The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
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United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands · 2006
2h 31m
Director Sophie Fiennes
Starring Slavoj Žižek, Alfred Hitchcock
Genre Documentary
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema offers an introduction into some of Žižek's most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Žižek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humour.
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