All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 

A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

Stars:

Adam Curtis, Stewart Brand, Peder Anker

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Adam Curtis	...	Himself / ... 3 episodes, 2011
Stewart Brand	...	Himself / ... 2 episodes, 2011

Storyline

A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

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Plot Keywords:

computer | machine | framework | illusion | narrative | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

За всем следят машины благодати и любви

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

User Reviews

Great subject and characters but poorly executed

big ideas. At some point though, I began to feel that the narrator is manipulating information to conform to his conclusions. For instance, he attacks the global financial system and its architects, and portrays them as causing only suffering. But he leaves out the huge increase in global prosperity that has occurred over the last decades. He says that China kept its exchange rate artificially low, and used the trade surplus to lend back to the US instead of helping its own citizens. He leaves out that average Chinese citizen's income is maybe 7 to 10 times what it was 25 years ago. There's a story here and it's not all good or bad. The characters highlighted in the film are interesting and important - but the film misses an opportunity to reveal something more profound about the mysteries of our times - instead I think it leads viewers to simplistic conclusions that can perhaps be as damaging or more than Ayn Rand's philosophies.