The mystery is that even if we know that it's only staged, that it's a fiction, it still...
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Slavoj Zizek:
The mystery is that even if we know that it's only staged, that it's a fiction, it still fascinates us. That's the fundamental magic of film. You witness a certain seductive scene, then you are shown that it's just a fake, stage machinery behind, but you are still fascinated by it. Illusion persists. There is something real in the illusion, more real than in the reality behind it
The mystery is that even if we know that it's only staged, that it's a fiction, it still fascinates us. That's the fundamental magic of film. You witness a certain seductive scene, then you are shown that it's just a fake, stage machinery behind, but you are still fascinated by it. Illusion persists. There is something real in the illusion, more real than in the reality behind it
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The mystery is that even if we know that it's only staged that it's a fiction
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it still fascinates us
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That's the fundamental magic of it
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You witness a certain seductive scene
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then you are shown that it's just a fake stage machinery behind
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but you are still fascinated by it Illusion persists
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There is something real in the illusion more real than in the reality behind it
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Movie Summary
Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.
