He stitches together convenient narratives but often quite loosely and he promotes a very idealistic notion of human history, as in idealism with a capital I, as opposed to a materialist one. Obviously this comes with Great Man of History mythologising.
That’s not to say that everything he says is false or wrong but it should be taken as infotainment rather than being the final word on matters.
His recent special on post soviet Russia was pretty haunting. Like it genuinely creeps me out seeing so much hopelessness and nihilism on that scale lol. I don’t care about what he had to say, but just the footage alone makes me depressed. I don’t know how anyone can see shit like that and still think the RF is better than the USSR or be confused as to why Russia is the way it is now.
How is that documentary in terms of anti-Soviet brainworms (that first part of the doc)? I’m not expecting Curtis to have this loving portrayal but hoping it’s just not shit.
Adam Curtis’ The Power Of Nightmares talks about this
Just… be careful with Adam Curtis’ stuff.
He stitches together convenient narratives but often quite loosely and he promotes a very idealistic notion of human history, as in idealism with a capital I, as opposed to a materialist one. Obviously this comes with Great Man of History mythologising.
That’s not to say that everything he says is false or wrong but it should be taken as infotainment rather than being the final word on matters.
His recent special on post soviet Russia was pretty haunting. Like it genuinely creeps me out seeing so much hopelessness and nihilism on that scale lol. I don’t care about what he had to say, but just the footage alone makes me depressed. I don’t know how anyone can see shit like that and still think the RF is better than the USSR or be confused as to why Russia is the way it is now.
How is that documentary in terms of anti-Soviet brainworms (that first part of the doc)? I’m not expecting Curtis to have this loving portrayal but hoping it’s just not shit.
It’s not theory and he’s a storyteller first and foremost. His best is All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace anyway.