The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)

20/10/2012 (GB)
Documentary
2h 11m

We are responsible for our dreams

Overview

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.

  • Sophie FiennesDirector
  • Slavoj ŽižekWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • cinema on cinema
  • philosophy
  • pop culture
  • psychoanalysis
  • ideology
  • woman director
  • ethics
  • cinema history