Underplayed Gems

The Trap (2007)

The Trap poster
Original title
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
Directed by
Adam Curtis
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary series examines how a narrow view of human nature as self-interested and mechanical shaped modern ideas of freedom. It traces the political and social consequences of this thinking over several decades.

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What happens

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC television documentary series by British English filmmaker Adam Curtis. It was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in March 2007. The series consists of three 60-minute episodes which explore the modern concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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