The Century of the Self

The read

The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Adam CurtisWriter
• Adam CurtisCreator

Cast

• Adam CurtisNarrator
• Anne BernaysSelf
• Martin 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)

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