Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 So there are two bits of Adam Curtis news. A new short video was showed on UK television last night within Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe: And his latest blog post about his upcoming documentary film, due for an online release on 25th Jan 2015: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/TRAILER-TRASH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N Aafiysh Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 that is Pye Corner Audio playing as Putin marches out, i am pretty sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 he's a fan of burial as well - uses his music a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aces Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Looks like a really interesting program. I shall be watching it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 The full wipe for 2014 is up on youtub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) huh, not happy to see the slant he's taking in Ukraine, seems a little more of a typical western view than I would have hoped. Will have to check out the whole film. Normally I count on Adam Curtis to give me a different view than Vice and Radio Free Europe, so lets hope he comes through Edited December 31, 2014 by John Ehrlichman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N Aafiysh Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 This bit: “In Syria, we are told that President Assad is the evil enemy. But then his enemies turn out to be even more evil than him, so we bomb them. And by doing that, we help keep Assad in power.” I kind of feel that in 2013 Obama tried to convince America that Assad needed to be toppled, but the GOP/Tea Party has a negative knee jerk reaction to anything Obama says, so military intervention in Syria was put on the back burner for 2013. So, the CIA went to work to “create” ISIS for 2014. Cut off a few heads, & Shazam! Every Republican I know who in 2013 didn’t want to intervene in Syria is now frantically telling Obama to hurry up and bomb Syria already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Russia played a large role in preventing the bombing of Syria. edited for clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N Aafiysh Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 no doubt. I am just speaking of how perceptions get manipulated (here in the States). And how from my perspective I don't think NATO bombing ISIS is designed to help Assad in the long run. contrary to Curtis' viewpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) where are you guys seeing the full movie? Chengod is notorious for not putting hyperlinks up (although not nearly as bad as Rubin) Edited December 31, 2014 by John Ehrlichman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N Aafiysh Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohi5mQJPLOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 where are you guys seeing the full movie? Chengod is notorious for not putting hyperlinks up (although not nearly as bad as Rubin) Notorious for what now? I'm flattered that anybody would even notice anything I write. Lol anyways please note I said the full wipe for 2014, not the full Adam Curtis documentary. On mobile at the moment but I will post the link to the full wipe 2014 when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Russia played a large role in preventing the bombing of Syria. edited for clarity. So did, importantly the UK parliament voting not to join in on the massacre. But yeah, that was some deft diplomatting by lavrov over the chemical weapons stockpile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 i can't watch brooker anymore, he's completely sold out. Last years wipe was an epic mash of safely bounded topics and party line poo-pooing. You can understand that he wouldn't have a show if he didn't toe the line, but what the fuck, just be brave and move to the internet, surely he's paid his mortgage off by now, and the net views and donations by viewers on youtub would probably bridge the pay gap handily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 That's what I'm referring to JE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granty Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I thought it was weird he didn't say anything about Gaza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 His new film, Bitter Lake (2 hours 17 mins), is now available for streaming on BBC Iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02gyz6b/adam-curtis-bitter-lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4UEO-xxfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 damn this is very good so far, way more atmospheric/creepy than his last few. Seems like he's going for something much weirder this time, fucking a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 cheers for these & skills on the bloke for dropping the original Solyaris in there early on his piece on the attributes of modern war & Putin's shenanigans was the best bit of the CB/2014-Wipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 nice use of music; especially Burial in the intro Yes probably one of his darkest ones yet Good breathing spaces in between his narration where abstract bits of footage were used, that were open to intepretation. Those moments were a cool touch to the overall film aesthetic. I rarely find myself disagreeing with his analysis on things. Everything was well-packaged and explained in an accessible way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopilot Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 damn this is very good so far, way more atmospheric/creepy than his last few. Seems like he's going for something much weirder this time, fucking a Where / how are you seeing this? PM me link if you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 it was on youtube in HD now its been taken down, fuck.i dont know how to go through the song and dance to watch it on BBC iplayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopilot Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) I guess I could just search Youtube for re-uploads every 10 minutes... [edit] Oh hey would you look at that it worked. Edited January 26, 2015 by autopilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) for the Americans - it really is worth watching. I'm sure you'll find it on youtube this week. best documentary I've watched in a long time also - nice playlist of music that watmmers will appreciate! Edited January 26, 2015 by Bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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