The pervert's guide to ideology

Fiennes, Sophie, 1967- (film director,, film producer.). Wilson, James (Jim), (film producer.). Rosenbaum, Martin. (film producer.). Holly, Katie. (film producer.). Žižek, Slavoj (commentator,, narrator.). British Film Institute. (production company.). FilmFour (Firm), (production company.). Rooks Nest Entertainment (Firm), (production company.). Perverts Guide Ltd., (production company.). Blinder Films. (production company.). Zeitgeist Films. (film distributor.).

Summary: Slovene philiosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek explores and exposes how the movies we view reinforce prevailing ideologies, shaping both what we believe and how we behave.

Item details

Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (4 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Publisher: [New York] : Zeitgeist Films, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Accompanying insert features production notes and a director's statement. Special features: Q&A with Slavoj Žižek and Sophie Fiennes; U.S. theatrical trailer.
Formatted Contents Note:	Critique-of-ideology glasses (They live (John Carpenter, 1988)) -- Climbing mountains (The sound of music (Robert Wise, 1965)) -- Kinder eggs & Coca Cola -- Perverse universal fraternity (Tokyo Olympiad (Kon Ichikawa, 1964), A clockwork orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)) -- Cynical ideology (West Side story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, 1961)) -- Fantasies of victimhood (Taxi driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976), The searchers (John Ford, 1956)) -- Trading all fears for one fear alone (Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Triumph of the will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)) -- The abyss of suspicion (The eternal Jew (Fritz Hippler, 1940), Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)) -- Ultimate consumerism (I am legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)) -- Illusion of eternal love (Titanic (James Cameron, 1997), Oratorio for Prague (Jan Nemec, 1968), The fall of Berlin (Mikhail Chiareli, 1950)) -- Obscene rituals (Full metal jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987), MAS*H (Robert Altman, 1970), If -- (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)) -- Lies of social order (The dark knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)) -- The big other (Loves of a blonde (Milos Forman, 1965), The fireman's ball (Milos Forman, 1967), Brief encounter (David Lean, 1945)) -- Bureaucracy and Christianity (Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985), The last temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)) -- Dreams gone wrong (Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966), Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Remko Schnorr ; film editor, Ethel Shepherd ; composer, Magnus Fiennes.
Participant or Performer Note:	Commentator/narrator, Slavoj Žižek.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Language Note:	In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).