The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is a 2006 documentary directed and produced by Sophie Fiennes, and scripted and presented by Slavoj Žižek. It explores a number of films from a psychoanalytic theoretical perspective.
| The Pervert's Guide to Cinema | |
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| Directed by | Sophie Fiennes |
| Written by | Slavoj Žižek |
| Produced by | Sophie Fiennes Georg Misch Martin Rosenbaum Ralph Wieser |
| Starring | Slavoj Žižek |
| Cinematography | Remko Schnorr |
| Edited by | Sophie Fiennes Marek Kralovsky Ethel Shepherd |
| Music by | Brian Eno |
Production companies | Mischief Films Amoeba Film |
| Distributed by | P Guide Ltd. ICA Projects (UK) |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Austria Netherlands |
| Language | English |
Fiennes and Žižek released a follow-up, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology on 15 November 2012,[1] with a similar format; Žižek speaks from within reconstructed scenes from films.[2]
List of films discussed
edit- Possessed (1931)
- Monkey Business (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- City Lights (1931)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Kubanskie Kazaki (1949)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Rear Window (1954)
- To Catch a Thief (1955)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Ivan the Terrible: Part II (1958)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Psycho (1960)
- The Birds (1963)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Seconds (1966)
- Persona (1966)
- Solaris (1972)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Alien (1979)
- Stalker (1979)
- Dune (1984)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Three Colors: Blue (1993)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- The Piano Teacher (2001)
- In the Cut (2003)
- Dogville (2003)
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Reception
editThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 23 critics.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Savage, Sophia (14 October 2011). "Pervert's Guide to Cinema's Fiennes and Zizek Reteam for Pervert's Guide to Ideology". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Leigh, Danny (16 October 2011). "Slavoj Žižek: Blofeld rides again". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
External links
edit- Official website
- The Pervert's Guide to Cinema at IMDb
- Complete transcript of the first part with added commentary and stills.