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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

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Documentary - 2012
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
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7.6
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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.
Director:
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Sophie Fiennes
Cast:
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Slavoj Žižek

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
131 min
Release date:
15 Nov 2012
Country:
IE, GB
Languages:
Arabic, Czech, English, German, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Who says intellectual head-trips don't deserve sequels?
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
14 Nov 2013
rotten:
He speaks the truth much of the time, yet all the whipping back of the curtain ends up covering up other realities about movies and life.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
1 Nov 2013
fresh:
Noam Chomsky has denounced Zizek's theories as nonsensical, and of course they are. But they're frequently engaging, entertaining and stimulating.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
1 Nov 2013
fresh:
Though [Zizek's] lecture exceeds two hours, he and director Sophie Fiennes incorporate enough deadpan comedy and clips from famous films to sustain the rhetoric.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
31 Oct 2013
fresh:
In essence, the film is a lecture, but Zizek's associative thinking and understanding of the applicability of psychoanalysis makes it a lecture like no other.
– Zachary Wigon,
Village Voice,
29 Oct 2013
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