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ohn Freeman interviews Carl Gustav Jung, the most famous living psychologist, at his home in Zürich. We learn about Jung’s early life, including the moment in his eleventh year when he realized he was an individual consciousness. Jung speaks about his friendship with Sigmund Freud, and explains why the friendship could not last. Jung is asked about his belief in God, and Jung can only respond that there is no belief: he knows. And, he says, he knows – knows, not believes – that death is not an end. Finally, Jung forecasts what he thinks will happen to mankind and describes what man needs to survive. (from IMDb)John Freeman’s probing interview with the ‘worlds greatest Psychiatrist’ Carl Jung, on the BBC program Face to Face. Provides us a very rare glimpse into the Swiss psychiatrist’s personal viewpoints and sheds insight into a little his pioneering work.When Carl Jung consented to be interviewed, the medical community was surprised that this very private figure was suddenly willing to allow an interviewer into his personal space. When the program was first aired in 1959, Jung himself was taken aback at the unexpectedly positive response from the general public. This strong interest in his work inspired Jung to write his final work, Man and His Symbols, his theory of the symbolism of dreams, explained in lay terms so as to be accessible to all who would come seeking answers.