HyperNormalisation - Adam Curtis (16 Oct 2016)

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Trailer for the 2016 Adam Curtis film - HyperNormalisation

Link to BBC iPlayer (UK Only)

Adam Curtis BBC Blog

"We live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion. Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, random bomb attacks. And those who are supposed to be in power are paralysed - they have no idea what to do.

This film is the epic story of how we got to this strange place. It explains not only why these chaotic events are happening - but also why we, and our politicians, cannot understand them.

It shows that what has happened is that all of us in the West - not just the politicians and the journalists and the experts, but we ourselves - have retreated into a simplified, and often completely fake version of the world. But because it is all around us we accept it as normal.

But there is another world outside. Forces that politicians tried to forget and bury forty years ago - that then festered and mutated - but which are now turning on us with a vengeful fury. Piercing though the wall of our fake world"

Your thoughts aside from the obvious irony talking about this?

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BMMachine

Just finished watching it there. Great stuff. Like a history lesson which looks at the greater questions and personalities of the timeline. Cool stuff about the internet too, mirrors a lot of my own thoughts

GreNoLi

Certainly not his best but interesting nonetheless.

houseshare

cant get enough of adam curtis

houseshare

power of nightmares is one of his best