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The Century of the Self

The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It focuses on the work of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud, and PR consultant Edward Bernays.[1] In episode one, Curtis says, "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."

For the 2009 album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, see The Century of Self.

The Century of the Self

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

United Kingdom

English

4

Stephen Lambert

  • Adam Curtis
  • Lucy Kelsall

  • David Barker
  • William Sowerby

240 mins (in four parts)

BBC Two

2002 (2002)

: Billy the Kid (ballet)

Aaron Copland

: Spiegel im Spiegel, Für Alina, Fratres

Arvo Pärt

: 24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich), Prelude 1 (C major)

Dmitri Shostakovich

: My Blue Heaven

Gene Austin

: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, beginning of the third movement (poco allegretto)

Johannes Brahms

: She's a Star (from the album New York Cake)

Kano

: What a Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams

: Portofino 2 (from Manhattan Research Inc.)

Raymond Scott

(from the film Gold Diggers of 1933)

The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)

: Quelle foto (from the film Le foto proibite di una signora per bene)

Ennio Morricone

: The Green Leaves of Summer

Felix Slatkin

: Hit and Miss

The John Barry Seven

Best Documentary Series, [8]

Broadcast Awards

Historical Film of the Year, History Today Trust Awards

[9]

Nominated for:

at BBC Online

The Century of the Self

at IMDb

The Century of the Self

by Dan Haggard in Reviews in Depth, 25 January 2010

The Century of the Self – BBC Documentary (by Adam Curtis)

Episode guide:

  1. at BBC Online (archive copy)
  2. The Engineering of Consent at BBC Online (archive copy)
  3. There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed at BBC Online (archive copy)
  4. Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering at BBC Online (archive copy)

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