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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

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2006 · 151 min Documentary
7.4 / 10 · TMDB

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek guides the viewer through the labyrinth of cinema, wielding it as a tool for psychoanalysis. He appears within reconstructed sets of iconic films—from 'Psycho' to 'The Matrix'—to dissect our most intimate fantasies. Frame by frame, he exposes how cinema shapes desire, fear, and ideology, transforming the screen into a couch for the collective unconscious. This is not a lecture but a passionate investigation into why we watch and what we seek in the darkness of the theater.

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Year 2006
Country United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands
Genre Documentary
Director Sophie Fiennes
Runtime 151 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.4/10 (174 votes)

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Žižek transforms analysis into a thrilling cinematic adventure, where every film quote becomes a key to our psyche. His energy is contagious, and his ideas, like tentacles, probe the most unexpected corners of familiar narratives.

What lingers after the credits is the unsettling realization of how deeply cinema directs our desires. This guide doesn't just comment on films—it exposes the viewer's own complicity in the fantasy. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sophie Fiennes

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A psychoanalyst's office assembled from film reel debris; an obsessive monologue punctuated by crashing soundtracks.

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