{"id":360,"date":"2020-02-19T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:03:45","slug":"ken-burns-prohibition-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Ken Burns’\u00a0
Prohibition<\/em>

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Ken Burns’ Prohibition<\/em>\u00a0(2011)<\/h1>\n

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The technique of zooming into and out of a still photo — as well as panning around it — has come to be known as “the Ken Burns effect<\/em><\/a>“<\/strong>. It creates the illusion of the photo being animated.<\/p>\n

Among his many wonderful documentaries, my favorite is\u00a0Prohibition<\/em>.\u00a0I love how he explores the events and zealots that brought about the 18th amendment <\/strong>to the US Constitution followed by the unforeseen\u00a0collateral damage to the rule of law, the social fabric, and faith in institutions like church and government. <\/strong>All of these outcomes motivated people of common sense around the country to unite to unite and kill the amendment a mere 13 years after its passage.<\/p>\n

Burns’ film also frequently suggests that while on the surface Prohibition was a fight between “the wets and the drys” it can also be seen as a proxy battle where the real, underlying conflicts\u00a0were to a considerable degree around issues pitting:<\/p>\n

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