Adam Curtis
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Adam Curtis
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Adam Curtis
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DVD
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Adam Curtis
55
DVD
2 offers from $10.37

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The Power of Nightmares (ADAM CURTIS)

This Collectors Edition has been digitally restored to improve picture and sound quality.

MOVIE DESCRIPTION

Part 1 Baby Its Cold Outside
Part 2 The Phantom Victory
Part 3 The Shadows in the Cave

Subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear , this 3 part mini-series is directed by legend Adam Curtis. Consisting of mostly archival footage in montage, narrated by Curtis, THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES explores the origins of radical Islamists and Neo-Conservatives. Drawing a surprising number of parallels between the two, Curtis charts the histories, origins, goals & the way that both are represented in the media. This movie challenges the perceptions of both ideologies while remaining both informative and factual.

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Adam Curtis
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours
Release date ‏ : ‎ August 19, 2009
Actors ‏ : ‎ Al-Qaeda, NeoConservatives
Studio ‏ : ‎ Big D Films
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002M3ZLX4
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #389,145 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #24,207 in Documentary (Movies & TV)

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Glenux

BBC 3-Part Miniseries about the fears projected by the Neo-Conservatives and radical Islamists.

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2018

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The Power of Nightmares is a 3-part miniseries documentary directed by Adam Curtis broadcast on the BBC in about 2005.
I bought the DVD looking for any documentations about the Neo-Conservatives in America.
The author of this DVD asserts that the rise in power in the Neo-conservative movement rose in power much the same way as the
radical Islamic movement in the Middle-East rose to power, through projecting and enhancing the worst nightmares of fear on to motivate a somewhat complacent general public.

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Tyler

why does this credit al-qaeda? it's from Adam Curtis not al-qaeda!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015

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This is a great film for those looking to understand the mindset of those "terrorist" we heard so much about after 9/11. I never fully understood the whole problem with this enemy and I sought more info and I found it in the BBC. Go figure America never produced anything like this as we are just expected to believe all these people want Americans dead, why you ask? Well they just do! That's all we are told. Well this film attempts to answer those questions better than any American "news" has.

So if your looking for answers or even just some insight this isn't a bad place to start.
Don't believe the brainwashed talking heads on the news networks, do your own research!

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K. O. RN

The Best Analysis of Al-Qaeda

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2011

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This movie will probably not reinforce what you already believe. Instead it will throw light on an important subject as you have never seen it before. If you combine this film with the DVD: Conspiracy - The Secret History: Mohamed Atta & the Venice Flying Circus (by Daniel Hopsicker)you will find an explanation of 9-11, Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda that you will not find on the nightly news--but unlike the nightly news you will find a version of the story supported, not by fantasy, but by facts. Do yourself a favor and learn what is really happening in the world around you! Conspiracy - The Secret History: Mohamed Atta & the Venice Flying Circus

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Nathan L. Hayden

Neo-Conservative and Islamic Fundamentalist philosophies...

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2008

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... like Communism DO NOT WORK!! And have destroyed modern society rather than helped it in any way. Power of Nightmares explains the method of these bogus political systems.

Neo-Conservative philosophy being a system that lies to it's citizens in order to establish a looming fear and darkness that we all must fight. This system really just creates a government that spends far too much money on buying weapons and fighting wars everywhere. An fool can see such a system can only bankrupt a country, and create neurosis on it's citizens after being told how much fear they should have.

The Islamic Fundamentalist movement is also absolutely bogus and obviously destructive. Another movement based on creating fear and does absolutely nothing beneficial. A great example of how and why religions decay any reason out of the brain and inflame violence. All religion is capable of such rottenness, the creators of this wonder movement are just ahead of their time.

These shows do a great job showing how both movements have many similarities. I found the most troubling to be how these philosophies are based on a pessimistic attitude toward freedom, a complete distrust of people and their individual freedom. Any movement that distrusts peoples freedom and how they want to use it is clearly fascist and dumb. These shows present a great story of the great illusion. The visual quality of the DVD is poor, not the source material, looks to be a bootleg.

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Allen Garfield's #1 fan.

Get your mind blown.

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2018

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"I want to be Adam Curtis when I grow up!" - Errol Morris on Twitter.

I only wish more of Curtis' films were available on bluray or DVD.

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Little ol' me

America has been lost for a long time

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2011

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Fear and propaganda have been useful tools of the state for a very long time. Sadly Americans are too stupid to identify their REAL enemies(***hint***they AREN'T brown and they DO NOT embrace "Islam"). GOVERNMENT not the church has been the purveyor of fear and terrorist activities.

Mr. Curtis does an excellent job in portraying that use of fear to manipulate and lead the entire world down the dark path which it finds itself on. The human mind is easily manipulated and Gustave LeBon does a top-rate job of relating this.

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E Bailey

Arguably the most important and courageous documentary series in the history of the BBC

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2019

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The censors must have been off sick that day! Left Wing/right wing - left hand, right hand, remember that there is a body in between. Detailed, accurate and highly informative. If you are not angry and scared now, by the time you Finnish watching these documentaries and look up at the world around you, if you have more than one brain cell,YOU WILL BE.
if you're not monumentally naive, look around and you will recognise when and how the sheep are herded. ORDO AB CHAO; [order out of chaos] The truth of recent history, the present and the future. dogs bark and we run. Thoroughly research "Problem Reaction Solution" and you will understand the twin towers, false flags and these CONSTANT WARS.
this is an opportunity to vote intelligently for once.
I would also strongly recommenced "Endgame" by Alex Jones, "slavery by consent, understanding the human farm", "From 9/11 to JFK, everything is a rich man's trick", How to hack the human brain", and "V for vendetta"
The power of nightmares is a powerful and incredibly important documentary series and i recommend it to EVERYONE.
worth every penny and a lot more.
Sorry, but i am not nasty enough to patronise you by adding a photo of the dvd, which is plainly visible on Amazon. I treat people as intelligent, not as sheep.
BUY it, watch it a lot and UNDERSTAND IT!

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HB

Power to Inform

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2015

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An excellent informative documentary series well worth watching. I have seen reviews complaining about the quality and while it may not be blu-ray quality it is more than acceptable.

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Amazon Customer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2017

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excllent

The Amazonique

The Quality Issue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2015

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Important video, but the quality of the DVD is absolutely awful!

3 people found this helpful

Ronald J. Hall

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2018

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Amazing and remarkably well produced programme. A classic of the documentary genre.

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Format	NTSC
Contributor	Al-Qaeda, Adam Curtis, NeoConservatives
Runtime	3 hours