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)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Adam Curtis
Written By: Adam Curtis
Starring: Adam Curtis, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
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Watching this in 2021, it feels incomplete, like if it had waited a little longer Curtis could have hit a more cohesive perspective of what's happening in society. As it stands, it felt like the different threads were still too disparate in 2016 to properly analyse as a whole. I don't really know if this makes sense, it's late and I'm tired
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I love Adam Curtis' documentaries, and this one was quite good. But he does seem to dance around the crux of the point he's trying to make, and tie a little too much to that point. I'm also left with a bit of a loss as to what can be done about any of this.
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Curtis lays out the blue-print for our echo chamber(s) and with it the illusory nature of our systems of control. Watching this post-Trump / COVID-19 - so many new questions arise: Where does this sudden violent de-acceleration leave us? As we face the prospect of post-individualism and peer into an even more digital future, what action will we take? Excited to see Curtis' next attack - and hoping more people find his work during these times of change.
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57 minutes
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Fake News. I couldn't count how many lies hypertruthisate! in this fake documentary. a left wing's propaganda that is so familiar. Democrat presidents were skipped and conservatives were destroyed. pleeeeease... have some innovation.
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Standard Adam Curtis - which means good stuff - this time focusing on the increasingly simplified story-telling by politicians and the media, and how this unsustainable approach has affected the current world. Retreads a lot of ground from previous Curtis documentaries, and some of the abstract edits drag on a bit, but otherwise still well worth your time.
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TFW even conspiracy docs are not as grim as the reality we live in (queue shot with Gaddafi's head smashed on the desert road). Also, how much does Curtis hate the PR companies? Did they try to bribe him at some point to not publish a video?
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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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Adam Curtis is at it again, this time explaining concepts like Donald Trump and the Internet. It's not without an eye for the tragicomical, that he examines what absurd road lead us to this societal state of apathy, but don't expect it to leave you smiling. You might like Gaddafi a little better though.
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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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