The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

We are responsible for our dreams

Directed by Sophie Fiennes

Produced by Blinder Films, BFI

2012131 min7.3 / 10

A densely intellectual, energetic philosophical essay that uses cinema as a lens to interrogate how ideology shapes consciousness and desire.

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.

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  • Is The Pervert's Guide to Ideology violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Pervert's Guide to Ideology sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Does The Pervert's Guide to Ideology end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Pervert's Guide to Ideology easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is The Pervert's Guide to Ideology scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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