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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2009)

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NR 2 hr 31 minJan 16th, 2009DocumentaryThe Pervert's Guide Collection PosterPart of The Pervert's Guide Collection
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.
StarringSlavoj ŽižekAlfred Hitchcock
DirectorSophie Fiennes
WriterSlavoj Žižek

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 16th, 2009
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Reinhard Wulf, Jan Younghusband
Production Companies:Amoeba Films, Kasander Film Company, Lone Star Productions, Mischief Films
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
woman directorcinema on cinemaphilosophycinema historypop culturepsychoanalysissigmund freud

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.