Documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis is best known as the creator of the documentary series The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares. The former explores how those in power have used Sigmund Freud’s theories in attempts to influence and manage the behavior of the public in democratic societies, and how psychoanalysis and other psychological techniques have been actively employed in marketing, contributing to a shift in which society has moved from seeing people primarily as citizens to viewing them primarily as consumers.
Adam Curtis’s documentary series The Trap consists of three one-hour episodes exploring the concept and definition of freedom—specifically, how a simplified model of human beings as selfish, almost machine-like creatures helped shape the modern idea of freedom.
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The Trap: What Happened To Our Dreams Of Freedom
