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UNITED STATES · 1962
Freud
John Huston
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.
Cinematic DNA
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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psychoanalysis · mental illness · medical innovation · hypnosis · Austrian history
