主演：亚当·柯蒂斯/唐纳德·特朗普/弗拉基米尔·普京/帕蒂·史密斯/亨利·基辛格/哈菲兹·阿萨德/LeslieGelb/罗纳德·里根/南茜·戴维斯/蒂莫西·aaa
导演：亚当·柯蒂斯
语言：英语
地区:英国
编剧：亚当·柯蒂斯
类型：纪录片
上映时间：2016-10-16(英国)
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用户标签：纪录片,政治,BBC,英国,AdamCurtis,Documentary,社会,2016
片长：166分钟
imdb编号：tt6156350
HyperNormalisationtellstheextraordinarystoryofhowwegottothisstrangetimeofgreatuncertaintyandconfusion-wherethosewhoaresupposedtobeinpowerareparalysed-andhavenoideawhattodo.And,whereeventskeephappeningthatseeminexplicableandoutofcontrol-fromDonaldTrumptoBrexit,theWarinSyria,theendlessmigrantcrisis,andrandombombattacks.Itexplainsnotonlywhythesechaoticeventsarehappening-butalsowhywe,andourpoliticians,cannotunderstandthem.
ThefilmshowsthatwhathashappenedisthatallofusintheWest-notjustthepoliticiansandthejournalistsandtheexperts,butweourselves-haveretreatedintoasimplified,andoftencompletelyfakeversionoftheworld.Butbecauseitisallaroundus,weacceptitasnormal.
HyperNormalisationhasbeenmadespecificallyforBBCiPlayer.Ittellsanepicnarrativespanning40years,withanextraordinarycastofcharacters.TheyincludetheAssaddynasty,DonaldTrump,HenryKissinger,PattiSmith,theearlyperformanceartistsinNewYork,PresidentPutin,intelligentmachines,Japanesegangsters,suicidebombers-andtheextraordinaryuntoldstoryoftherise,fall,riseagain,andfinallytheassassinationofColonelGaddafi.
Allthesestoriesarewoventogethertoshowhowtoday’sfakeandhollowworldwascreated.Partofitwasdonebythoseinpower-politicians,financiersandtechnologicalutopians.Ratherthanfaceuptotherealcomplexitiesoftheworld,theyretreated.Andinsteadconstructedasimplerversionoftheworldinordertohangontopower.
Butitwasn’tjustthoseinpower.Thefilmshowshowthisstrangeworldwasbuiltbyallofus.Weallwentalongwithitbecausethesimplicitywasreassuring.Andthatincludedtheleftandtheradicalswhothoughttheywereattackingthesystem.Thefilmrevealshowtheytooretreatedintothismake-believeworld-whichiswhytheiroppositiontodayhasnoeffect,andnothingeverchanges.