The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

"We are responsible for our dreams"

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.

Reincarnated

Reincarnated

2012

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

2006

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

2013

Red Army

Red Army

2014

The China Plate

The China Plate

1931

Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake

1981

The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball

1967

Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

2012

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

2011

Seconds

Seconds

1966

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

Russian Ark

Russian Ark

2002

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

2005

The Tenant

The Tenant

1976

Dangal

Dangal

2016

Duel

Duel

1971

Clue

Clue

1985

Hairspray

Hairspray

2007

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975