The Century of the Self


Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering (E04)

(episode)
UK, 2002, 1 h

Directed by:

Adam Curtis

Screenplay:

Adam Curtis

Cast:

Adam Curtis (narrator), Margaret Thatcher (a.f.), Tony Blair (a.f.), Bill Clinton (a.f.), Robert Reich
(more professions)

Plots(1)

This episode looks at how both the UK Labour Party and US Democrats have used psychoanalytic techniques – namely, focus groups – to mislead and gain power over the masses. (BBC)

Cast