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"The Pervert's Guide to Cinema" quotes

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema poster
Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.

Director: Sophie Fiennes
Writer: Slavoj Zizek
Production: N/A
Genre: documentary
Year: 2006
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 16 Jan 2009
Awards: 1 nomination

54 video clips

In order to understand today's world we need cinema literally - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:26 In order to understand today's world we need cinema... My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35 My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian Pornography is and it is a deeply conservative genre - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35 Pornography is and it is a deeply conservative genre Our fundamental delusion today is not to believe - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:37 Our fundamental delusion today is not to believe Cinema as the art of appearances tells us something about reality itself - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:17 Cinema as the art of appearances tells us something about... I think this is what liberation means - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:19 I think this is what liberation means I can be whatever you want me to be - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:36 I can be whatever you want me to be All too often when we love somebody - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35 All too often when we love somebody Set up by the father to convince the son of his power - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35 Set up by the father to convince the son of his power There are no specifically fake emotions because as Freud puts it literally - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:13 There are no specifically fake emotions because as Freud... The problem is How do we know what we desire - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:26 The problem is How do we know what we desire When we spectators are sitting in a movie theatre - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:37 When we spectators are sitting in a movie theatre What the film truly is about its focal point - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:10 What the film truly is about its focal point We men at least in our standard phallogocentric mode of sexuality - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:33 We men at least in our standard phallogocentric mode of... All modern films are ultimately films about - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:08 All modern films are ultimately films about That's the true horror of this Mystery Man - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:15 That's the true horror of this Mystery Man What's the archetypal comic situation in Chaplin's films - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:23 What's the archetypal comic situation in Chaplin's... The beloved falls out of the frame of the idealised co ordinates - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:15 The beloved falls out of the frame of the idealised co... I know very well it's a fake but nonetheless I let myself be emotionally affected - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:07 I know very well it's a fake but nonetheless I let... We know very well some things but we don't really believe in them - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:11 We know very well some things but we don't really... And of course we have a perfect name for fantasy realised - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:09 And of course we have a perfect name for fantasy realised The big question about The Birds of course is the stupid obvious one - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:37 The big question about The Birds of course is the stupid... But the choice between the blue and the red pill - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:37 But the choice between the blue and the red pill The first key to horror films is to say - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:09 The first key to horror films is to say But her limbs are like that of the monster - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35 But her limbs are like that of the monster One cannot here just throw out the dirty water - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:31 One cannot here just throw out the dirty water The function of music here is precisely that of a fetish - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:36 The function of music here is precisely that of a fetish A normal paternal authority is an ordinary man - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:36 A normal paternal authority is an ordinary man This is the most terrorising experience you can imagine - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:26 This is the most terrorising experience you can imagine The mystery is that even if we know that it's only staged that it's a fiction - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:27 The mystery is that even if we know that it's only... With Von Trier it's not only the problem of belief - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:24 With Von Trier it's not only the problem of belief The truly horrible thing is to be immortal - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:05 The truly horrible thing is to be immortal You set a limit you put a certain zone off limit - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:24 You set a limit you put a certain zone off limit People applaud exactly in the same way as they were applauding Hitler - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:26 People applaud exactly in the same way as they were... It still fascinates us - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:37 It still fascinates us The d nouement of the story of course is along the lines of the Marx Brothers' joke - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:12 The d nouement of the story of course is along the lines of... Mrs. Bates? - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:06 Mrs. Bates? We do not see Mabuse till the end of the film. - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:07 We do not see Mabuse till the end of the film. And to redeem through Your Son, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:30 And to redeem through Your Son, Or, since we cannot simply get rid of it, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:18 Or, since we cannot simply get rid of it, The nicest example here for me, I think, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:31 The nicest example here for me, I think, Wider. - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:08 Wider. Don't you fuckin' look at me. - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:04 Don't you fuckin' look at me. This brings us to our third, and maybe crucial example, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:14 This brings us to our third, and maybe crucial example, For example, she has gaps in her memory - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:09 For example, she has gaps in her memory It's relatively easy to get rid of a real person. - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:19 It's relatively easy to get rid of a real person. So the result of this violence - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:17 So the result of this violence As if the lesson is, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:15 As if the lesson is, Tarkovsky's solution to this tension - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:20 Tarkovsky's solution to this tension Here, I think, Tarkovsky affects us - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:18 Here, I think, Tarkovsky affects us So, he wants to erase himself to get out of the picture. - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:07 So, he wants to erase himself to get out of the picture. Or people don't even note him, take note of him, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:16 Or people don't even note him, take note of him, The tramp is wrongly identified - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:13 The tramp is wrongly identified He accepts the game, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:18 He accepts the game,

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