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Season
Episode
The Century of the Self

The Century of the Self

20028
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Released
Mar 17, 2002
Country
United Kingdom
Creator
Adam Curtis
Productions
RDF MediaBBC
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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Narrator
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Martin Bergmann
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Robert Reich
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Edward L. Bernays
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
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Anna Freud
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Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich
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Tony Blair
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
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Bill Clinton
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Ronald Reagan
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