Comments on: "Because I'm worth it."

"Because I'm worth it."

zarq — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:43:05 -0800

From the BBC blog of documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis: Experiments in the Laboratory of Consumerism 1959-67: "I have quite a lot of film from the archives that was shot in the Madison Avenue agencies in the mid 1960s, and I thought I would put some sections up. It is great because it shows some of the major advertising men and women of the time, many of whom are the real-life models for characters in Mad Men." Includes a 9-minute video interview with the late Herta Herzog.

The first link in this post is a gateway to view much of Curtis' work for free online. Additional material can be seen at Thought Maybe, Archive.org and his BBC blog. (Curtis: Previously on Metafilter)

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:17:45 -0800

AHHH, this post is so much fun!

By: Shepherd

Shepherd — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:32:04 -0800

Fantastic! Thanks for this.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:01:04 -0800

That landscape is like something that appears when a flying dream morphs into a nightmare. Beautiful razor-sharp nightmare.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:02:12 -0800

ohhhh, wrong post. mondaymondaymonday

By: DU

DU — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:08:54 -0800

Great article but it makes me want to burn down civilization.

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:31 -0800

> ohhhh, wrong post. Really? I had thought you'd read the article and made a valid comment.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:23:57 -0800

That's the 60's abstract art thread, 2 doors of perception down the hall.

By: verb

verb — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:24:35 -0800

Yeah, CynicalKnight's comment fit in pretty well.

By: sonika

sonika — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:25:16 -0800

Oh man, the curlers at the grocery store. THE CURLERS. Makes people going outside wearing flannel pajama bottoms look positively civilized in comparison.

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:25:28 -0800

Great post. I want to live inside Adam Curtis' mind for a while. Not too long.

By: Dr Dracator

Dr Dracator — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:47:21 -0800

Skimming over the post, at first I thought this was a film about the advertising industry featuring Werner Herzog. WERNER HERZOG EATS AN ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:50:34 -0800

That landscape is like something that appears when a flying dream morphs into a nightmare. Beautiful razor-sharp nightmare. ©PA 2010

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:51:31 -0800

"Hidden it vas." That interview, wow.

By: charlie don't surf

charlie don't surf — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:34:51 -0800

For those of you who haven't seen them (and this is probably worth a FPP in and of itself) I highly recommend Curtis' series The Century of Self and The Trap. These series are about the best things I've ever seen on TeeVee.

By: Western Infidels

Western Infidels — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:48:11 -0800

DU: Great article but it makes me want to burn down civilization.

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By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:46:08 -0800

CynicalKnight's comment fit in pretty well Also, look at those white monkeys, flying from peak to peak, strutting their stuff in the among the stone spires they call home.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:28:47 -0800

ah yes in the wild among genius