Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world-renowned films. Philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek appears transplanted into the scenes of various movies, exploring and exposing how they reinforce prevailing ideologies. As the ideologies undergirding cinematic fantasies are revealed, striking associations emerge: from nuns advising following your desires in 'The Sound of Music' to the political dimensions of 'Jaws'. 'Taxi Driver', 'Zabriskie Point', 'The Searchers', 'The Dark Knight', John Carpenter’s 'They Live' (“one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left”), 'Titanic', Kinder Surprise eggs, verité news footage, the emptiness of Beethoven’s "Ode to Joy", and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Žižek’s psychoanalytic-cinematic argument.
Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world-renowned films.
Philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek appears transplanted into the scenes of various movies, exploring and exposing how they reinforce prevailing ideologies. As the ideologies undergirding cinematic fantasies are revealed, striking associations emerge: from nuns advising following your desires in 'The Sound of Music' to the political dimensions of 'Jaws'. 'Taxi Driver', 'Zabriskie Point', 'The Searchers', 'The Dark Knight', John Carpenter’s 'They Live' (“one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left”), 'Titanic', Kinder Surprise eggs, verité news footage, the emptiness of Beethoven’s "Ode to Joy", and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Žižek’s psychoanalytic-cinematic argument.