The Century of the Self

For the 2009 album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead please see The Century of Self. The Century of the Self is a British television documentary film by Adam Curtis. It was first screened in the UK in four parts in 2002. "This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis' introduction to the first episode. Sigmund Freud, the founder o... more

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  • 2002

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  • 240 min (144 hs )

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Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis (born 1955) is a British television documentary maker who has during the course of his television career worked as a writer, producer, director and narrator. He currently works for BBC Current Affairs. His programmes express a clear (and sometimes controversial) opinion about their...

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