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HyperNormalisation

  • 2016
  • 2h 46m
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HyperNormalisation (2016)
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
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Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is h... Read allAdam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

  • Director
    • Adam Curtis
  • Writer
    • Adam Curtis
  • Stars
    • Adam Curtis
    • Donald Trump
    • Vladimir Putin
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Curtis
    • Writer
      • Adam Curtis
    • Stars
      • Adam Curtis
      • Donald Trump
      • Vladimir Putin
    • 36User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 nominations total

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    Adam Curtis
    Adam Curtis
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Donald Trump
    Donald Trump
    • Self - Businessman
    • (archive footage)
    Vladimir Putin
    Vladimir Putin
    • Self - Russia Leader
    • (archive footage)
    Victor Gotbaum
    • Self - NYC Workers League
    • (archive footage)
    Patti Smith
    Patti Smith
    • Self - Singer
    • (archive footage)
    Henry Kissinger
    Henry Kissinger
    • Self - US Secretary of State
    • (archive footage)
    Hafez al-Assad
    Hafez al-Assad
    • Self - President of Syria
    • (archive footage)
    Thomas Schelling
    Thomas Schelling
    • Self - Economist
    • (archive footage)
    Soraya El-Hayan
    • Self - Syria Social Affairs Minister
    • (archive footage)
    Leslie Gelb
    • Self - US Department of Defense
    • (archive footage)
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • Self - President of the United States
    • (archive footage)
    Nancy Reagan
    Nancy Reagan
    • Self - Ronald Reagan's Wife
    • (archive footage)
    Ayatollah Khomeini
    Ayatollah Khomeini
    • Self - Ayatollah of Iran
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Ruhollah Khomeyni)
    George Pucciarelli
    • Self - US Navy Commander, Chaplain
    • (archive footage)
    Timothy Leary
    Timothy Leary
    • Self - Psychologist
    • (archive footage)
    John Perry Barlow
    John Perry Barlow
    • Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation
    • (archive footage)
    Phiber Optik
    • Self - Computer Hacker
    • (archive footage)
    Muammar Gaddafi
    Muammar Gaddafi
    • Self - Ruler of Lybia
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Muammar Gadaffi)
    • Director
      • Adam Curtis
    • Writer
      • Adam Curtis
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    • Trivia
      The term "hypernormalisation" is taken from Alexei Yurchak's 2006 book Everything was Forever, Until it was No More: The Last Soviet Generation, about the paradoxes of life in the Soviet Union during the 20 years before it collapsed.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: This was a new world that the old systems of power found it very difficult to deal with. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the security agencies secretly collected data from millions of people online. One program was called optic nerve. It took stills from the webcam conversations of millions of people across the world, trying to spot terrorist planning another attack. The program did not discover a single terrorist, but it did discover something else.

    • Connections
      Featured in Russell Brand the Trews: HyperNormalisation: Trews Special Edition (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      The Vanishing American family
      Written by Scuba Z

      Interpreted by Scuba Z

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    I've been saying this for a long time now...
    Chillingly accurate.

    My Curtis is probably the most accurate - devastating documentarist I've ever seen.

    I think Mr Curtis' ouvre is a visual record on part with the witness of Malcolm Gladwell, and though they're interests differ,, these 2 are supporters of the tent poles which hold us up - personally and as a race.

    Watching, I find it difficult to not watch, but, for every brake in his narrative, I'm almost fearful to continue watching.

    I've always said there's nothing more chilling than realty.

    If you're sometime who wants to begin to understand, 'wtf is going on with this works and how had it happened?' here it is.

    I don't want to say to much, aside from this is truly the real 'Shock of the New (to borrow, from my favourite art historian essayist, and general bad boy, Robert Hughes).
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    • Release date
      • October 16, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • bbc
      • Official Blog
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Гипернормализация
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA(Establishing shots, aerial views, Underground scenes, Citicorp headquarters building and inside offices, WTC North and South Towers in night aerial view, Trans World Bank headquarters building in day aerial view, Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty in aerial view.)
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      2 hours 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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