Adam Curtis: Can't Get You Out of My Head, 1 - Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain

The episode surveys cultural events leading up to the 1960s revolutions: the failure of the British to shed their feelings of supremacy in the wake of the fall of the British Empire, the political crisis in China in the wake of the Great Leap Forward, the beginnings of Discordianism and the rise of conspiracy thinking in the United States. The common theme tying the episode together is the rise of individualism, which while driven by desires for emancipation can be controlled. The title of the episode is taken from the Chinese film Blood on Wolf Mountain, in which Jiang Qing, credited as Lan Ping, appeared.