HyperNormalisation (2016)
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening. (imdb)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Directed By: Adam Curtis
Written By: Adam Curtis
Starring: Adam Curtis, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad
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very interesting filmessay that's very well made. Even with its long running time, it never bores. But although there is some truth to the central thesis of oversimplification, the end feels rushed and it all doesn't come together that well as it should to have a real impact.
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For a documentary that is almost 3 hours it never feels it. It's just a really well put together, cinematic documentary, unlike most docs that are just talking heads. The content is pretty great (the critique of leftism/modern revolutions is the best part of this whole thing), but the Middle East bit isn't dissimilar to what has been written by folks like Baudrillard already.
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I'm not into the whole alarmist fad where everything is scary and it's all nobody's fault. There's too much of that in HyperNormalisation. However, it's a very interesting documentary, keeps you hooked and teaches you interesting bits about modern history along the way. Pretty good.
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Around as good as Bitter Lake, if you like Adam Curtis this is a must see.
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This is the least compelling Curtis I've watched. It comes close to Zeitgeist sort of alarm raising where you, the viewer is fully innocent, everyone is dumb and machines have already taken over.
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A powerful experience that feels like a brief history of 40 years of geopolitics in 2 1/2 hours. One foot in the Middle East and the other in cyberspace, with a lot worth hearing to say about both, but attempts to connect them up feel flimsy. I echo frankswild's gripe that absent is any mention of the latest wave of support for economic populism around figures like Corbyn and Sanders, but TBF the film does very little speculating; Curtis may feel (as I do) that it's too soon to tell.
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Feeling down, powerless, overwhelmed and/or apathetic? Like the world is an uncaring and terrible place and it's not getting less terrible any time soon and/or ever? Adam Curtis, building on his previous gut-punching work and with that typically soul-crushing mix of sterile footage and haunting audio, gives context for how we got where we are today and it's both eye-opening and paralyzing. PS poke me if you're up for a suicide pact.
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| Dec 20, 2016 | Jorg | 70 64% |
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ehk2 | 95 99% |
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I had some objections and reservations against his previous works but this one hits the target. He builds on previous material; this is more general but more coherent for me. You don't have to agree on all levels of explanation on causation patterns or every single detail or connection. But the general idea is the one you should consider first, naturally. And that makes it a must see for every world citizen. Go see it immediately.
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| Dec 19, 2016 |  |
B.2 | 75 89% |
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I like Adam Curtis but this did not hang together. The "Hypernormal" perception thread popped up sporadically as a sort of excuse for disconnected themes. Far better would have been to cut out the Jane Fonda fitness videos and have left this as the shorter documentary on Middle East conflict that it is,
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| Dec 17, 2016 |  |
Demorest | 4 75% |
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christof | 94 98% |
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I have noticed that all the reviews of this documentary unpick different threads as to 'what this film is about'. A genuinely deep (not perfect) piece of work that may require a number of viewings. This film may currently act like a mirror to world events where the meaning shifts in relation to it.
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| Dec 13, 2016 | Zyatkoff | 8 86% |
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| Dec 08, 2016 | sissyboy911 | 85 89% |
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angrypierre | 80 73% |
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Curtis is one of the great polemicists of our time. This latest documentary is like a 2.5 hour punch to the gut, which left me briefly feeling utterly bereft of hope for civilisation. Powerful, and an important counter-point to the news and analysis we see every day.
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| Dec 05, 2016 | jpims12 | 73 49% |
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Please update your media folder Mr. Curtis, 9/11 footage is not cutting it in 2016 when stuff like this is flying around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs
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| Nov 29, 2016 |  |
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