The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

I stumbled across this documentary in my company's video library, and was intrigued by the title and picked it up instinctively to watch at home. The documentary turned out to be quite a heavy psychoanalytic review of cinema by a philosopher called Slavoj Žižek. He discusses movies of Hitchcock, David Lynch, Tarkovsky among many others. And he presents his reviews from recreated sets of the movies, making them look even more authentic. Though some analyses seem totally far-fetched and exaggerated, some of them provide quite a different insight into some of our favorite movies. You will obtain a new perspective for sure after watching this documentary. A lot of his theories are based on Freudian and Lacanian philosophies, but he applies them so ruthlessly that you can't help losing your grip on what he's trying to say. I was particularly impressed with his review of Persona, Vertigo, Mulholland Dr., to name a few. But it also has a lot of spoilers for movies you would like to watch, but haven't seen yet. So it's recommended to go through the list on the wiki page, and then consider watching the documentary. Totally recommended for movie fans.

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