The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
CINEMA2006-10-06
RegionGB / AT
Runtime151 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Sophie Fiennes
KEYWORDS
cinema on cinemaphilosophypop culturepsychoanalysisdocumentary filmmakingwoman directorcinema history
Collection: The Pervert's Guide Collection
Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative can help to understand the complicated human psyche — personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality — but also to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
