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HyperNormalisation 2016

crisalist · 2.3M views · 2016-11-02 · 2:40:29

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Overview

Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation, about 160 minutes long. It cuts together roughly forty years of politics, finance and technology to argue that people have retreated into a simplified fake world.

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Strongly and repeatedly recommended as a visually distinctive documentary and a guide to postmodern ideas on politics, truth and technology.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2016–2020

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Media, journalism & propagandaWorld historyDocumentaries & storytelling
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onion2k · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation

Adam Curtis is a brilliant film maker. "Hypernormalisation" ( [VIDEO] ) and "Bitter Lake" ( [LINK] ) are well worth watching too.

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bartcobain · 2018-09 · Strong recommendation

Hypernormalisation from Adam Curtis. I have been looking for another documentary as visual appealing, as evolving as this one but haven't found any other documentary. [VIDEO] Do you know another documentary as good as this one?

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alistproducer2 · 2017-01 · Strong recommendation

Hypernormalisation is an awesome documentary that actually covers this subject. If you've got a couple hours to kill I highly recommend it. It can be watched on youtube [VIDEO]

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