Adam Curtis

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There's always been an element of heavy simplification in Curtis' work. Definite articles 'the managers', 'the bankers', etc... But, having watched the first episode last night, the move to remove commentary has only emphasised this aspect. I think the reductionism is more forgivable when parsed out by one man's voice (as we all do in pubs), without this, it does 'feel' more simplified.

The other aspect I felt was missing, and I missed it and felt it would've worked well, were the more poetic sections... like the Soldier's befriending a robin amongst the opium fields, or the long passages of music, ambient, before a Pye Corner Audio pulse jars one back into the next step of narrative. In terms of audio and visual affect TraumaZone isn't half as dynamic or ambitious as Hypernomalisation or Bitter Lake.
 
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