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right|thumb|float|200px|Promotional image to promote film event, 2009 It Felt Like A Kiss is an audiovisual event based around a film by Adam Curtis produced by Punchdrunk with music by Damon Albarn and the Kronos Quartet. The visitor is immersed in sets based on the archive footage from Bagdad, 1963; New York, 1964; Moscow, 1959; in the Amygdala, 1959-69; and Kinshasa, 1960. The title is taken from Carole King's song "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)".

Production
The production is staged Quay House, Quay Street, Spinningfields, Manchester between 2-19 July 2009. It is part of the Manchester International Festival.

"Imagine walking into a disused building. You find yourself inside a film. It is a ghost story where unexpected forces, veiled by the American Dream, come out from the dark to haunt you…"

The film and event makes extensive use of archive footage. Upon arrival at the event the visitor is taken to a darkened sixth floor. The 35 minute film is only a small section ("the film club") of the event.

Featured in the story are Tina Turner, Phil Spector, Rock Hudson,  Doris Day,  Saddam Hussain,  President Nixon, Monkeys in space,  Sidney Gottlieb, Eldridge Cleaver, Philip K Dick, Frank Wisner, B F Skinner and AIDS.

As with all Curtis' work, large Helvetica typeface is featured.