When I first saw the title, I thought this was a link to the Kylie Minogue music video.

So did I. But it's because I confused it with the "Come into my World" video, directed by Michel Gondry. One of the best music videos, in my opinion. It still would have been a little odd to see it here, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vqob-MljQ

That's exactly what I thought as well.

“...and, as a result, Thabo Mbeki was swept to power”

https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg

Love a good Adam Curtis documentary, especially when he throws light on obscure moments in history. Probably best not to hang your understanding of the world on the scaffold he constructs though.

And he mispronounces "Thabo". He seems to say more like "Tsabo"

I find with these documentaries that while they often contain interesting factoids here and there, they meander and never make a significant and convincing point. Can't justify spending 8 hours on this.

Century of Self is pretty self-contained and portable as far as having takeaways go.

Being what, exactly?

The total runtime of all six episodes is approximately 8 hours.

Oh thanks for the clarification! That was not immediately obvious to me, though in hindsight it does say Part 1. I agree, that is quite the time investment. Like any mini-series, the first segment really needs to nail it to keep the viewer coming back. I share some of your sentiments.

Ooh, look at mr "I don't watch my videos at 0.25x speed" over here.

I just finished his yesterday.

Lots of mind-blowing history.

I didn't know the ML researcher George Hinton is the great great great grandson of George Boole.

Highly recommend!

I've been awaiting a new Adam Curtis documentary for so long now. They're always a little bit more interesting, more thought-provoking and insightful than most of what is out there about whatever topic they are dealing with.

I'm a big Adam Curtis fan, but I was pretty disappointed by this one. The first 5 parts are pretty much the exact same content as his older films - he uses all the same music and even a lot of the same interviews - and some of it seems like he's creating a parody of his own films.

That said, I liked part 6, but I think it should have been released by itself.

Most of the way throught the first episode... I swear we're watching a different series.

Hasn't been a single repeated interview yet.

A lot of the archive footage is different, although yes some of it is repeated.

The music is decidedly Curtis. Yes, Pye corner audio; worriedaboutsatan; nine inch nails and burial etc feature heavily.

But this is the first time he's used an Apex twin track. Plenty of other new bits as well.

There are a few recycled interviews from The Living Dead in ep 2 for sure.

Feels like an "event" in documentary cinema. The right inquiry, at the right time. The conflict between individual liberty, and the exacerbation of crisis when something beyond our immediate control occurs. At what cost comes the safety net? And who provides it?

The Reverse Marxism of Adam Curtis’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

https://artreview.com/the-reverse-marxism-of-adam-curtis-can...

there are so many mistakes there. at 40:36, Ethel Boole wrote a book "gadfly", about a young girl who sacrificed herself to the revolution. the main protagonist, Arthur Burton, is a young man.

Watched this a few days ago. Highly highly recommend.

Is there a way for a non-British to view the other episodes? Adam Curtis is brilliant.

All episodes are available on youtube for me.

I hear it's possible to find them on the 1337x torrent site

Maybe it is just me, but the basis has always been power and tribalism. Its then wrapped in catchy words such as racism, communism, democrats, republicans ...