The Pervert's Guide to Cinema


The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is a 2006 documentary directed and produced by Sophie Fiennes, and scripted and presented by Slavoj Žižek. It explores a number of films from a psychoanalytic theoretical perspective.
Fiennes and Žižek released a follow-up, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology on 15 November 2012, with a similar format; Žižek speaks from within reconstructed scenes from films.
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List of films discussed

Possessed Monkey Business Frankenstein City Lights Duck Soup The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Pluto's Judgement Day The Wizard of Oz The Great Dictator Saboteur Dead of Night The Red Shoes Kubanskie Kazaki Alice in Wonderland Rear Window To Catch a Thief The Ten Commandments Vertigo Ivan the Terrible: Part II North by Northwest Psycho The Birds Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Seconds Persona Solaris The Exorcist The Conversation Alien Stalker Dune Blue Velvet Wild at Heart Three Colors: Blue Lost Highway Alien: Resurrection The Matrix Fight Club Eyes Wide Shut Mulholland Drive The Piano Teacher In the Cut Dogville

Reception

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema holds an 87% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 23 critics.