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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Documentary · 2006
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
- Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
- Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is good for you if…
- you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
- you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
- you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is bad for you if…
- two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
- you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.
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