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Adam Curtis - The Great British Housing Disaster

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A very old and rare documentary, produced by Adam Curtis in 1984 about the system built housing of the 1960's. Adam is not the David Jones narrates this but the style of this film does show some early direction Adam is to take in later years.
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BBC - The Power of Nightmares - Part 1+2+3

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BBC Documentary - The Power of Nightmares - Part 1, 2 and 3This torrent contains: - Documentary.The.Power.Of.Nightmares.01.Baby.Its.Cold.Outside.avi - Documentary.The.Power.Of.Nightmares.02.The.Phantom.Victory.divx.avi - Documentary.The.Power.Of.Nightmares.03.The.Shadows.In.The.Cave.divx.aviThis film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today. From the introduction to Part 1:"Both [the Islamists and Neoconservatives] were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. And both had a very similar explanation for what caused that failure. These two groups have changed the world, but not in the way that either intended. Together, they created todays nightmare vision of a secret, organized evil that threatens the world. A fantasy that politicians then found restored their power and authority in a disillusioned age. And those with the darkest fears became the most powerful. " The Power of Nightmares, Baby It's Cold Outside.Producer: Adam CurtisProduction Company: BBC
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Adam Curtis - The Living Dead (1995)

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Another great documentary by Adam Curtis. This documentary as much of which I have seen focuses on the psychology of control. How peoples memory and behaviors can and cant be crafted towards the will of others. Very interesting.
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Pandora's Box by Adam Curtis in Six Parts ENG AVI

Category: Documentary
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Repost Title Pandora's Box written and directed by Adam Curtis includes 6 Parts (Repack) Total Size 1.47Gb 6 Episodes Episode Length 59 mins. each This repack of Pandora's Box was done to decrease the download time and add a few notes. My thanks to the originator of the torrent at http://dysleksik.has.it and the various trackers. But this one will be about 2/3 the size of the original which was 2.25GB. The folder is large but your client should allow to select one piece at a time from my completed torrent. Pandora's Box is about the use of science in the 20th Century. It is a work that was done before Curtis' more well-known pieces such as The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares. The collected pieces in the torrent come from various sources. Some lack being complete (where one is cut off before the last couple seconds are completed.) As the British History Channel releases more of Curtis' work to dvd such as it has done with The Century of the Self, better content will be available. Currently Century of the Self can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Century-Self-Director-Power-Nightmares/dp/B000HD1MT8 I've requested that my library buy this. They have. I encourage others to do the same. For now, I am trying to make a unified set of Curtis documentaries in 250mb. Pandora's box is the first of these. Though Curtis does not do a lot of interviews, the best one I've found is here: http://www.greencine.com/central/node/430 They make the (in my opinion) accurate observation that what Curtis work is the 'secret history of the 20th Century.' When viewing this content, I think you will agree. Notes prepared September 21, 2007 Revised May 27th, 2009
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Adam Curtis - Complete Documentaries

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1. Instructions, Details & Request.txt 2. CONTENTS.txt 3. Torrent downloaded from Demonoid.com.txt 4. ADAM_CURTIS.iso contains: dir PANDORA'S BOX (1992) - 6 episodes dir THE MAYFAIR SET (1999) - 4 episodes dir THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (2002) - 4 episodes dir THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES (2004) - 3 episodes dir THE TRAP (2007) - 3 episodes divx Codec {If you don't have it must be installed. Otherwise you will just hear sound} Also available at http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1992 - PANDORA'S BOX: Pandora's Box was a six part 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. Curtis' later The Century of the Self had a similar theme. The title sequence made extensive use of clips from the short film Design for Dreaming, as well as other similar archive footage. Episode List: Episode 1 - The Engineer's Plot Episode 2 - To The Brink of Eternity Episode 3 - The League of Gentlemen Episode 4 - Goodbye Mrs Ant Episode 5 - Black Power Episode 6 - A is For Atom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_%28television_documentary_series%29 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 - THE MAYFAIR SET The Mayfair Set was a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC. The program looked at how buccaneer capitalists were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of The Clermont club in the 1960s. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series or Strand in 2000. Episode List: Episode 1 - Who Pays Wins Episode 2 - Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V. Episode 3 - Destroy the Technostructure Episode 4 - The Twilight of the Dogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mayfair_Set _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2002 - THE CENTURY OF THE SELF "This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, changed the perception of the human mind and its workings profoundly. His influence on the 20th century is widely regarded as massive. The documentary describes the impact of Freud's theories on the perception of the human mind, and the ways public relations agencies and politicians have used this during the last 100 years for their "engineering of consent".The Century of the Self asks deeper questions about the roots and methods of modern consumerism, representative democracy and its implications. It also questions the modern way we see ourselves, the attitude to fashion and superficiality. The business and, increasingly, the political world uses PR to read and fulfill our desires, to make their products or speeches as pleasing as possible to us. Curtis raises the question of the intentions and roots of this fact. Where once the political process was about engaging people's rational, concious minds, as well as facilitating their needs as a society, the documentary shows how by employing the tactics of psychoanalysis, politicians appeal to irrational, primitive impulses that have little apparent bearing on issues outside of the narrow self-interest of a consumer population. Episode List: Episode 1 - Happiness Machines Episode 2 - The Engineering of Consent Episode 3 - There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed Episode 4 - Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Of_The_Self _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2004 - THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES (The Rise of the Politics of Fear) The series consists of three one-hour films, consisting mostly of a montage of archive footage with Curtis's narration, which were first broadcast in the United Kingdom in late 2004 and have been subsequently aired in multiple countries and shown in several film festivals, including the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The films compare the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and noting strong similarities between the two. More controversially, it argues that the threat of radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organised force of destruction, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is in fact a myth perpetrated by politicians in many countries—and particularly American Neo-Conservatives—in an attempt to unite and inspire their people following the failure of earlier, more utopian ideologies. The Power of Nightmares has been praised by film critics in both Britain and the United States. Its message and content have also been the subject of various critiques and criticisms from conservatives and progressives. Episode List: Part 1 - Baby It's Cold Outside Part 2 - The Phantom Victory Part 3 - The Shadows in the Cave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2007 - THE TRAP (What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom?) The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC documentary series by British filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares. It began airing on BBC Two on 11 March 2007. The series consists of three, one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom." Episode List: Part 1 - Fuck You Buddy Part 2 - The Lonely Robot Part 3 - We Will Force You to be Free http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_%28television_documentary_series%29
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Adam Curtis - The Power of Nightmares

Category: Documentary
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Adam Curtis - The Century of the Self

Category: Documentary
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posted by http://aceofheartsx3.blogspot.com/
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Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis in Three Parts (Repack)

Category: Documentary
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The torrent The Power Of Nightmares is given in this compact form for rapid download. It includes all three parts. The Power of Nightmares Part I Baby It’s Cold Outside The Power of Nightmares Part II The Phantom Victory The Power of Nightmares Part III The Shadows In The Cave Many descriptions of Adam Curtis' work are available in various wiki and other sources. Here is the description from the IMDb: "Where did Osama Bin Laden come from, and why does he hate the American way of life? Why do the American neo-conservatists want the public to believe in a world wide conspiracy of evil, operating from vast underground complexes that look like a James Bond film set? In a world that has just witnessed the worst natural disaster in known history, why are our nightmares filled with images of bearded men and dirty bombs? This three-part documentary gives the answers. In a cool, factual manner, it goes back to the historic roots of both sides in this lukewarm war, and shows us how eerily similar they are. That is what is really scary about the war on terrorism. This series is essential viewing for everyone who wants to understand the most important conflict of our time. Which should include you." --- Adam Curtis' work deals with fear and control. In The Century of the Self he explored how the nephew of Sigmund Freud, Edward Bernays, used Freudian principles to manipulate the hidden fears and desires of the consumers of mass media. The images used by Curtis are very often from stock footage to convey a point. The films are lectures with pictures (pictures where copyright is not an issue is my guess.) These blend with the interviews which comprise the original content of Curtis' research. The importance of Curtis' work cannot be underestimated. Power Of Nightmares was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival of 2006. The dvd edition is shown to be available here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZI3G30/imdb-adbox/ And the best interview I have read with Adam Curtis is here: http://www.greencine.com/central/node/430 In it, the presenter gives the interesting and highly accurate observation that Curtis' documentaries give "the secret history of the 20th Century." All of Curtis' work is available on OBT in compact form. This is a repost to OBT. Other torrents from Adam Curtis are: The Mayfair Set Pandora's Box The Century of the Self Notes compiled August 20th 2008.
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The Mayfair Set AVI

Category: Documentary
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The Mayfair Set by Adam Curtis (in Four Parts) 1999 Runtime 47 mins. each Size: for easy download 134 mb to 175 mb each Quality: Low from source. These torrents are given in very compact size for easy download. The program used is free and it is called AVI REcomp v1.3.0. This series by Adam curtis is about finance. The descriptions are not made to be thorough as this material is available widely. The series is being seeded on OBT because other trackers may be taken down. Also I've seen much larger size torrents of this same series. I've generated this torrent for speed, not quality of image. Followers of Adam Curtis' others works such as The Power of Nightmares will want to see this series as well. Adam Curtis' work deals with fear and control. In The Century of the Self he explored how the nephew of Sigmund Freud, Edward Bernays, used Freudian principles to manipulate the hidden fears and desires of the consumers of mass media. The images used by Curtis are very often from stock footage to convey a point. The films are lectures with pictures (pictures where copyright is not an issue is my guess.) These blend with the interviews which comprise the original content of Curtis' research. The importance of Curtis' work cannot be underestimated. Power Of Nightmares was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival of 2006. The content has not been released on dvd media nor is it available to any extent in the US other than as torrents. An interview with Adam Curtis averred that what Curtis does is give the 'secret history of the 20th Century.' In this I agree. History in the films of Adam Curtis give a perspective unique in the world of documentarians Third in a series of Repacks of Adam Curtis' films on OBT. The Mayfair set is one of the hardest of the Adam Curtis series to find regularly. Please reseed for as long as possible. Notes written June 1, 2008
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The Power Of Nightmares - The Rise of the Politics

Category: Documentary
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The Info Underground http://infounderground.18.forumer.com/ The Power Of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC series of documentary films, written and produced by Adam Curtis. This documentary argues that during the 20th Century politicians lost the power to inspire the masses, and that the optimistic visions and ideologies they had offered were perceived to have failed. The film asserts that politicians consequently sought a new role that would restore their power and authority. Curtis, who also narrates the series, declares in the film's introduction that “Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us: from nightmares”. To illustrate this Curtis compares the rise of the American neoconservatives and radical Islamists, believing that both are closely connected; that some popular beliefs about these groups are inaccurate; and that both movements have benefited from exaggerating the scale of the terrorist threat. XviD Enjoy Ognir The Info Underground http://infounderground.18.forumer.com/
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