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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2013)

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R 2 hr 11 minNov 1st, 2013DocumentaryThe Pervert's Guide Collection PosterPart of The Pervert's Guide Collection
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.
StarringSlavoj Žižek
DirectorSophie Fiennes
WriterSlavoj Žižek

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 1st, 2013
On DVD & Blu-ray:February 18th, 2014 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Katherine Butler, Julia Godzinskaya, Shani Hinton, Tabitha Jackson, Michael Sackler
Production Companies:Blinder Films, BFI, Film4 Productions, Rooks Nest Entertainment, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology on the Web:Official Website, Facebook
Movie Tags:
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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.