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Jacques Lacan

Born April 13, 1901 · Paris, France

Died September 9, 1981 · aged 80

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud".

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Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 · 1974

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2

MovieDocumentary

In "psychanalyse", a two part documentary, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan answers to questions submitted by his son-in-law Jacques-Alain Miller under the direction of Benoit Jacquot. The Office de Radiodiffusion Television Francaise (ORTF, the french public TV) broadcast this program. This documentary and its text became famous because this is the only televisual experience practiced by Lacan. A fair amount is made of the fact that Lacan was renowned for his powers of seduction and what effect this had on transference in the clinical setting. According to some of the interviewees, he could be irresistibly seductive, so much so that some thought him "monster".

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Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 · 1974

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2

MovieDocumentary

In "psychanalyse", a two part documentary, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan answers to questions submitted by his son-in-law Jacques-Alain Miller under the direction of Benoit Jacquot. The Office de Radiodiffusion Television Francaise (ORTF, the french public TV) broadcast this program. This documentary and its text became famous because this is the only televisual experience practiced by Lacan. A fair amount is made of the fact that Lacan was renowned for his powers of seduction and what effect this had on transference in the clinical setting. According to some of the interviewees, he could be irresistibly seductive, so much so that some thought him "monster".

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