The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)

10/06/2006 (GB) • 2h 31m

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Slavoj Žižek

Self - Host / Philosopher

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)


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Part of the The Pervert's Guide Collection

Includes The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

cinema on cinema

philosophy

pop culture

psychoanalysis

sigmund freud

documentary filmmaking

woman director

cinema history

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