The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Documentary
7.348/10
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|131 min
Release Date: 2012-11-15
Overview - A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
Production Companies
Blinder FilmsBFIFilm4 ProductionsRooks Nest EntertainmentFís Éireann/Screen Ireland
User Reviews
deepkino
7/10
Once again collaborating with Sophie Fiennes, "The Pervert's Guide to Ideology" is a follow-up to the documentary "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema." Despite being a continuation, the program is equally, if not more, impactful due to its relentless bombardment of ideas. In it, Zizek combines the terminology of psychoanalysis with cinematic works—some less popular, others widely recognized—to dissect ...
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