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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

"We are responsible for our dreams"

7.3(136 votes)
2012
2h 11m
Documentary

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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Companies:
Blinder Films
BFI
Film4 Productions

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Original:en
Spoken:
ArabicCzechEnglishGermanNorwegianRussianSpanish

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