The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)

7.4/10 151 min 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.

Cast

Slavoj Žižek

Self - Host / Philosopher

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Recommendations

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Jodorowsky's Dune
In the Realms of the Unreal
Heart of a Dog
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Corman's World
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Room 237
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Halftime
Love, Gilda
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
The Director and the Jedi
To Be Takei
Love, Marilyn
Miss Representation
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
De Palma
Side by Side