The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema

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The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema is a documentary film in which philosopher Slavoj Žižek uses famous movies to explore psychoanalytic ideas about desire, fantasy, and ideology.

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instanceOf documentary film
basedOn psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan
countryOfOrigin Austria
United Kingdom
director Sophie Fiennes NERFINISHED
distributor Tartan Films NERFINISHED
exploresConcept ideological fantasy
subjectivity
the Real
the gaze
the imaginary
the symbolic order
the unconscious in cinema
featuresPhilosopher Slavoj Žižek NERFINISHED
filmingTechnique direct address to camera
recreation of film sets
format feature-length documentary
genre documentary
essay film
hasPart analysis of European art cinema
analysis of classic Hollywood cinema
analysis of contemporary popular films
hasSequel The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology NERFINISHED
mainSubject cinema
desire
fantasy
ideology
psychoanalysis
narrationStyle on-screen philosophical commentary
notableFor applying Lacanian psychoanalysis to popular films
collaboration between Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek
originalLanguage English
productionCompany Box Productions NERFINISHED
Lone Star Productions NERFINISHED
Weltfilm NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2006
runningTime 150 minutes
screenedAt international film festivals
starring Slavoj Žižek NERFINISHED
subjectOf academic analysis in film studies
academic analysis in philosophy
academic analysis in psychoanalytic theory
title The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema NERFINISHED
usesMedium film clips
writer Slavoj Žižek NERFINISHED

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