TV Guide
Posted March 4th, 2007 by quarsan
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Many of our readers will be aware of Adam Curtis' powerful documentaries, especially "The Power of Nightmares".
Well, he's got a new three part series, "The Trap – What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom?" starts on March 11 - 21:00 on BBC 2
The series examines the breakdown in trust between people and politicians
Man, did they have to
Man, did they have to schedule it for the same time as 24?
I'm looking forward to this.
I'm looking forward to this. His earlier documentary series, The Century of the Self was excellent too, and segued nicely into The Power of Nightmares.
Me and Dick are in agreement
Me and Dick are in agreement here. For example, Adams analysis in the PoN as to how the organisation 'Al Qaeda' came from was a sword through the belly of the propagators of lies and spin.
Adam also made a series called 'The Mayfair Set' which examines the corrupting influence on business on the Brit Govt, but after having it in my library of documentaries, I still havent watched it yet. :(
Yes, the ending of one
Yes, the ending of one episode where he cuts from high school prom students to mujahideen fighters, all dancing to the the sound of 'Baby, it's cold outside' is very waggish.
The Mayfair set is a real rogues gallery containing the likes of James Goldsmith and similar characters. Pandora's Box is good viewing too. I haven't managed to get hold of An Ocean Apart, mentioned here: www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/11_november/06/adam_curtis.shtml
Gah, going to be out of the
Gah, going to be out of the country. I hope it becomes available online.