The Century of the Self (2002)
A secret history of the 20th century.
The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.
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Episodes
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1. Happiness Machines2002-03-17 · 58mThe story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edward Bernays. Bernays invented the public relations profession in the 1920s and was the first person
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2. The Engineering of Consent2002-03-24 · 58mThe programme explores how those in power in post-war America used Freud's ideas about the unconscious mind to try and control the masses.
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3. There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed2002-03-31 · 58mIn the 1960s, a radical group of psychotherapists challenged the influence of Freudian ideas in America. They were inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm Reich, a pupil of Freud's, who h
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4. Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering2002-04-07 · 58mHow both the Labour Party in Britain and the Democrats in America have sought to gain power through use of the focus group, invented by psychoanalysts to fulfil desires of the inne
Cast
Adam CurtisNarrator
Anne BernaysSelfMartin BergmannSelf
Robert ReichSelf
Edward L. BernaysSelf (archive footage)
Sigmund FreudSelf (archive footage)Anna FreudSelf (archive footage)
Wilhelm ReichSelf (archive footage)
Tony BlairSelf (archive footage)
Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)Images
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