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HyperNormalisation

2016 · 167 min

A hypnotic, essayistic collage of archival footage that slowly builds a bleak, unsettling argument about how we lost touch with reality.

Directed by: Adam Curtis
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

Tagline: They know we know they lie
Overview: We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…

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Directed by: Adam Curtis
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
corruption
media
deception
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Realism	8
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Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Adam Curtis
Written by: Adam Curtis
Starring: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Gordon Brown, Jane Fonda, Ivana Trump
Runtime: 167 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Russian

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