THE PERVERT´S GUIDE TO CINEMA (Film Trailer)

GB/A/NL 2006, 150 min

'Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire' - Slavoj Zizek


THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves.

THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA offers an introduction into some of Zizek's most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Zizek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humour. THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA applies Zizek's ideas to the cinematic canon, in what The Times calls 'an extraordinary reassessment of cinema.'

The film cuts its cloth from the very world of the movies it discusses; by shooting at original locations and on replica sets, it creates the uncanny illusion that Zizek is speaking from within the films themselves. Described by The Times as 'the woman helming this Freudian inquest,' director Sophie Fiennes' collaboration with Slavoj Zizek illustrates the immediacy with which film and television can communicate genuinely complex ideas. Says Zizek: "My big obsession is to make things clear. I can really explain a line of thought if I can somehow illustrate it in a scene from a film. THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA is really about what psychoanalysis can tell us about cinema."

THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA is constructed in three parts. Says Fiennes: 'The form of the Guide is a deliberately open one. There are three parts, but there could be more. Zizek's method of thinking is exciting because it's always building. Things relate forwards and backwards and interconnect into a mind-altering network of ideas. The film's title is something of a McGuffin - just a way to get you into this network.'

Script/Director
Sophie Fiennes

Sound Engineer
Ab Grootern

Actor
Slavoj Zizek

Director of Photography
Remko Schnorr

Editing
Sophie Fiennes, Marek Kralovsky

Post Production Manager
Peter Janecek

Producer
Lone Star Productions - London

Co-Producer
Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser/Mischief Films - Vienna, Sophie Fiennes/Amoeba Film - London

Co-Producer The Netherlands
Kees Kasander

In co-operation with
Kasander Film Company/Kees Kasander - Rotterdam

In associaton with
CHANNEL 4
WDR/ 3sat

Supported by
Fernsehfond Austria, Rotterdam Film Funds, NESTA

Technical Details:
DigiBeta, Stereo

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• documentary
• trailer
• slavoj
• zizek
• sophie
• fiennes
• mischief
• films

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