The Century of the Self (2002)
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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Cast
- Adam Curtis — Narrator
- Anne Bernays — Self
- Martin Bergmann — Self
- Robert Reich — Self
- Edward L. Bernays — Self (archive footage)
- Sigmund Freud — Self (archive footage)
- Anna Freud — Self (archive footage)
- Wilhelm Reich — Self (archive footage)
- Tony Blair — Self (archive footage)
- Margaret Thatcher — Self (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton — Self (archive footage)
- Ronald Reagan — Self (archive footage)
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