The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

  • 136'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2012
Fidel Castro is a huge fan of Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). To him, the shark symbolises the ruthless capitalism that threatens ordinary Americans. This is an example of the ideologically-charged interpretation that the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek refers to in The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, the follow-up to The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, which was screened to great success at IFFR in 2006.
Using highly detailed sets re-created from such films as The Sound of Music and Taxi Driver, Žižek analyses famous and lesser-known film scenes. Psychoanalytical terms are used to review many ideologies: capitalism, fascism, communism, religion. Alongside the 'revealing' analyses of film scenes, Žižek also scrutinises Coca Cola, the Kinder Eggs, Starbucks and Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' (the finale of his Ninth Symphony). Žižek demonstrates that ideological perspectives genuinely affect everything.
  • 136'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2012
Director
Sophie Fiennes
Countries of production
United Kingdom, Ireland
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
136'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Katie Holly, Martin Rosenbaum
Production Companies
P Guide Ltd, Blinder Films Ltd.
Sales
Doc & Film International
Screenplay
Slavoj Žižek
Cinematography
Remko Schnorr
Editor
Ethel Sheperd
Production Design
Lucy Van Lonkhuyzen
Sound Design
Steve Fanagan
Music
Magnus Fiennes
Cast
Slavoj Žižek
Website
http://www.thepervertsguide.com/ideology
Director
Sophie Fiennes
Countries of production
United Kingdom, Ireland
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
136'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Katie Holly, Martin Rosenbaum
Production Companies
P Guide Ltd, Blinder Films Ltd.
Sales
Doc & Film International
Screenplay
Slavoj Žižek
Cinematography
Remko Schnorr
Editor
Ethel Sheperd
Production Design
Lucy Van Lonkhuyzen
Sound Design
Steve Fanagan
Music
Magnus Fiennes
Cast
Slavoj Žižek
Website
http://www.thepervertsguide.com/ideology