HyperNormalisation
“They know we know they lie”
2016 · 2 h 46 min
Cast
Adam Curtis 
Donald Trump 
Vladimir Putin Victor Gotbaum 
Patti Smith Henry Kissinger
Credits
Written by: Adam Curtis
Plot
Curtis argues that since the 1970s, politicians, financiers and technologists have given up on trying to change the world and have built a simplified fake world that we now live in, in a long archive essay.
Sinekatalog’s take
A long, hypnotic and provocative archive essay.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (8,401 votes)
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