As I have been plugging away here with photos and various other things I have once again been watching an episode of the extremely interesting three-part BBC doco series 'All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace' (On BBC Knowledge, Ch 74 here)... a blurb:
A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines they have built. It claims that computers have failed to liberate us and instead have distorted and simplified our view of the world around us. Although we don’t realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
Here's a preview -
A compelling piece of work created by experimental and documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis, it may make you think about a few things... (which we know is the opposite of what TV normally does...). It also pleasingly features a skillfully put together, diverse and highly effective soundtrack, with favourites such as Nine Inch Nails, Burial, The Kills and Leonard Cohen plus an eclectic bunch of others...
I am always struck by the layers of detail and mood that Trent Reznor can pack into a piece of music, he has certainly come a long way from the noise, angst and shock value of the early Nine Inch Nails albums we listened to in high school... He showed his gift for the theatrical with the score to David Lynch's typically twisted 'Lost Highway' way back in 1997, and while he certainly isn't the young rocker he once was, he hasn't lost his touch - look no further than his recent win of an Oscar for the astonishing (and epic) 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' original soundtrack.
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