Nov 15, 2012
131 min
Full-HD

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

Ireland United Kingdom

Companies

Blinder Films BFI Film4 Productions Rooks Nest Entertainment Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Slavoj Žižek

Self - Host / Philosopher

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