Adam Curtis - Paranoia [Newswipe S2E4]

[thejobloshow]

The song at the end of this piece is 28 - Ghosts IV by Nine Inch Nails.

[james7300]

Newswipe was much better back then. Now we just have Barry Shitpeas or whatever his name is.

[lizardkingsajrs]

Roy Jenkins FTW

[HassaniSabbahX]

The inclusion of two tracks off Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts collection only serves to make this better.

[eviljdog]

his voice is so cool, I'll believe anything he says

[Daydream2142]

@eviljdog hahahhaaha yea, his voice is so damn cool I must say.

[MatthewBissonnette88]

We've all become Richard Nixon? Funny, personally I thought I had become Woodrow Wilson.

[gogilesgo]

can it be a coincidence that the film poster in the background of the vox pop at 5:36 is for the biopic Nixon? Is Curtis really that much of an archive savant?

[mmike222]

great great adam...

thanks

[dobobobo]

5:57 Why i never read a single newspaper.

[novaflo339]

classic.

[beneathpavement1]

Save the world - ban mirrors.

[LUNATIC75]

Nixon sounded great.

Sort of...

Love the Roger cook section at 2:16 too.  Adam Curtis is great at this stuff.

[generalzeedot]

which doc is this extract from?

[lizardkingsajrs]

roy Jenkins FTW

[L00kng]

LOL

[JellyKimSugarBoom14]

What do we think when we look in the mirror in the morning, it keeps freezing there!



[L00kng]

@JellyKimSugarBoom14

"We think we're too fat."

LOL

[lonerogue]

I love the use of songs from Ghosts I-IV in this.

[Jcolinsol]

When in doubt, you're on track.

[FranzKafkaRockOpera]

I like the "assassinated people illegally" bit. A legal assassination (whatever the hell it is) would have been much better!

[v500k]

@FranzKafkaRockOpera a legal assassination was the elimiation of a potential threat to the integrity of the State. This procedure was authorised by "some entity" as long as sufficient proofs were given. Therefore, without those "warrants", the assassination is illegal. Sounds crazy for our contemporary world, but that's what I've been told. It's not an accurate fact, it's based on sources and researches.

[bajaninthesun]

1.24..and they did...lol

A little bit of paranoia though is good...not too much,

just a little ;)

[007ifyable]

Why is the second suggested video one of a farting cat?

[Reqrezentin]

@007ifyable

ahahahhahaha

[WalterWalkie]

We love you Adam Curtis! He's in my top 5 journalists ... philosophical soulmate! keep on reaching ... the opening line in this one is perfect

[33kalen33]

@WalterWalkie i am a fan myself. I'm curious as to the other 4 in your list?

[WalterWalkie]

@33kalen33 - i haven't put much thought into an official list but werner herzog , jon ronson , john pilger would be on it for sure for sure

[Sozlled]

@WalterWalkie Who are your other favourites?

[TrueDaturaMindNz]

@WalterWalkie who are the others ?

[1982CFD]

Just because they're after you, that's still no excuse for paranoia.

[destructivedandy]

Nixon's eyes are so frightening in that photo! Adam Curtis is just amazing

[noklarok]

paranoid!!!!!!!!!!!

[superfishle]

Wow one that doesn't start with "It all began in the 1960s with the young radicals" The man just gets better and better :-)

[stivante]

Curtis is a legend.

[Nataloff]

I respect Mr. Curtis's work but this one isn't yet fully realised. He discusses media and government as if they're separate entities. I'm not sure how it is in Great Britain, but, in America, both Big Media and the politicians dine off the same plate and support the status quo that the press used to take pride in discomfiting. Curtis talks about this briefly in his "Oh Dearism" short and at greater length in "The Century of the Self."

[jimb92]

@Nataloff Be fair, he's got 6 minutes to make his point. And the agenda of the press varies depending on the editor, Rupert Murdoch backing the Tories being the most recent example.

[mittens50]

@Nataloff He has managed to cram a lot of info and history into just 6 minutes, of course some things have been overlooked

[ReligiousSkeptic]

@Nataloff It is the same here in the ole' U.S.A. in fact you would NEVER see a documentary like those of Adam Curtis or for example Errol Morris (The Fog of War) ever air on Television here.

[smurfieboo]

thanks for posting this - I, like many, revere Mr. Curtis's work.

[sledgyb]

I love Adam Curtis, thanks for posting this hordak27 :)

[arigosethrin]

awesome