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Documentaries like The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

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The 3 reasons people love The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

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  1. You like a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know.

  2. You like ideas you have to work to follow.

  3. You want to see how films quietly sell you politics.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema2006

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know

    Good for you if you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.

  • The Corporation2003

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know
    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.

  • Oppenheimer2023

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know

    Good for you if you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.

  • Inside Job2010

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know
    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.

  • Zero Days2016

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.

  • Citizenfour2014

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.

  • I Am Not Your Negro2017

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know

    Good for you if you like James Baldwin's words, read by Samuel L. Jackson.

  • HyperNormalisation2016

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you like a sweeping take on how the powerful manage the world.

  • The Century of the Self2002

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you like learning how Freud's ideas shaped advertising and politics.

  • This Is Not a Film2011

    • you want to see how films quietly sell you politics

    Good for you if you care about Jafar Panahi defying a state that silenced him.

  • Room 2372012

    • ideas you have to work to follow

    Good for you if you like hunting for hidden meanings in a film you thought you knew.

  • Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?2013

    • a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know

    Good for you if you like hearing Noam Chomsky explain language and the mind.

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