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Adam Curtis is great. He's been making films for about 30 years and has a large fimography. Early in his career he's made some 20th century history documentary
by dmos62 8y ago
Adam Curtis is great. He's been making films for about 30 years and has a large fimography. Early in his career he's made some 20th century history documentary series, very recommended. Lately he's been making great films about contemporary phenomenon, I loved both of his last films, Bitter Lake (2015) and HyperNormalisation (2016). Highly recommended, especially the latter.
- simongray 8y agoI love all the films I've seen by him, but I feel like Hypernormalisation was a cut above the rest. Adam Curtis feels like a continental philosopher (yes, I know he's British) making films instead of writing books and Hypernormalisation feels like his Magnum Opus. This interview is probably a great way to get the same in writing.
- dmos62 8y agoI feel similarly. I try not to stress this point, so that people don't ignore the rest of his filmography, which would be a great pity.
- wslh 8y agoGreat recommendations, just read the HyperNormalization excerpt and it is like world gamification and something that Nassim Taleb was writing with other words since Fooled by Randomness.
- Fnoord 8y agoI've only seen "The Century Of The Self" and "The Power Of Nightmares". Both were great documentaries, of historic value IMO. One can find them here [1]. Not only there, they're also available on Archive.org. Dutch public broadcasting TV (NPO) has broadcasted various of his documentaries in the past, including with subtitles. [1] https://thoughtmaybe.com/by/adam-curtis/ https://thoughtmaybe.com/by/adam-curtis/
- salty_biscuits 8y agoHN crowd should be all over "All watched over by machines of loving grace".