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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)

7.3/10 2h 31m Oct 06, 2006
Documentary

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek
Self - Host / Philosopher
Popularity: 2.0
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.4

Key Crew

Producer Sophie Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, Ralph Wieser
Director Sophie Fiennes
Editor Sophie Fiennes
Executive Producer Jan Younghusband, Reinhard Wulf
Writer Slavoj Žižek

Production

Amoeba Films
GB
Kasander Film Company
NL
Lone Star Productions
GB
Mischief Films
AT

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Keywords

cinema on cinema philosophy pop culture psychoanalysis sigmund freud documentary filmmaking woman director cinema history

Reviews from TMDB

deepkino 7/10
Sep 18, 2025

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema: A Lacanian Laughter! Slavoj Žižek’s The Pervert's Guide to Cinema isn't a film review; it's a wild, intellectual odyssey into the ideological and unconscious fantasies that lie beneath the surface of cinema. Žižek, inhabits the very cinematic spaces he is diss ... Read more

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Details
Release Date October 6, 2006
Runtime 2h 31m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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