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Originally Posted by wave46
As a meta thing, Hypernormalisation might work. Will most see it for what it's trying to be, if that's the case?
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I'm not sure. I'm not even confident in my own interpretation of his films.
Maybe I'm seeing similarities between his films and a genre of mockumentaries like
Exit Through the Gift Shop, where Banksy, being known as an artist who disguises his true identity, makes a seemingly genuine portrayal of a French artist (who is likely fake), who he discovers is making bad art and claiming them to be authentic Banksy pieces, which, because of the fact they were made for a film by Banksy, are probably real Banksy pieces that are intentionally bad!
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Does Curtis truly believe what he posits? Or is he trying to be too clever?
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I think that Curtis realizes and probably even revels in the fact that his theories are incredulous. But I don't think his intent is malicious. Far from it. I think he wants to provoke thought and stimulate more people to explore radical ideas, maybe even in a more rigorous way than he has in his films.
But I think he's motivated not by ideas but by aesthetics. I don't really have any glimpse into his creative process, but sometimes I wonder if he just loves stitching together archival footage the way a hip hop producer loves sampling diverse tracks, and he writes the narrative after that. So, on that level, I appreciate his work as an artist if not a scholar.