3 ms·
I see it the same, not as a film that presents a chain of facts and truths, but as something that showcases a certain way of looking at the world. "I now know h
by atoav 4y ago
I see it the same, not as a film that presents a chain of facts and truths, but as something that showcases a certain way of looking at the world. "I now know how X happened because Adam Curtis told me so", is a thought that has never once crossed my mind. Instead, after watching a film by him I feel a heightened sense of curiosity to look deeper into things myself. And as a filmmaker myself I'd say he does that on purpose.
This in itself is an aspect that should not be undervalued.
- gambiting 4y ago>>I now know how X happened because Adam Curtis told me so I feel like I wouldn't have known about the whole Gadaffi situation if not for Hypernomalisation, but then it's a singular example.
- Ygg2 4y agoI wouldn't know of the Rwandan genocide and how it started with the Dutch. Dutch classified people into Tutsi and Hutu, and how their records helped Hutu find and exterminate Tutsi. The big gotcha being Tutsi and Hutu were genetically similar people with some slight differences.
- atoav 3y agoSure, there might have been new stuff in there that I have never heard about, but extrapolating from how he speaks about the stuff I know about I also take the exact phrasing and the sometimes implied causality with a grain of salt.
- gambiting 3y agoOh yeah, I definitely had to go away and read up on some of the stuff using other sources, I wouldn't quote him on any of it. But he made me aware of it.