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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

The first key to horror films is to say, 'Let's imagine the same story but without the...

Slavoj Zizek:
The first key to horror films is to say, 'Let's imagine the same story but without the horror element.'

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The first key to horror films is to say
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Let's imagine the same story but without the horror element
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9 seconds
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260
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:21
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2022
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documentary
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Movie Summary

Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.
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...
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,
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...
The nicest example here for me, I think, - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:31
The nicest example here for me, I think,
I think this is what liberation means - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:19
I think this is what liberation means
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.
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
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,
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
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.
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...
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
So the result of this violence - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:17
So the result of this violence
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
My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 00:35
My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian