What happened to our dream of freedom is a bbc television documentary series by english filmmaker adam curtis, well known for other documentaries including the century of the self and the power of nightmares. Does anyone else find adam curtis documentaries to be. Documentaries in the style of adam curtis, im getting desperate now. If you want to try out more of such websites where you can explore the known and unknown of this world, make sure you check out this list of free documentary websites.
Does reddit know any other documentary makers like adam curtis. If you want to gain a deeper sense of why were in the mess were in today and how it might be fixed, i highly recommend watching these 5 documentary films made by adam curtis. It has subsequently been aired in multiple countries and shown at various film festivals, including the. For those that dont know adam curtis, he is britains greatest documentary filmmaker and one of the best in the world, rivalling werner herzog and errol morris. The second episode reiterates many of the ideas of the first, but develops the theme that the drugs such as prozac and lists of psychological symptoms which might indicate anxiety or depression were being used to normalize behavior and make humans behave. Oct 16, 2016 our world is strange and often fake and corrupt. Adam curtis on the dangers of selfexpression the creative.
Documentaries shouldnt just reflect the world, they should try and explain why reality is like it is. Adam curtis and the secret history of everything the new. The film was released on 16 october 2016 the power of. Understand donald trump with these 5 bbc documentaries by. Curtis has called himself fundamentally a historian, and has described his work as journalism that happens to be expounded. Pandoras box a fable from the age of science, is a six part series examining the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism, tying together communism in the soviet union, systems analysis and game theory during the cold war. Hypernormalisation is a 2016 bbc documentary by british filmmaker adam curtis. Curtis makes extensive use of archive footage in his documentaries. Does reddit know any other documentary makers like adam. Adam curtis hypernormalisation 2016 we live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion.
Added subtitles french, braziianl, hebrew, english, croatian, spanish, turkish and russian the cult documentary maker explores the falsity of. Pdf this article introduces the use of music in adam curtis documentary. My introduction to adam curtiss work was the power of nightmares. Its based on how interesting i found the subject matter and how well the story is told. Adam curtis films four documentaries and three short films. The great big adam curtis bingewatch contains all his films that are free to view over the internet. He charts the death of idealism in politics, telling the story of how neoconservatives and neoliberals gave up on trying to direct society via big ideas and handed over the reins to market forces. The rise of the politics of fear is a bbc television documentary series by adam curtis. Pdf half of it is just the fun of finding the right music. Adam curtiss documentaries are amazing and thought provoking.
I thought that century of the self was outstanding, as was the mayfair set. Channel dedicated to documentary filmmaker adam curtis. Showcasing the very best in fascinating feature length documentaries. Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us. British documentary maker adam curtis tells stories about this erosion of truth and how noone not even the political elites now knows what the hell is going on. The trap the lonely robot episode 2 by onderkoffer. The documentaries cover everything from music and cinema, to literature, religion, politics and physics. I liked it so much i then watched most of his other work too.
Mar 04, 2015 please note, that this listing is entirely relative to the entire adam curtis cannon. Contains very strong language and disturbing scenes. Adam curtis believed that 200,000 guardian readers. Jun 30, 2014 adam curtis documentaries duncan wilson. Hypernormalisation wades through the culmination of forces that have driven this culture into mass uncertainty, confusion, spectacle and simulation. For more great films, please visit our complete collection, 1,150 free movies online.
The film was released on 16 october 2016 on the bbc iplayer. Pandoras box was a six part 1992 bbc documentary television series written and produced by adam curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The series consists of three onehour films, consisting mostly of a montage of archive footage with curtis s narration, which were first broadcast in the united kingdom in late 2004 and have been subsequently aired in multiple countries and shown in several. Three films about the power of the past is a series of films that investigate the way that history and memory both national and individual have been manipulated and distorted by politicians and others for various means of control pandoras box. Where events keep happening that seem crazy, inexplicable and out of controlfrom donald trump to brexit, to the war in syria, mass immigration, extreme disparity in wealth, and increasing bomb attacks in the westthis film. The series consists of three, onehour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically how a simplistic. The overarching theme for this one was kind of weak though. Ive never been a fan of the work of adam curtis, whose fauxbrow documentaries rely on image and music to state their case rather than rational argument. All watched over by machines of loving grace adam curtis. This film explains not only why these chaotic events are happening but also why we. It originally aired in the united kingdom on bbc two in march 2007. Curtis has called himself fundamentally a historian, and has described his work as journalism that happens to be expounded via film. The scoring is based not on how much i agree with the documentaries.
Adam curtis all watched over by machines of loving grace 2011 all 3 parts. Its home to hundreds of freetowatch documentaries and you can even find trailers or clips from commercially available titles. I do not own any of the videos shown here nor host them, i simply link to places where you can find them. I recently watched curtis new bitter lake, which purports to be about why the big stories that politicians tell us have become so simplified that we cant really see the world any longer, but it is really a long, meandering, self indulgent ramble through selected. As director adam curtis puts it, instead of delivering dreams, politicians. This is a blog dedicated to all of adam curtis documentaries and segments. The trap by adam curtis we will force u 2 be free by endexye. But we think its normal because we cant see anything else. The rise of the politics of fear 2004, pandoras box 1992 and hypernormalisation 2016. Never found a film makerseries with a similar vibe to his work, they are on a whole other level to anything else ive seen in my opinion. Mar 14, 2017 adam curtis is a bbc journalist who makes documentaries exploring the superstructures of society. Ive also not included the short films from charlie brookers screenwipe. Pandoras box a fable from the age of science, is a. But now there are no big stories and politicians react randomly to every new crisis leaving us bewildered and disorientated.
It is the story of how a french shopkeeper, addicted to filming, sniffed the trail of underground street artists and ended up in the world of bansky, arguably the most notorious, political active, guerilla graffiti artistprankster. Nov 02, 2016 hypernormalisation is a 2016 bbc documentary by british filmmaker adam curtis. Adam curtis documentaries watch free documentaries online. This is my favourite documentary in the style of curtis and pretty much sums up my feelings of him his interpretations of reality are much like freuds. 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 oversimplified version of what is happening.
Does anyone else find adam curtis documentaries to be deeply. He is a director and producer, known for the power of nightmares. Adam curtisstateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a, a, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. Curtis later the century of the self had a similar theme. Over the course of the series, curtis traces the way that freuds notions of the. Collection of educational, informative and free documentary films for you to enjoy. Documentaries in the style of adam curtis, im getting. Theyre thoughtprovoking, eyeopening, and enlightening. If one were to read the scripts of, say, his 2004 series the power of nightmares, one would realise that curtiss arguments are disturbingly thin, and are only taken seriously by naive young leftwingers who. The power of nightmares, subtitled the rise of the politics of fear, written and produced by adam curtis.
Baby its cold outside the first part of the series explains the origins. You have to have a certain courage to go in there, because it questions things we take for granted and were actually manufactured. It has subsequently been aired in multiple countries and shown at various film festivals, including the 2005 cannes film festival. The power of nightmares, subtitled the rise of the politics of fear, is a bbc documentary film series, written and produced by adam curtis. Jan 25, 2015 but now there are no big stories and politicians react randomly to every new crisis leaving us bewildered and disorientated. Oct 22, 2017 want to watch documentaries with kodi but dont know which addons to install. Adam curtis all watched over by machines of documentaries. Emotional and narrative rather than reasoned and evidence based, explorations of the subconscious, sometimes with a core of truth but quite possibly bullshit. The series consists of three 60minute programmes which explore the modern concept. Does anyone else find adam curtis documentaries to be deeply manipulative.
I knew i wanted to have a copy of them anyways and i am grateful they are still available on amazon. Watch and explore adam curtis documentaries online. Hypernormalisation scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. How to watch documentaries on kodi and the best addons to use. The film was released on 16 october 2016 the power of nightmares. After the widespread use in the 60s where young kids tried to free their minds by going on psychedelic adventures and the banning of the drug that followed, any scientific research was halted. Exit through the gift shop is another amazing art documentary that is a mandatory view for everyone.
For more great films, please visit our complete collection. I recently watched curtis new bitter lake, which purports to be about why the big stories that politicians tell us have become so simplified that we cant really see the world any longer, but it is really a long, meandering, self indulgent ramble through selected excerpts of 20th century history in the middle east that comes to few conclusions except that we should all be vaguely. This shows that a new kind of resistance must be imagined and actioned, as well as an unprecedented reawakening in a time where it matters like never before. I want to know if anyone else out there knows of any other documentaries or documentary makers on the subject or style as adams. This a series of three bbc documentaries that show how fear is an ultimate tool for politicians to preserve their power. My introduction to adam curtis s work was the power of nightmares. Adam curtis documentaries are the red pill in the matrix. It argues that governments, financiers, and technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex real world and built a simpler fake world run by corporations and kept stable by politicians. Adam curtis and the secret history of everything by jonathan lethem oct. This film explains not only why these chaotic events are happening but also why we, and our politicians, cannot understand them. Dec 30, 2006 this a series of three bbc documentaries that show how fear is an ultimate tool for politicians to preserve their power. If one were to read the scripts of, say, his 2004 series the power of nightmares, one would realise that curtis s arguments are disturbingly thin, and are only taken seriously by naive young leftwingers who being largely ignorant of.
I have been able to watch most of them on youtube, but many now have been removed. His favourite theme is power and how it works in society, and his works explore areas of sociology, psychology, philosophy and political history. The series consists of three onehour films, consisting mostly of a montage of archive footage with curtiss narration, which were first broadcast in the united kingdom in late 2004 and have been subsequently aired in multiple. Adam curtis complete documentaries the progressive. Documentaries from famous directors like alex gibney, adam curtis, john pilger, etc make this site worth exploring. Hypernormalisation weaves these historical narratives back together to show how todays fake and hollow world was created and is sustained. The trap adam curtis conspiracy theory edition 2011. For those that dont know adam curtis, he is britains greatest documentary filmmaker and one of the best in the world, rivalling werner herzog and. In this article, well be discussing some of the best kodi addons for documentaries so you can spend less time researching and more time enjoying yourself. Adam curtis believed that 200,000 guardian readers watching. Adam curtis, donald trump, vladimir putin, victor gotbaum. May 08, 2016 documentaries from famous directors like alex gibney, adam curtis, john pilger, etc make this site worth exploring.
Kevin adam curtis born 26 may 1955 is a british documentary filmmaker. The best best adam curtis documentaries the vincentius gloom. The series was originally broadcast in the united kingdom in 2004. Bitter lake is a new, adventurous and epic film by adam curtis that explains why the big stories that politicians tell us have become so simplified that we cant really see the world any longer.
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