

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
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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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- Arabic
- cinema on cinema
- philosophy
- pop culture
- psychoanalysis
- ideology
- woman director
- ethics
- cinema history
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR1 Nov 2013
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival20 Oct 2012
- Theatrical154 Oct 2013
CanadaCA
- PremiereTIFF7 Sept 2012
FinlandFI
- TV20 Nov 2013
GermanyDE
- Physical2 Sept 2016
GreeceGR
- Theatrical15 Nov 2012
- PhysicalDVD13 Mar 2014
IrelandIE
- Theatrical184 Oct 2013
ItalyIT
- PremiereTorino Film Festival27 Nov 2012
- Theatrical30 Jan 2014
JapanJP
- Theatrical8 Oct 2016
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereIFFR26 Jan 2013
PolandPL
- PremiereTwo Riversides Film and Art Festival29 Jul 2013
- Theatrical6 Dec 2013
PortugalPT
- Theatrical27 Nov 2014
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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology was released on 15 November 2012.
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deepkino
9/18/2025
Once again collaborating with Sophie Fiennes, "The Pervert's Guide to Ideology" is a follow-up to the documentary "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema." Despite being a continuation, the program is equally, if not more, impactful due to its relentless bombardment of ideas. In it, Zizek combines the terminology of psychoanalysis with cinematic works—some less popular, others widely recognized—to dissect ideology and its ill…
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