Oct 06, 2006
151 min
Full-HD

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom Austria Netherlands

Companies

Amoeba Films Kasander Film Company Lone Star Productions Mischief Films

Slavoj Žižek

Self - Host / Philosopher

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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