TED2008
David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything
David Hoffman o tom, aké to je stratiť všetko
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Deväť dní pred TED2008 filmár David Hoffman stratil skoro všetko, čo vlastnil, v plameňoch, ktoré zničili jeho dom, kanceláriu a 30 rokov vášnivého zbierania. Obhliada sa späť za životom, ktorý bol vo chvíli úplne zmazaný - a pozerá sa vpred.
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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Pred deviatimi dňami som vyhorel.
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My archive:
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Môj archív:
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175 films, my 16-millimeter negative,
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175 filmov, môj 16 milimetrový negatív,
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all my books, my dad's books, my photographs.
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všetky moje knihy, knihy môjho otca, moje fotografie,
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I'd collected --
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ktoré som zbieral -
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I was a collector, major, big-time.
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bol som zberateľ, dosť veľký.
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It's gone.
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Je to preč.
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I just looked at it,
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Pozeral som sa na to
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and I didn't know what to do.
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a nevedel som, čo mám robiť.
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I mean, this was --
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Snažím sa povedať, bolo to-
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was I my things?
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bol som moje veci?
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I always live in the present -- I love the present.
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Vždy som žil prítomnosťou - milujem prítomnosť.
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I cherish the future.
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Ochraňujem budúcnosť.
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And I was taught some strange thing as a kid,
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Keď som bol dieťa, učili ma divné veci,
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like, you've got to make something good out of something bad.
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napríklad, musíš si zo všetkého zlého zobrať niečo dobré.
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You've got to make something good out of something bad.
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Musíte si zo všetkého zlého zobrať niečo dobré.
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This was bad! Man, I was --
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Toto bolo zlé! Bol som...
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I cough. I was sick.
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Kašlal som. Bol som chorý.
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That's my camera lens. The first one --
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Toto je šošovka z môjho fotoaparátu. Prvá,
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the one I shot my Bob Dylan film with 35 years ago.
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tá, s ktorou som natočil film o Bobym Dylanovi pred 35 rokmi.
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That's my feature film. "King, Murray"
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To je môj celovečerný film. "Kráľ Murray"
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won Cannes Film Festival 1970 --
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vyhral festival v Cannes 1970,
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the only print I had.
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bola to jediná kópia, ktorú som mal.
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That's my papers.
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To sú moje papiere.
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That was in minutes -- 20 minutes.
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bolo to v minútach - 20 minút.
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Epiphany hit me. Something hit me.
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Zasiahla ma hrôza. Niečo ma zasiahlo.
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"You've got to make something good out of something bad,"
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"Musíš si zo všetkého zlého zobrať niečo dobré."
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I started to say to my friends, neighbors, my sister.
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Začal som to hovoriť mojim priateľom, susedom, mojej sestre.
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By the way, that's "Sputnik." I ran it last year.
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Len tak mimochodom, toto je "Sputnik", ktorý som točil vlanil.
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"Sputnik" was downtown, the negative. It wasn't touched.
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Sputnik bol dole v meste - jeho negatív. Nič sa mu nestalo.
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These are some pieces of things I used in my Sputnik feature film,
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Sú tu nejaké časti vecí, ktoré som použil vo svojom celovečernom filme Sputnik,
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which opens in New York in two weeks
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ktorý začína v New Yorku o 2 týždne
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downtown.
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v centre.
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I called my sister. I called my neighbors. I said, "Come dig."
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Volal som mojej sestre. Volal som susedom. Povedal som: "Poďte pátrať."
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That's me at my desk.
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Toto som ja pri stole.
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That was a desk took 40-some years to build.
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Trvalo mi cez 40 rokov postaviť ten stôl.
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You know -- all the stuff.
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Viete - všetko toto.
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That's my daughter, Jean.
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Toto je moja dcéra, Jean.
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She came. She's a nurse in San Francisco.
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Prišla. Je sestrička v San Franciscu.
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"Dig it up," I said. "Pieces.
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"Hľadajte," povedal som,"Kúsky.
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I want pieces. Bits and pieces."
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Chcem kúsky. Kúsky a kúsočky."
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I came up with this idea: a life of bits and pieces,
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Prišiel som s týmto nápadom: život kúskov a častí,
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which I'm just starting to work on -- my next project.
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na ktorom práve začínam pracovať - môj budúci projekt.
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That's my sister. She took care of pictures,
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Toto je moja sestra. Zobrala si na starosť fotky,
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because I was a big collector of snapshot photography
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pretože som bol veľký zberateľ momentiek,
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that I believed said a lot.
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ktoré, veril som, že veľa povedia.
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And those are some of the pictures that --
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A toto sú niektoré obrázky, ktoré...
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something was good about the burnt pictures.
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niečo pekné bolo na tých obhorených obrázkoch.
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I didn't know. I looked at that --
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Nevedel som. Pozrel som sa...
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I said, "Wow, is that better than the --"
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povedal som: "Jéj, je to lepšie ako..."
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That's my proposal on Jimmy Doolittle. I made that movie for television.
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To je môj návrh na Jimmy Doolittle. Natočil som film pre televíziu.
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It's the only copy I had. Pieces of it.
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Je to jediná kópia, ktorú som mal. Kúsky z nej.
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Idea about women.
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Myšlienka o ženách.
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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much!
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Tak som začal hovoriť: "Hej, ty si príliš tvrdý!
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You could cry about this." I really didn't.
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Mal by si plakať." Naozaj som neplakal.
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I just instead said,
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Namiesto toho som si povedal:
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"I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... "
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"Spravím z toho niečo a možno budúci rok..."
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And I appreciate this moment
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A cením si tento moment,
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to come up on this stage with so many people
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prísť sem na toto javisko s tak veľa ľuďmi,
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who've already given me so much solace,
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ktorí mi už stihli dať tak veľa útechy,
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and just say to TEDsters:
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a hovorím všetkým TEDster-om:
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I'm proud of me. That I take something bad,
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Som na seba hrdý, že som vzal niečo zlé
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I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this,
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a zmenil som to a teraz z toho spravím niečo dobré,
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all these pieces.
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všetky tieto kúsky.
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That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved.
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To je originálna fotografia Arthura Leipziga, ktorú milujem.
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I was a big record collector --
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Bol som zberateľom dosiek...
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the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you,
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Táto doska to nezvládla. Chlapče, poviem ti,
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film burns. Film burns.
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film horí, film horí.
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I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film.
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Hovorím, toto je 16 milimetrový bezpečnostný film.
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The negatives are gone.
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Negatívy sú preč.
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That's my father's letter to me, telling me to
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Toto je list od môjho otca, hovoril mi,
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marry the woman I first married when I was 20.
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že si mám zobrať ženu, ktorú som si bral prvýkrát, keď som mal 20.
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That's my daughter and me.
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Toto je moja dcéra a ja.
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She's still there. She's there this morning, actually.
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Stále je tu. Vlastne je tu aj toto ráno.
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That's my house.
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Toto je môj dom.
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My family's living in the Hilton Hotel in Scotts Valley.
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Moja rodina býva v hoteli Hilton v Scott Valley.
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That's my wife, Heidi,
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Toto je moja žena, Heidi,
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who didn't take it as well as I did.
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ktorá to nezobrala tak dobre ako ja.
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My children, Davey and Henry.
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Moje deti Davey a Henry.
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My son, Davey, in the hotel two nights ago.
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Môj syn, Davey, v hoteli pred dvoma dňami.
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So, my message to you folks,
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Takže, môj odkaz pre vás, ľudia,
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from my three minutes, is that I appreciate the chance
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z mojich troch minút je, že si cením možnosť
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to share this with you. I will be back. I love being at TED.
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podeliť sa o toto s vami. Vrátim sa. Milujem byť na TED-e.
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I came to live it, and I am living it.
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Prišiel som to zažiť a zažívam to.
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That's my view from my window outside of Santa Cruz, in Bonny Doon,
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Toto je výhľad z môjho okna v Santa Cruz, v Bonny Doon,
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just 35 miles from here.
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len 35 míľ odtiaľto.
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Thank you everybody.
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Ďakujem všetkým.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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