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Freud
UNITED STATES · 1962

Freud

John Huston
psychoanalysis mental illness medical innovation hypnosis Austrian history
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Synopsis

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

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I'd seen several of Bergman's pictures by then. Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal particularly impressed me with their ability to put dreams on the screen. The subconscious, as expressed in those films, was exactly what I wanted for Freud.
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