Links tagged with “adamcurtis”
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Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain
“We’re waiting for someone to draw a new map, and until then, we’re just going to witter away to each other on podcasts.” (via Garbage Day)
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WHAT THE FLUCK!
I know many people roll their eyes at Adam Curtis, but no one writes these wide-ranging stories like he does, illustrated with video. (Even if I can’t watch the video because it’s Flash.)
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Just Another Day - Walton on the Naze - Part 1
1983 TV documentary about the Essex seaside town, directed by Adam Curtis. On the one hand, it’s just how I remember it from those days, and on the other, 1983 looks really old.
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YOU THINK YOU ARE A CONSUMER BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN CONSUMED
I hope this new series of Adam Curtis posts on fake objectivity and neutrality analyse his own style. Really, that would be fascinating.
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White Negro for Mayor
Adam Curtis on Normal Mailer and the rise of hipsters. “Today it is possible to argue that we have all become gay white negroes.”
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BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: The Curae of TINA
blimey, just caught up with this, and it’s an incredible read. Hayek, Radio Caroline, Thatcher, Institute for Economic Affairs… so many things. I really wish the BBC would get a non-Flash video player though.
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GOODIES AND BADDIES
Adam Curtis tells a good story, and he usually ends up making me think differently about things. This one’s about armed humanitarian intervention.
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The Pope and the Axis of Terror
Adam Curtis on the manufacturing of the idea of a “global terror network” from the 1970s to today. Fascinating story, worth the time to read. Shame the BBC’s video clips are only in Flash though.
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Shift Run Stop – Episode 7: New Year’s Special – Adam Curtis and Avery Edison
Not to put down Avery Edison, but the Adam Curtis bits of this are fascinating and really worth a listen.
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Adam Curtis: The TV elite has lost the plot | The Register
‘Power of Nightmares’ etc creator on the BBC and other media being scared, the faults of blogs, user-generated content. “It’s a time of great technical invention but it’s a time of [artistic] stagnation.”