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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:46 pm
by Galen Young
The amazingly dense and entertaining documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis
The Power of Nightmares, that aired on the BBC last year is now available as a free, legal download at
Internet Archive. The image quality of MPEG2 files when burned to DVD looks great. If you're even the tiniest bit interested in the origins of the so-called "War on Terror", this is the place to start. Makes the perfect holiday gift! Knowledge is power...
The Power of Nightmares
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:36 am
by Anonymous
The Power of Nightmares is a very good & provocative film. If you get a chance/haven't seen it, The Century Of The Self by Curtis is also very good.
Have heard that there is "no chance" that either film will be released on DVD due to rights, but then, I heard the same thing about Hollywood, & that, supposedly, is going to be released this year.
Tim
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:11 pm
by Galen Young
TimJS wrote:If you get a chance/haven't seen it, The Century Of The Self by Curtis is also very good.
The Century of Self is great! I loved it. Have only gotten to see a crappy copy from a VHS source (up on
Internet Archive in four parts:
1,
2,
3,
4) but the audio is fine. A friend in NYC told me it had a short theatrical run there last year; it's criminal programs this smart will never play on American television. It's actually a little scarier than
Nightmares I think. Was very pleased to find one of Edward Bernays books back in print recently at an afforadable price:
Propaganda. Have got to find cheap copies of
Public Relations and
Engineering of Consent next...
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:19 am
by Murasaki53
Curtis' new work (The Trap - What Happened to our Dreams of Freedom) is exceptional and can be
viewed here.
I really would urge anyone with an interest in documentary films to have a look at this (especially if you live outside the UK). Years from now Curtis is certain to be revered as one of the greats in this category.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:41 am
by Galen Young
Wow, thanks for the link! Watched the first episode so far, frightening and brilliant. Curtis manages to create a joyous sense of the hopelessness of human reality and why can't I wipe this idiotic grin off my face while watching it... It would be great if this series showed up as mpegs on
archive.org to burn to DVD. We will never see this on American television.