关键词：AdamCurtis Documentary 纪录片 2016 BBC 政治 社会 无政府主义
HyperNormalisationtellstheextraordinarystoryofhowwegottothisstrangetimeofgreatuncertaintyandconfusion-wherethosewhoaresupposedtobeinpowerareparalysed-andhavenoideawhattodo.And,whereeventskeephappeningthatseeminexplicableandoutofcontrol-fromDonaldTrumptoBrexit,theWarinSyria,theendlessmigrantcrisis,an
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.
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