Adam Curtis has become the most exciting documentary filmmaker of our time. He's at once a psychologist, a historian, a journalist, a wizard of images, and a fearlessly incisive cultural detective who delves beneath the hidden myths of the modern world.
The Power of Nightmares
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Synopsis: IN THEATERS 12/9/2005 This movie, originally broadcast as a BBC mini-series, takes a look at radical Islamists and neo-conservatives--and filmmaker Adam Curtis is able to draw a surprising... IN THEATERS 12/9/2005 This movie, originally broadcast as a BBC mini-series, takes a look at radical Islamists and neo-conservatives--and filmmaker Adam Curtis is able to draw a surprising number of parallels between them. Charting the histories of both ideologies, Curtis examines their origins, their goals, and the way they are presented in the media, creating an interesting movie that challenges preconceptions while remaining informative and factual throughout. [More]
Director: Adam Curtis
Director: Adam Curtis
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Reviews for The Power of Nightmares
Curtis weaves a satisfying, explain-it-all narrative which, like any good conspiracy theory, provides considerable comfort for those who fear the world really is as unknowable as the neo-cons have warned.
Though his bias is obvious, Curtis does his homework, getting the most damning evidence from interviews with the neocons themselves.
A sprawling, intellectually ambitious documentary about the political phenomenon usually referred to in journalistic shorthand as the war on terror.
Curtis' The Power of Nightmares finds that the basis of 21st century political power is fear. And for nearly three hours he makes it very hard to argue it's not.
Problematic as it is, this is that rare kind of political film that makes a good faith effort at getting its viewers to look at the world in a different way.
As partisan filmmaking it is often brilliant and sometimes hilarious.
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