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It Felt Like a Kiss

  • 20092009
  • 54m
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It Felt Like a Kiss (2009)
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The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959; it uses archive footage and American pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959; it uses archive footage and American pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959; it uses archive footage and American pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
861
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
176,962
21,614
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    • Director
      • Adam Curtis(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Adam Curtis
    • Stars
      • H. Rap Brown(archive footage)
      • Nikita Khrushchev(archive footage)
      • Richard Nixon(archive footage)
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    • Director
      • Adam Curtis(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Adam Curtis
    • Stars
      • H. Rap Brown(archive footage)
      • Nikita Khrushchev(archive footage)
      • Richard Nixon(archive footage)
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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      • Adam Curtis(uncredited)
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    • Connections
      Features Pillow Talk (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      It Felt Like a Kiss
      (1962)

      Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin

      Performed by The Crystals

      from "The Crystals" by Abico Records

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    6/10
    Great, but you need some knowledge of 19th century history to appreciate it
    I loved it when it was being narrated via text on screen. But most of the time it's not, and it can be hard to follow.

    Adam Curtis is serving up a lot of symbolism and metaphors and other clever stuff via stock footage and music. There's a lot of subtext. Some of it I get. But a lot of it passes me by because I don't recognize exactly what is on the screen, like there'll be footage of some guy speaking surrounded by reporters but I don't know who the guy is so I can't understand whats being said with the footage of him in combination with the music being played or why the reporters are asking him those particular questions.

    What I'm trying to say is, this is a great movie but you need to know a lot of 19th century history, especially american, for it to make sense because most of it isn't narrated. If you can't tell what's on the screen a lot of the time it's gonna get boring and a bit frustrating, as it did for me. I recommend watching Adam Curtis's other documentaries beforehand, they are easier to follow and will, to some degree, prepare you for this one.

    So yeah, my problems with this documentary were largely due to my own ignorance. But I'm not that ignorant, so if this is a problem for me it's probably gonna be a problem for a lot of people, especially those under the age of 40.
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    • Release date
      • February 26, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Это было словно поцелуй
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