Films by Adam Curtis

[Return_Of_The_Mac]

I have recently watched some of Adam Curtis' films (namely The Power of Nightmares The Trap — What Happened to our Dream of Freedom and The Living Dead). Has anyone else watched these? What do people think, did you like them blah blah blah.

[Gambino]

I think I have seen pretty much all of his documentaries. I enjoy very much his unorthodox and scientific approach. He exposes and demonstrates the presence of ideology in every aspect of our lives, showing science, politics, philosophy, ecology or economics has tools for different groups.
The Trap is very good and you will see some of the ideas presented there in several of his documentaries.

I strongly recommend All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace (2011).
It’s a three part documentary that shows how the merge between technology and politics created the bases for neoliberalism and promoted the zombie like attitude of the masses.

[Return_Of_The_Mac]

I haven't seen All Watched Over, I can't seem to find it online.

I really liked Power of Nightmares especially. It's nice to see the real side of the current political climate be presented, and on the BBC too. However sometimes I find following his argumentation a bit difficult; he mentions one thing and then circuitously and tenaciously links it to another thing, but his overall argument makes sense.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

I do love his films and I read his blog on the BBC site

[ed miliband]

i don't think there's anything "scientific" about his approach, he's basically a high-brow conspiracy theorist for people who read the guardian and watch bbc 4.

his films are entertaining, and aesthetically pleasing, just as long as you take them with a massive pinch of salt.

[Gambino]

i don't think there's anything "scientific" about his approach, he's basically a high-brow conspiracy theorist for people who read the guardian and watch bbc 4.

his films are entertaining, and aesthetically pleasing, just as long as you take them with a massive pinch of salt.

He is scientific in the way his works seem like academic papers, with a thesis, arguments and even quotes. It is not hard science, but a philosophical approach. Nevertheless, science is not exclusive to mathematics and physics.

[brigadista]

I do love his films and I read his blog on the BBC site

me too on the films

but

on his blog i enjoy his use of bbc archive film but i dont always agree with his conclusions , however interesting blog nevertheless

[reb]

me too on the films

but

on his blog i enjoy his use of bbc archive film but i dont always agree with his conclusions , however interesting blog nevertheless

His whole process is to go through archive film and then to construct a story from piecing them together.