TED2008
David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything
David Hoffman, rreth humbjes se cdo gjeje
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Nente dite perpara TED2008, prodhuesi i filmave David Hoffman humbi pothuajse gjithcka qe kishte ne nje zjarr qe shkaterroi shtepine, zyren, dhe koleksionet e tij prej 30 vjet. Ai riktheher jetes qe per nje cast u be komplet e paster -- dhe shikon perpara.
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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Me ra zjarri nente dite perpara.
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My archive:
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Arkiva ime ishte:
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175 films, my 16-millimeter negative,
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175 filma, 16 milimetrat e mi negativ,
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all my books, my dad's books, my photographs.
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te gjithe librat e mi, librat e babait tim, fotografite e mia.
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I'd collected --
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Une kisha mbledhur --
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I was a collector, major, big-time.
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Une isha nje koleksionist, madje i madh.
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It's gone.
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Tani gjithcka eshte zhdukur.
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I just looked at it,
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Thjesht po e shikja,
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and I didn't know what to do.
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dhe nuk dija se cfare te beja,
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I mean, this was --
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Dua te them qe
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was I my things?
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a isha une vetem gjerat e mia?
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I always live in the present -- I love the present.
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Une gjithmone jetoj ne te tashmen -- une e dashuroj te tashmen.
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I cherish the future.
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Une shpresoj per te ardhmen.
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And I was taught some strange thing as a kid,
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Dhe kam mesuar ca gjera te cuditshme kur isha femije,
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like, you've got to make something good out of something bad.
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si, duhet te besh dicka te mire nga dicka e keqe.
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You've got to make something good out of something bad.
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Duhet te besh dicka te mire nga dicka e keqe.
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This was bad! Man, I was --
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Kjo ishte e keqe! Mos, une isha --
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I cough. I was sick.
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me kolle. Une isha i semure.
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That's my camera lens. The first one --
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Kjo eshte kamera ime lente. E para --
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the one I shot my Bob Dylan film with 35 years ago.
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qe fotografova filmin tim Bob Dylan 35 vite me pare.
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That's my feature film. "King, Murray"
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Ky eshte filmi im i te ardhmes. "Mbreti, Murray"
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won Cannes Film Festival 1970 --
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qe fitoi Festivalin e Filmit Kanes ne 1970 --
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the only print I had.
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nga i vetmi printer qe pata.
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That's my papers.
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Keto jane letrat e mia.
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That was in minutes -- 20 minutes.
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Kjo ndodhi brenda pak minutave -- 20 minuta.
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Epiphany hit me. Something hit me.
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Pagezimi me goditi mua. Dicka me goditi mua.
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"You've got to make something good out of something bad,"
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"Duhet te besh dicka te mire nga dicka e keqe."
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I started to say to my friends, neighbors, my sister.
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Fillova ti them miqve, komshinjve dhe motres time.
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By the way, that's "Sputnik." I ran it last year.
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Meqe ra fjala, ky eshte "Satelit Artificial". E zhvillova vitin e kaluar.
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"Sputnik" was downtown, the negative. It wasn't touched.
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Negativi i"Satelitit artificial" ishte ne qender te qytetit. Nuk ishte i prekur.
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These are some pieces of things I used in my Sputnik feature film,
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Jane disa pjese gjerash qe perdora ne filmin tim artistik, Sateliti Atificial
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which opens in New York in two weeks
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qe hapet per dy jave ne New York
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downtown.
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ne qender te qytetit.
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I called my sister. I called my neighbors. I said, "Come dig."
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Telefonova motren time. Telefonova komshinjte e mi. Ju thashe, "Hajdeni."
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That's me at my desk.
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Ketu jam une ne tavolinen time.
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That was a desk took 40-some years to build.
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Kjo ishte tavolina qe mu desh 40 vite per te ndertuar.
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You know -- all the stuff.
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Ju e dini -- gjithe keto gjera.
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That's my daughter, Jean.
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Kjo eshte vajza ime, Jean.
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She came. She's a nurse in San Francisco.
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Ajo erdhi. Ajo eshte nje infermiere ne San Francisco.
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"Dig it up," I said. "Pieces.
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"Germo," i thashe. "Pjese.
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I want pieces. Bits and pieces."
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Une dua pjese. Copeza dhe pjese."
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I came up with this idea: a life of bits and pieces,
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Mberrita ne kete ide: nje jete me copeza dhe pjese,
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which I'm just starting to work on -- my next project.
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ku jam duke filluar per te punuar -- projektin tim te rradhes.
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That's my sister. She took care of pictures,
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Kjo eshte motra ime. Ajo u kujdes per fotot,
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because I was a big collector of snapshot photography
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sepse une isha nje koleksionist i madh i pamjeve fotografike
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that I believed said a lot.
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qe mendoj se tha goxha.
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And those are some of the pictures that --
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Dhe keto jane disa prej fotove --
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something was good about the burnt pictures.
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qe dicka prej ketyre fotove te djegura ishte e mire.
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I didn't know. I looked at that --
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Une nuk e dija. Une i po i rishihja --
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I said, "Wow, is that better than the --"
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dhe thashe, "Uau, eshte kjo me e mire se --"
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That's my proposal on Jimmy Doolittle. I made that movie for television.
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Ky ishte propozimi im per Jimmy Doolittle. Une e realizova ate film.
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It's the only copy I had. Pieces of it.
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Eshte e vetmja kopje qe kisha. Pjese te saj.
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Idea about women.
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Ide rreth femrave.
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So I started to say, "Hey, man, you are too much!
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Keshtu qe une fillova duke thene, "Hej, zoteri, jeni si shume!
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You could cry about this." I really didn't.
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Ti duhet te qash rreth gjithe kesaj." Une nuk isha duke e bere.
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I just instead said,
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Une vetem isha duke thene,
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"I'm going to make something out of it, and maybe next year ... "
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"Une do te bej dicka rreth kesaj, dhe ndoshta vitin qe vjen .... "
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And I appreciate this moment
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Dhe une e vleresoj kete moment
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to come up on this stage with so many people
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qe jam ne kete skene me kaq shume njerez
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who've already given me so much solace,
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qe me kane dhene shume ngushellim,
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and just say to TEDsters:
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dhe dua ti them TED:
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I'm proud of me. That I take something bad,
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Une jam krenar per veten. Qe mund te marr dicka te keqe,
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I turn it, and I'm going to make something good out of this,
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e ndryshoj, pasi une do te bej dicka te mire pertej gjithe kesaj,
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all these pieces.
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dhe pertej ketyre pjeseve.
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That's Arthur Leipzig's original photograph I loved.
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Kjo eshte fotografia origjinale e Arthur Leipzig qe une e adhuroj.
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I was a big record collector --
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Une ishe nje koleksionues i madh i regjistrimeve --
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the records didn't make it. Boy, I tell you,
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por regjistrimet nuk e bejne kete. Une po ja u them,
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film burns. Film burns.
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filmat digjen. Filmat digjen.
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I mean, this was 16-millimeter safety film.
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Dhe me kete dua te them, se ky ishte nje film i sigurt 16-milimetersh.
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The negatives are gone.
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Negativet nuk jane me.
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That's my father's letter to me, telling me to
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Kjo eshte letra e babit tim per mua, qe me tha
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marry the woman I first married when I was 20.
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te martoja gruan te cilen e martova per here te pare kur isha 20 vjec.
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That's my daughter and me.
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Kjo eshte vajza ime dhe une.
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She's still there. She's there this morning, actually.
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Ajo eshte akoma atje. Ajo eshte atje kete mengjes, ne fakt.
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That's my house.
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Kjo eshte shtepia ime.
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My family's living in the Hilton Hotel in Scotts Valley.
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Familja ime jeton ne Hotelin Hilton ne Scotts Valley.
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That's my wife, Heidi,
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Kjo eshte gruaja ime, Heidi,
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who didn't take it as well as I did.
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e cila nuk e mori kete gje ne te njejten menyre si une.
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My children, Davey and Henry.
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Femijet e mia, Davey dhe Henry.
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My son, Davey, in the hotel two nights ago.
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Djali im, Darvey ne hotel dy nete perpara.
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So, my message to you folks,
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Pra, mesazhi im per ju,
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from my three minutes, is that I appreciate the chance
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nga fjalimi im tre minutesh, eshte qe une e vleresoj mundesine
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to share this with you. I will be back. I love being at TED.
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per ta ndare kete me ju. Une do te rikthehem. Une e dashuroj faktin per te qene tek TED.
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I came to live it, and I am living it.
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Une erdha per ta jetuar kete, dhe jam duke e jetuar.
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That's my view from my window outside of Santa Cruz, in Bonny Doon,
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Ky eshte vizioni im jashte dritares time ne Santa Cruz, ne Bonny Doon,
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just 35 miles from here.
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vetem 35 milje larg prej ketu.
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Thank you everybody.
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Ju falenderoj te gjitheve.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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