The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)

7.3/10 • 131 min • Documentary

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.

Cast

Slavoj Žižek

Self - Host / Philosopher

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