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The problem is How do we know what we desire
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

The problem is, "How do we know what we desire?" There is nothing spontaneous, nothing...

Slavoj Zizek:
The problem is, "How do we know what we desire?" There is nothing spontaneous, nothing natural, about human desires. Our desires are artificial. We have to be taught to desire. Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire, it tells you how to desire

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The problem is How do we know what we desire
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There is nothing spontaneous nothing natural about human desires
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Our desires are artificial
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We have to be taught to desire
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Cinema is the ultimate pervert art
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It doesn't give you what you desire it tells you how to desire
Duration
26 seconds
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468
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:15
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2022
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documentary
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Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.
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
But the choice between the blue and the red pill - The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 01:04
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
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