I've been awaiting a new Adam Curtis documentary for so long now. They're always a little bit more interesting, more thought-provoking and insightful than most of what is out there about whatever topic they are dealing with.
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#12I find with these documentaries that while they often contain interesting factoids here and there, they meander and never make a significant and convincing point. Can't justify spending 8 hours on this.
Century of Self is pretty self-contained and portable as far as having takeaways go.
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#13I find with these documentaries that while they often contain interesting factoids here and there, they meander and never make a significant and convincing point. Can't justify spending 8 hours on this.
It's an hour and fourteen minutes. What do you suppose you'll be doing with the extra six hours?
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#14I find with these documentaries that while they often contain interesting factoids here and there, they meander and never make a significant and convincing point. Can't justify spending 8 hours on this.
It's an hour and fourteen minutes. What do you suppose you'll be doing with the extra six hours?
Ooh, look at mr "I don't watch my videos at 0.25x speed" over here.
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#15I find with these documentaries that while they often contain interesting factoids here and there, they meander and never make a significant and convincing point. Can't justify spending 8 hours on this.
It's an hour and fourteen minutes. What do you suppose you'll be doing with the extra six hours?
The total runtime of all six episodes is approximately 8 hours.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's an hour and fourteen minutes. What do you suppose you'll be doing with the extra six hours?
The total runtime of all six episodes is approximately 8 hours.
Oh thanks for the clarification! That was not immediately obvious to me, though in hindsight it does say Part 1. I agree, that is quite the time investment. Like any mini-series, the first segment really needs to nail it to keep the viewer coming back. I share some of your sentiments.
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#17“...and, as a result, Thabo Mbeki was swept to power” https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg Love a good Adam Curtis documentary, especially when he throws light on obscure moments in history. Probably best not to hang your understanding of the world on the scaffold he constructs though.
And he mispronounces "Thabo".
He seems to say more like "Tsabo"
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#18I'm a big Adam Curtis fan, but I was pretty disappointed by this one. The first 5 parts are pretty much the exact same content as his older films - he uses all the same music and even a lot of the same interviews - and some of it seems like he's creating a parody of his own films. That said, I liked part 6, but I think it should have been released by itself.
Most of the way throught the first episode... I swear we're watching a different series.
Hasn't been a single repeated interview yet.
A lot of the archive footage is different, although yes some of it is repeated.
The music is decidedly Curtis. Yes, Pye corner audio; worriedaboutsatan; nine inch nails and burial etc feature heavily.
But this is the first time he's used an Apex twin track. Plenty of other new bits as well.
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#19Is there a way for a non-British to view the other episodes? Adam Curtis is brilliant.
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#20I'm a big Adam Curtis fan, but I was pretty disappointed by this one. The first 5 parts are pretty much the exact same content as his older films - he uses all the same music and even a lot of the same interviews - and some of it seems like he's creating a parody of his own films. That said, I liked part 6, but I think it should have been released by itself.
Most of the way throught the first episode... I swear we're watching a different series. Hasn't been a single repeated interview yet. A lot of the archive footage is different, although yes some of it is repeated. The music is decidedly Curtis. Yes, Pye corner audio; worriedaboutsatan; nine inch nails and burial etc feature heavily. But this is the first time he's used an Apex twin track. Plenty of other new bits as…
There are a few recycled interviews from The Living Dead in ep 2 for sure.