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The Century of the Self

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20022002
  • 3h 55m
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8.8/10
5.9K
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The Century of the Self (2002)
Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,212
3,009
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    • Stars
      • Adam Curtis
      • Robert Reich
      • Ann Bernays
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      • Adam Curtis
      • Robert Reich
      • Ann Bernays
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Adam Curtis
    Adam Curtis
    • Narrator…
    Robert Reich
    Robert Reich
    • Self
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Ann Bernays
    • Self…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Alfred Pritz
    • Self - President World Council for Psychotherapy
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Erzie Karolyi
    • Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Pat Jackson
    • Self - Public Relations Adviser
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Peter Strauss
    • Self - Employee of Bernays
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Peter Solomon
    • Self - Investment Banker Lehman Brothers
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Stuart Ewen
    • Self - Historian of Public Relations
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Ernst Federn
    • Self - Viennese Psychoanalyst
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Leopold Löwenthal
    • Self - Freudian Psychoanalyst
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    George Gallup Jr.
    George Gallup Jr.
    • Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Marcel Faust
    • Self - Resident of Vienna 1930's
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Celeste Holm
    Celeste Holm
    • Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Martin Bergmann
    Martin Bergmann
    • Self - Psychoanalyst
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Werner Erhard
    • Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Jesse Kornbluth
    • Self - New Times journalist in the 1970s
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    E. Howard Hunt
    E. Howard Hunt
    • Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
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      Edward Bernays: And everybody was happy.

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    9/10
    Amazing start, kind of dragged on in the end, but a great documentary
    Learn how a few people, using Sigmund Freud's ideas, manufactured the modern consumerist thinking of today. Honest BBC Worldwide documentary that shows how the likes of Eddie Bernays managed to popularize the idea that masses of people are led and can be controlled through their basic needs alone, the reason why all the crap around is crap. And it's not a conspiracy theory, not science fiction, but history.

    The first episode alone makes it completely worth watching, but the other three are good, too. See how to different philosophies of psychology battle to gain control over how we treat human beings, both being right and wrong at the same time. Learn how big business and politicians are pulling just a few important strings and huge number of people just jump like marionettes. And all of it while convinced it is done for democracy and our individual self's sake.

    Sometimes it gets a little repetitive and biased. I think it could have been a really good two hour and a half movie, with no episodes, but it's great as it is too and I really recommend watching it.
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    • Release date
      • March 17, 2002 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • BBC Four (United Kingdom)
      • RDF Media
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Century of Self
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • RDF Media
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      3 hours 55 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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