HyperCurtisisation w/ Owen Hatherley, Juliet Jacques, and Alberto Toscano
Added 2021-03-26 16:24:57 +0000 UTCOwen Hatherley, Juliet Jacques, and Alberto Toscano join PTO to talk about Adam Curtis's new BBC series Can't Get You Out of My Head. We chatted about Curtis' politics, the changes in his documentary style since the early 1990s, and why he avoids talking about neoliberalism.
Comments
YES THE IDSmiths!!!
Chris Martin
2021-04-12 09:31:40 +0000 UTCAnyone curious to find the Hypernormalislandisation Curtis parody that's mentioned, it's here: https://twitter.com/theidsmiths/status/1363903973267300352
Conrad Hughes
2021-04-01 12:29:29 +0000 UTCI have been a Curtis fan since June 1992, so this was great. It really is important to acknowledge how funny he can be, in particular I remember a neat confluence of script and an image of Khrushchev peering behind a fence board. Portillo is a grammar school boy, I thought. But Peterhouse history in the 1970s. Very sad to hear that list of 1992 BBC programming in the context of the comments about today's BBC. I haven't lived in Britain for a decade now, but I still go round saying how the quality of British television is so good. Perhaps it is time to reconsider
Paul Brewer
2021-03-31 17:48:47 +0000 UTCCant wait to listen to this
Christopher Ioakim
2021-03-27 01:28:27 +0000 UTCthanks Lorcan!
Politics Theory Other
2021-03-26 20:17:03 +0000 UTCThat could easily have been double the length & still been good
Lorcan Mullen
2021-03-26 20:01:46 +0000 UTCFainting from delight!!! (and ashamed I'm not familiar with Alberto) xxx
Jane Pickering
2021-03-26 18:01:39 +0000 UTC
