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The Paranoid Style Of Adam Curtis

From the New York Review of Books: Curtis films purport to be about us. But the paranoid writing dominates, and the viewer is left with unknown anxieties projected onto known images, a sort of emotional break-in. Curtis can’t seem to … Continue reading

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The Beautiful Films & Empty Ideas Of Adam Curtis

When you listen to Barack Obama and Tony Blair speak, you often feel that you are hearing something profound, but when you read their speeches, you realize there is no there there. So too with filmmaker Adam Curtis. There’s nothing … Continue reading

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