The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012)

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Following a theatrical release in all key U.S. markets, Zeitgeist Films is proud to announce the DVD and digital release of Sophie Fiennes` second collaboration with cultural theorist superstar Slavoj ZiZek, The Pervert`s Guide to Ideology.

One of most prolific and popular intellectuals of our time, Slavoj Zizek (also star of Zeitgeist documentaries Zizek! and Examined Life) re-teams with acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert`s Guide to Cinema; Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow) for another wildly entertaining romp through the crossroads of cinema and philosophy. With infectious zeal and a voracious appetite for popular culture, Zizek literally goes inside some truly epochal movies to explore and expose how they reinforce prevailing ideologies.

As the ideology that undergirds our cinematic fantasies is revealed, striking associations emerge: What hidden Catholic teachings lurk at the heart of The Sound of Music? What are the fascist political dimensions of Jaws? Taxi Driver, Zabriskie Point, The Searchers, The Dark Knight, John Carpenter`s They Live ("one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left"), Titanic, and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Zizek`s stimulating, provocative and often hilarious psychoanalytic-cinematic rant.