Don - this really was meant to be a documentary about his work, not his life. Using that as the perspective, I think it was a tremendous success and offered much more than I expected.   A documentary on his life would not have bothered retracing his steps, but this particular documentary did exactly that in an attempt to show the importance of his work.   It was not meant to be a biography, but rather a study of his work and the relevance.

I do agree with you, I would love to see a real biographic approach to his life. There were so many facets that could not be covered because of the approach the filmmaker used.   Fascinating man.

Also - be careful with that VCR! Usually if a tape gets stuck it is an indication that something may have damaged the tape path. It could be that tape shedding, or something sticky, entered onto a tape you played. Simply removing the tape may not be enough - or, you might be lucky.   I would just be very careful about putting in a tape that is valuable to you because it might happen again.