Adam Curtis's Shifty: When Britain was 'wild and extraordinary'
(bbc.co.uk)25 points by dijksterhuis 3 days ago
25 points by dijksterhuis 3 days ago
To me, his work has all the hallmarks of conspiracy theories: a clear, simple, and wrong explanation. It is all a machination by elites - all proven by cherry-picking, selective editing, and absolutely no agency from anybody outside the anglo-sphere.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/cant-get-you-...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/57739/adam-cu...
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking...
Curtis is fun to watch when you're 20 years old. (Maybe that's a bit harsh.)
I find that his documentaries only SEEM to make a lot of sense. Watching his stuff feels like watching a magic show. His argument is dazzling, but you get the sense that it would fall apart if you looked deeper.