You have got to be kidding me

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Love it.

I've been watching this old series of documentaries called Hands (go here at youtube) on Irish traditional crafts.

The series ran from 1978 to 1989. I came across it by chance algorithm, and after watching a good number of them without knowing anything about it, I can understand after the fact, why it is referred to as the greatest Irish TV series of all time.

This is some of the best film-making I've seen. Each episode has the same craftsmanship put into the film-making as the subject being filmed. And I think it's because the filmmakers honour the subject before the film - they linger with the subjects. The film is a bridge. The commentary has to do with the most interesting: how the things are done, how the things are made. Yet it's not "how to". It's about the people and their long traditions of work diminishing, yet not a whiff of preaching or the typical highly informed social commentary you get with today's documentaries.

Solid, down to earth. Intense focus, yet leisurely. The pacing is perfect.

Highly recommended.