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I used to love his documentaries. I'm a fan of the music, and the aesthetic. I haven't seen HyperNormalisation, and plan to. But, years later I look back and k
by gdubs 10y ago
I used to love his documentaries. I'm a fan of the music, and the aesthetic. I haven't seen HyperNormalisation, and plan to.
But, years later I look back and kind of think, 'huh, was there really substance to these films, or are the more art piece than legit documentary?"
From what I recall, they're not exactly clear on the sources for claims, and the filmmaking style is fairly manipulative – dramatic music and ominous stock footage that would make almost any politicians look like lizard people.
edit: Also, not saying they'd be 'bad' if they're more 'art' than 'documentary', but that context is important and I know from experience it's easy to take films at face value.
- creaghpatr 10y agoNarrative aside, there is some amazing footage from the 70s and 80s just seeing those clips made the whole thing worth it. Taken as a whole it comes off as a conspiracy theory and I think that was intentional, but the individual parts contained a ton of interesting factually correct history tidbits paired with said footage.