Bad Ideas of The 20th Century

Record ID: 121694
  • Title: Bad Ideas of The 20th Century
  • Date: 16th November 1993
  • Summary: IN THIS PROGRAMME, WE FOCUS ON THE INVESTIGATION AND EVOLUTION OF FREUDIAN IDEAS, PARTICULARLY PSYCHOANALYSIS. THE PROGRAMME CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THOUGHT ON THE CULTURE ON THE 20TH CENTURY, FOCUSSING ON NEW YORK AS THE MECCA OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. WE SHOW CLIPS FROM "ANNIE HALL", "SPELLBOUND" AND "FREUD - THE SECRET PASSION" TO ILLUSTRATE HOLLYWOOD'S APPROACH TO PSYCHOANALYSIS. ALSO INCLUDED IS A NEWS CLIP ABOUT THE RECENT CUSTODY CASE BETWEEN WOODY ALLEN AND MIA FARROW. EVEN THE ANIMALS IN THE FARROW HOUSEHOLD ARE IN ANALYSIS. THE PROGRAMME IS PRESENTED BY PETER SWALES, A LEADING FREUDIAN SCHOLAR LIVING IN NEW YORK WHO IS PART OF THE ANTI-FREUDIAN THINKING IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. PETER SWALES IS CURRENTLY WRITING A BOOK ON WILLIAM BURROUGHS AND ONE ON MARILYN MONROE.
  • Description:GERMAINE GREER ON YOUTHISM,ERICA JONG ON BODYISM AND SOMEONE ON FREUDIANISM AS WE LOOK BACK ON SOME OF THE CENTURY'S MORE CONTENTIOUS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Panoptic Productions LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 2
  • Transmission Date:16/11/1993
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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