Hypernormalisation adam curtis
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I'm about half way through, it's a very long essay.
I liked his Bitter Lake film and this is essentially more of that, you do have to be a bit careful though, the segments on their own seem to be very accurate and full of correct detail and analysis but the lines he draws between individual segments can be a bit wibbly.
I liked his Bitter Lake film and this is essentially more of that, you do have to be a bit careful though, the segments on their own seem to be very accurate and full of correct detail and analysis but the lines he draws between individual segments can be a bit wibbly.
Quick summary of doc by Adam Curtis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37673...
Finished watching it last night.
Fascinating and thought provoking even though at times it was like throwing in random conspiracy theories as fact.
Way better than Bitter Lake - first half was padding from what I remember.
Russell Brand recently recommended it - I wonder Brand has a brain or paid attention to it as Curtis was having a pop at people like Brand who shouts but offer no solutions but then again Curtis enlisted help from 3D of Massive Attack....
Finished watching it last night.
Fascinating and thought provoking even though at times it was like throwing in random conspiracy theories as fact.
Way better than Bitter Lake - first half was padding from what I remember.
Russell Brand recently recommended it - I wonder Brand has a brain or paid attention to it as Curtis was having a pop at people like Brand who shouts but offer no solutions but then again Curtis enlisted help from 3D of Massive Attack....
Very interesting and thought-provoking stuff but, as per other comments, not as good as some of his previous stuff and very scattergun approach. Possibly being on iPlayer meant that the 2hrs45mins runtime wasn't edited down as much as it should have been!
It does go a bit like this...
- Some bad stuff happened in Syria.
- Some bad stuff happened in Libya
- Hey what about that UFO craze in the 90's!
- let's get back to the terrorists...
But nevertheless some good brain-food.
It does go a bit like this...
- Some bad stuff happened in Syria.
- Some bad stuff happened in Libya
- Hey what about that UFO craze in the 90's!
- let's get back to the terrorists...
But nevertheless some good brain-food.
languagetimothy said:
I think the UFO bit was used to show that the powers that be can make you think a particular way in that there was a govt guy telling a UFO conspircy theorist that he was right in a sort of mis-directing kind of way. So it was relevant to the way that govts misdirect whilst hiding in plain sight... sort of. Also the computer bit, psych analyst program proved that people feel better when they get to hear what they want hear even if it's Bs
te and doesn't actually give an answer to a problem.
Maybe!
Yeah i get it, I was simply highlighting that the dots are not very well joined and its arguably just a list of examples without a clear hypothesis or conclusion...nonetheless, enjoyed it.te and doesn't actually give an answer to a problem.Maybe!
Soundtrack mix from Worriedaboutsatan who worked with Adam Curtis https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radi...
darth_pies said:
Yeah i get it, I was simply highlighting that the dots are not very well joined and its arguably just a list of examples without a clear hypothesis or conclusion...nonetheless, enjoyed it.
I agree. More power to him, but I'd prefer him to do something shorter and simpler for blokes like me. Though I really liked it, I'd struggle to tell anyone what it was about.
Mezzanine said:
MisterJD said:
Spot on parody!On the other hand BoJo's attempts at firehosing seem a bit amateur in comparison
Oooh, new 6-part series imminent!
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/cgyoomh
Get ready for grainy footage of people dancing over modern electronic music!
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/cgyoomh
Get ready for grainy footage of people dancing over modern electronic music!
daddy cool said:
Oooh, new 6-part series imminent!
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/cgyoomh
Get ready for grainy footage of people dancing over modern electronic music!
Thank you very much indeed, I'd not heard about that beforehttps://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/cgyoomh
Get ready for grainy footage of people dancing over modern electronic music!
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