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Really interesting documentary. I've heard good things about Adam Curtis's documentaries. He works, or at the very least use to, at the BBC and I remember read
by Scipio_Afri 9y ago
Really interesting documentary. I've heard good things about Adam Curtis's documentaries.
He works, or at the very least use to, at the BBC and I remember reading a post if his on his blog where he saved something like 50 terabytes of rare unedited video of Afghanistan that was decades old, before and during it's Marxist revolution starting in the late 70's.
Probably the most interesting of his documentaries that I've seen is on the rise of propaganda and the public relations industry in his documentary "Century of the Self".
Link here:
https://youtu.be/eJ3RzGoQC4s https://youtu.be/eJ3RzGoQC4s
- krmboya 9y ago> Probably the most interesting of his documentaries that I've seen is on the rise of propaganda and the public relations industry in his documentary "Century of the Self". Yeah, I liked that too, the fact that PR is war-time propaganda repackaged for the corporate world.
- eternalban 9y agoFear porn designed to induce feelings of helplessness in guise of revelations.
- hellbanner 9y agoThat's what you took from it? (paraphrasing) US Gov, terrified by how an entire country unified with violent hatred (Nazi Germany), hired Freud's nephew for white-picket fence propaganda to keep "the beast" in American psyche buried. Or how cigarette companies hired him (Bernays) to turn women smoking cigarettes from huge social taboo to "sexy" -- look at recent movie, pop icons etc on how this one marketing stunt has impacted American culture. Sorry if you felt helpless after watching it. I found it informative and feel it contributed to my awareness of insidious advertising.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoWhen I watch Adam Curtis I always feel like he's so close to getting to something really good but never quite makes it. They are well produced docus though, you can tell that he has incorporated quite a few lessons from his study of propaganda.
- digi_owl 9y agoI think its because he never sets out to be prescriptive, only descriptive, if that makes any sense.
- aluhut 9y agoHe is a documentary artist in my opinion. I love the way he combines pictures and sound in such a unique way while delivering those fantastic connections.