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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

We are responsible for our dreams

★ 7.3 2012 131 min R 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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Released in 2012, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology sits inside the 2010s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
2012-11-15
Rating
R
TMDB score
7.3/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
Ireland, United Kingdom
Studio
Blinder Films, BFI, Film4 Productions
Topicscinema on cinemaphilosophypop culturepsychoanalysisideologywoman directorethicscinema history

This title is available from the shared catalog, but it is not published as an index-targeted page for this specialty edition.

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