,
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Epiphany hit me. Something hit me.
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am avut o revelație.
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"You've got to make something good out of something bad,"
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Trebuie să iasă ceva bun din ceva rău.
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I started to say to my friends, neighbors, my sister.
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Mi-am anunțat prietenii, vecinii, pe sora mea.
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By the way, that's "Sputnik." I ran it last year.
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Apropo, acesta e Sputnik. A fost difuzat anul trecut.
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"Sputnik" was downtown, the negative. It wasn't touched.
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Negativul filmului era în oraș. Nu a fost afectat.
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These are some pieces of things I used in my Sputnik feature film,
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Acestea sunt câteva din lucrurile folosite în filmul meu de lungmetraj,
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which opens in New York in two weeks
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care are premiera în două săptămâni, la New York,
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downtown.
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în centru.
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I called my sister. I called my neighbors. I said, "Come dig."
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Am sunat-o pe sora mea. Mi-am chemat vecinii. ”Veniți să săpați!”.
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That's me at my desk.
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Acesta sunt eu la birou.
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That was a desk took 40-some years to build.
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Biroul acela a fost construit în 40 de ani.
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You know -- all the stuff.
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Toate lucrurile....
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That's my daughter, Jean.
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Aceasta e fiica mea, Jean.
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She came. She's a nurse in San Francisco.
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Ea a venit. E asistentă medicală în San Francisco.
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"Dig it up," I said. "Pieces.
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”Sapă”, i-am spus. ”Resturile...
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I want pieces. Bits and pieces."
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"Vreau resturile. Toate bucățelele."
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I came up with this idea: a life of bits and pieces,
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Mi-a venit ideea asta: o viață pe bucățele,
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which I'm just starting to work on -- my next project.
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următorul meu proiect la care abia încep să lucrez.
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That's my sister. She took care of pictures,
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Aceasta e sora mea. Ea a avut grijă de fotografii,
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because I was a big collector of snapshot photography
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pentru că eram un avid colecționar de instantanee,
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that I believed said a lot.
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care aveau multe de spus.
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And those are some of the pictures that --
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Și acestea sunt unele din fotografiile care...
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something was good about the burnt pictures.
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Era ceva bun în fotografiile arse.
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I didn't know. I looked at that --
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Nu știam. Mă uitam la ele...
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I said, "Wow, is that better than the --"
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Mi-am zis:”Sunt mai bune decât...”
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That's my proposal on Jimmy Doolittle. I made that movie for television.
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Acesta e filmul despre Jimmy Doolittle. L-am făcut pentru televiziune.
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It's the only copy I had. Pieces of it.
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Era singura copie pe care o aveam. Bucăți din ea...
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Idea about women.
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O idee despre femei.
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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much!
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Mi-am zis:”Ești prea de tot!”
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You could cry about this." I really didn't.
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”Ar trebui să plângi pentru așa ceva.” Nu am făcut-o.
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I just instead said,
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Însă mi-am zis
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"I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... "
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”Voi face ceva din asta și poate anul viitor...”
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And I appreciate this moment
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Apreciez acest moment,
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to come up on this stage with so many people
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că pot veni pe scenă, în fața atâtor oameni
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who've already given me so much solace,
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care m-au sprijinit foarte mult,
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and just say to TEDsters:
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și că pot să le spun celor de la TED:
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I'm proud of me. That I take something bad,
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Sunt mândru de mine. Iau ceva rău
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I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this,
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și îl voi transforma în ceva bun
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all these pieces.
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toate aceste bucățele.
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That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved.
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Aceasta e fotografia originală a lui Arthur Leipzig, pe care o iubeam.
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I was a big record collector --
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Eram un mare colecționar de discuri
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the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you,
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Discurile nu au supraviețuit. Vă zic...
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film burns. Film burns.
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filmul arde.
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I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film.
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Aceasta era filmul meu de 16 mm.
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The negatives are gone.
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Negativele au dispărut.
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That's my father's letter to me, telling me to
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Aceasta e scrisoarea tatălui meu în care îmi spune
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marry the woman I first married when I was 20.
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să mă căsătoresc cu cea pe care o iubeam la 20 de ani.
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That's my daughter and me.
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Aici sunt eu cu fiica mea.
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She's still there. She's there this morning, actually.
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Ea e încă acolo. În dimineața asta, e tot acolo.
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That's my house.
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Asta e casa mea.
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My family's living in the Hilton Hotel in Scotts Valley.
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Familia mea locuiește în Hotelul Hilton din Scotts Valley.
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That's my wife, Heidi,
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Aceasta e soția mea, Heidi,
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who didn't take it as well as I did.
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care nu a reacționat la fel de bine ca mine.
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My children, Davey and Henry.
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Copiii mei: Davey și Henry.
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My son, Davey, in the hotel two nights ago.
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Fiul meu, Davey, în hotel, acum două nopți.
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So, my message to you folks,
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Mesajul meu pentru voi e,
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from my three minutes, is that I appreciate the chance
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în aceste trei minute, e că apreciez șansa
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to share this with you. I will be back. I love being at TED.
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de a împărtăși asta cu voi. Mă voi întoarce. Iubesc să fiu la TED.
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I came to live it, and I am living it.
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Am venit să trăiesc experiența și o trăiesc.
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That's my view from my window outside of Santa Cruz, in Bonny Doon,
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Aceasta e priveliștea de la fereastra mea din apropiere de Santa Cruz, în Bonny Doon.
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just 35 miles from here.
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la 56 km de aici.
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Thank you everybody.
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Vă mulțumesc.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
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