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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
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Wikipedia article
'The Pervert's Guide to Cinema' is a 2006 documentary directed and produced by Sophie Fiennes, scripted and presented by Slavoj iek. It explores a number of films from a psychoanalytic theoretical perspective.
Fiennes and iek released a follow-up, 'The Pervert's Guide to Ideology' on 15 November 2012, with a similar format; iek speaks from within reconstructed scenes from films.
List of films discussed
* 'Possessed' (1931)
* 'Monkey Business' (1931)
* 'Frankenstein' (1931)
* 'City Lights' (1931)
* 'Duck Soup' (1933)
* 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' (1933)
* 'Pluto's Judgement Day' (1935)
* 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)
* 'The Great Dictator' (1940)
* 'Saboteur' (1942)
* 'Dead of Night' (1945)
* 'The Red Shoes' (1948)
* 'Kubanskie Kazaki' (1949)
* 'Alice in Wonderland' (1951)
* 'Rear Window' (1954)
* 'To Catch a Thief' (1955)
* 'The Ten Commandments' (1956)
* 'Vertigo' (1958)
* 'Ivan the Terrible: Part II' (1958)
* 'North by Northwest' (1959)
* 'Seconds' (1966)
* 'Psycho' (1960)
* 'The Birds' (1963)
* 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (1964)
* 'Persona' (1966)
* 'Solaris' (1972)
* 'The Exorcist' (1973)
* 'The Conversation' (1974)
* 'Alien' (1979)
* 'Stalker' (1979)
* 'Dune' (1984)
* 'Blue Velvet' (1986)
* 'Wild at Heart' (1990)
* 'Three Colors: Blue' (1993)
* 'Lost Highway' (1997)
* 'Alien: Resurrection' (1997)
* 'The Matrix' (1999)
* 'Fight Club' (1999)
* 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
* 'Mulholland Drive' (2001)
* 'The Piano Teacher' (2001)
* 'In the Cut' (2003)
* 'Dogville' (2003)
* 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith' (2005)
Reception
'The Pervert's Guide to Cinema' holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 23 critics.
See also
* 'Examined Life'
* Jacques Lacan
* 'Marx Reloaded'
* 'Liebe Dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!'
* 'The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'
* 'The Reality of the Virtual'
* 'iek!'
References
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