Take hours of archived footage, add a soundtrack to compliment said footage while weaving a series of unrelated stories together and you have the formula for an Adam Curtis documentary.
The skill comes in how well he melds these three aspects together to create a larger narrative from individual stories, this most recent series serving as a reminder of how history repeats, while saying an awful lot more besides.
I first became aware of him via 'Hypernormalisation', and have been moved to post this on the strength of that and his most recent work, which I'll link to here. There are 6 parts, it felt intense at times, but in a way that anything challenging can feel, and my goodness it's a unique trip worth taking.
Credit to Nocturnal Submission for the prompt.
The skill comes in how well he melds these three aspects together to create a larger narrative from individual stories, this most recent series serving as a reminder of how history repeats, while saying an awful lot more besides.
I first became aware of him via 'Hypernormalisation', and have been moved to post this on the strength of that and his most recent work, which I'll link to here. There are 6 parts, it felt intense at times, but in a way that anything challenging can feel, and my goodness it's a unique trip worth taking.
Credit to Nocturnal Submission for the prompt.
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