I want to let you know Mr. Hoffman just how much of a Gift you are to your Fans. In The Spirit Of The Season Your Craft of Work has been a Gift that continually Keeps Giving. The variety of subjects and the hands on details allow Your Fans to see what you see and also interpret a situation a bit differently from only what we might see. I consider YOU to be my very own PBS Station! I celebrate Christmas Everyday I open my eyes and I'm allowed to stay and play another day on God's Green Acre. Thank You Mr. Hoffman for leaving us all these Gifts under our KZfaq Tree. Cheers From Ohio

i love it! my best friend was a jewish photographer, an artist with shop in vienna and he survived the war only because his parents lied about him and said to the officers and mayor that he is no jewish and only adopted by his jewish parents, so they didn`t pick him up like all the others. from him i have still his plaubel with stativ and the yellow jewish-star that his father had to carry on his dress in the streets. he had the same typical jewish humor, bitter and sweet, i was with him and hold his hand when he died.

The wealth of information and knowledge you are digitally archiving here on this channel is priceless. I pray that 100 years from now, this will be available to the people living in that time. Thanks so much for doing what you are doing. I only hope my great grandchildren appreciate it as much as I do. SALUTE

Absolutely fabulous. In the 1950s when I was a wee girl the occasional Life Magazine would make it's way into my rather bare life and home. I loved that magazine and would pour over those pictures over and over again. I was heartbroken when it eventually disappeared. Your work is an absolute treasure to me. Thank you so much for sharing ! You help me remember that although it sometimes seemed hard back then life was so much more free and less complicated. A life well lived and I really appreciate you. 🤗💕

This is truly brilliant Mr. Hoffman. I’m Catholic and really liked the Good Friday segment. It’s beautiful on so many levels. Respectful and insightful at the same time. Eisenstaedt was really an artist as shown by his artful compositions. You are as well. Bravo!

Hi there David. Wow. I never heard of this guy. Wow. What a lovely humble gentle man. Of course I'm not surprised this movie won awards and that you and this man overcame those obstacles. Thank you so much. Again you were able to capture those moments in time that were so precious for all of us today to learn and grow. I feel that 30 years from now people will be talking about the "Great Film Maker David Hoffman" in the same way we are talking about this great man now. I mean this from the bottom of my heart. Blessings and Peace David 💖💖🏵😎👍

Wow! If I could describe this historical education in one word it would be brilliant!!! The Opera singer 😍 👍. People in their pure state being natural is the best.

5:04 "What I am is a photojournalist...someone who records what he sees; people, events in moments in time... Some might say that I'm an artist but I wouldn't say that, an artist creates an image in his mind, what I do is try to capture reality.." 19:30 "the most important thing in photography still the eye." I much appriciate the lessons. Thank you sir. Gin,

Magnificent story,and such talent,thank you so much for sharing 😁👍👍👍💚

That was just great David! 6 days of pure gold, "eye" can see why this won an award! The "eye" still is truely most important! Lol 👁

Wonderful storey . Love you hoff ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

What a great KZfaq video. Thank you so much for sharing it. I love your channel!

Gosh, you are so blessed David, this is nearly unbelievable, for you to be in his presence documenting him, and I'm here and able to comment on this to you! Remarkable character he was! And amazing passionate filmmaker you are. You remind me of me. If only I was born before 1986. I need to start releasing my footage. I'm so busy making my film on my great great grandpa I can barely think about anything else.

I have watched your videos for a relatively short amount of time. I can not believe your gift and creativity in presenting your story. Thank for quality time viewing and learning about real people. Having a passion for photography, this story makes me smile on so many levels.

I enjoyed this. I enjoy looking at the pass Thanks

I enjoyed this. I'm a big fan of the movies and photography. The opera singer with the reindeer hat was a scream. Mr. Eisenstadt was a cute little guy and full of talent. I'm glad I had the opportunity to have seen this, and I learned a couple of things.

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful piece.

Ahhh I didn’t wanted to end 😌 .... you had the best life ever . Thank you sooo much for sharing your incredible stories 👍🏻🙏🏻♥️

David thank you a very wonderful story..

Great story!

I recognize him! Good on him for being healthy- a positive role model.. Sophia was & is a gorgeous woman.. Very interesting- thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much!

You have experienced and witnessed some amazing things. Thank you for sharing.

One of my favourites. Thank you for this, sir!

As a photographer, I loved seeing how he worked. I learned a lot. Thank you.

This is priceless! This is like looking back in time. Thank you for sharing a glimpse of reality in the past. This is incredible.

This is a treasure. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman.

I enjoyed this story David as i do all of yours. My goal is to watch them all.

I just love, David! Thanks for sharing, man.

Great film , thanks for sharing it.

Mr. Hoffman you never seize to amaze. This documentary was so well done and captivating. You made me want to see a side of the world I've never really given much thought. Which is what I love about your stories and documentaries,you challenge your viewers to think. Thank you sir Shalom

Thank you for this great film I just discovered. I attended a lecture he gave at my college in the mid seventies. I luckily got to photograph him at the time and treasure the images to this day. Thanks again, David.

Thank you for these uploads and sharing your body of work with such wonderful commentary

Thank you. Another wonderful documentary.

really incredible stuff thank you

Your story is AMAZING!

I look forward to listening to Davids commentary just as much as the documentary! ❤️✌️

Thanks for showing this film about Alfred Eisenstaedt. Interesting and entertaining. Good to get to know the man behind the camera and see him returning to Germany. Also very interesting the story about filming in the Catholic Church on Good Friday. A story that says something about that time.

Hiya David Hoffman filmmaker, I suppose I'm acclimating to your creepy bird. Perhaps because you're such a good storyteller. Thank you kindly. Shalom

We come to reason through the darkness of our souls...it is from duality and juxtaposition that we form epiphanies..eisenstadt was able to see that Germany had healed from the war and grown into an art and theater mecca perhaps in a similar way that he had himself ....eisenstadt mastered the use of shadows - if you look closely you can still see the horror of WWII embedded in his work...it must have been inspiring to know that life goes on imitating art ..imitating life imitating art imitating life imitating art with no end 🎥🎬

Inspiring

I love the story of how they allowed the church shoot. In America, it's common for the descendants of an oppressive entity- often themselves, beneficiaries of its practices- to take the position that they personally did not participate in the oppression, that it was before they were even born, and therefore they hold no responsibility whatsoever to attempt to right the wrongs or mitigate the injustices that in their eyes, have nothing to do with them

Wonderful filmmaking with such a compelling character and story!

Im imagining he loved fine food with some wine.. and good company

Wow. I found this fascinating. It's the man and the era.... If you didn't post this, it would be lost. Thank you so much....don't forget to pitch your merch. Is there a link?

Such a shame about the audio. But beautiful film

The Hemingway story 🤣🤣

Turn the subtitles on from 2:45 to 3:02. You're welcome.

@7:50 This woman's voice reminds me of Princess Diana's.

Incredible Im so glad Im subscribed This movie shows once AGAIN your unique fluid style of filming ! My question is Did you have an opportunity to dine with him …?

Thanks!

I love walls. We have two options. We have walls that seperate us or we love one another. And since the 2nd option will never happen, walls may be our only option. If it were possible that humans could love one another then the John Lennon song "Imagine" would be a reality by now, it was released in 1971. We've had more than enough time for "Imagine" to happen. It ain't happening. It's time we face the music, face reality, we are never going to love one another. And since loving one another isn't ever going to be a reality, our only option, is walls. The fact that one side of the wall was happy people and the other side miserable people tells us everything we need to know about humans. Some humans are wired differently than others, some are wired to be happy and some are not. Those who are wired to be happy should be able to live in a world without those who are not wired to be happy. As they say one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. So, the only way to be happy is to seperate all the people who wont be happy from those who will, and the sooner the better. The Declaration of Independence tells us we have the God given Right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" I say if we are ever going to have a real chance at pursuing happiness we must seperate into two groups. The people who are a roadblock to our happiness that we seek, they must go, they gotta be on the other side of a wall, seperated from the rest of us. A house divided against itself cannot stand. And the two groups will never unite, so, since they will never unite, we will never be happy, because there'll always be people that want to ruin our chance at the pursuit of happiness. I say, we get rid of those party poopers, we seperate the country into two seperate groups, form two seperate countries, put up a wall between us, and call it a day. The minute we do that, we'll be happy. I believe in walls. In fact, I'm a big believer in walls. I love walls. I find walls work. I dont feel walls are the problem, I feel that people are the problem. And some people will never change, so, they'll never be happy. So the unhappy people will always drag down the happy people. Now, some may feel that my philosophy is a downer, or making them unhappy, my talks sounds so negative, so dark, but in reality those who think they're happy have no idea how happy that they really could be if we seperate ourselves from all the unhappy people. Until that happens we are living in an ignorant bliss. Thinking we're happy but having no idea how much more happy we could be. Think tropical Island happy. We would be so much happier without the unhappy people. Wait till you're not around unhappy people anymore. Then you'll know real happiness. In fact, even God believes what I'm saying. Do you think there are unhappy people in Heaven? No. Why is that? Because all the unhappy people didn't make it. Do you see, even God believes in seperating happy people from the unhappy people. The happy people go to one place while the unhappy goes to the other. The song Come out and Play by the band Offspring said it best. You gotta keep em seperated. I'm not talking about unhappy people seeking happiness, seek and ye shall find. I'm talking about people who refuse to be happy and ruin everyone else's life, they'll never be happy. They're going to Hell. I say those types of people who are going to Hell, they need to be removed from our country. I don't give a shit who they are. To all those people I say... "You're not going to ruin my pursuit of happiness I say get the hell out! I dont want you. I dont need you. And I'm damn sure ain't interested in anything you're selling, whatever your selling I ain't buyin' take your shit and get out you unhappy miserable excuse for a human being. Get the hell out of my country and stop dragging me down! Now get on your side of the wall and I'll stay on mine. And good riddens, Who needs ya! I really like walls. You ever wonder why we put evil people in prisons. To keep em seperated from the rest of us. You ever wonder why some people go to Heaven and some people go to Hell In other words some people go to the happy place and some people dont. Let it be done on earth as it is heaven. Gotta keep em seperated. There are sheep and there are wolves. Gotta keep em seperated. Walls work.

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Women love him because he's adorable and charming.

If Fassbinder didn't like Eisenstadt being around, How did he like you being on set? If you don't want one camera following you, two just seems even worse.

Hmm...interesting...youve had an amazing life...invite Jesus into your life❤