The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
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The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema is a documentary film in which philosopher Slavoj Žižek uses famous movies to explore psychoanalytic ideas about desire, fantasy, and ideology.
All labels observed (2)
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| The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema canonical | 5 |
| The Pervert’s Guide series | 1 |
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Target entity: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema Context triple: [Sophie Fiennes, notableWork, The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema]
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The Great Masturbator
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The Spectre of Sex Appeal
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Sex for Breakfast
"Sex for Breakfast" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B-influenced track by Christina Aguilera from her album *Bionic*.
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D.
The Book of Repulsive Women
The Book of Repulsive Women is a 1915 modernist poetry and illustration collection by Djuna Barnes that explores taboo themes of female sexuality, urban life, and marginalization in a stark, experimental style.
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The Canyons
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema Target entity description: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema is a documentary film in which philosopher Slavoj Žižek uses famous movies to explore psychoanalytic ideas about desire, fantasy, and ideology.
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A.
The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.
-
B.
The Spectre of Sex Appeal
The Spectre of Sex Appeal is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that explores themes of desire, memory, and psychological tension through distorted, dreamlike imagery.
-
C.
Sex for Breakfast
"Sex for Breakfast" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B-influenced track by Christina Aguilera from her album *Bionic*.
-
D.
The Book of Repulsive Women
The Book of Repulsive Women is a 1915 modernist poetry and illustration collection by Djuna Barnes that explores taboo themes of female sexuality, urban life, and marginalization in a stark, experimental style.
-
E.
The Canyons
The Canyons is a 2013 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Bret Easton Ellis, known for its portrayal of morally vacant Hollywood millennials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| basedOn | psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Sophie Fiennes ⓘ |
| distributor | Tartan Films ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
ideological fantasy
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subjectivity ⓘ the Real ⓘ the gaze ⓘ the imaginary ⓘ the symbolic order ⓘ the unconscious in cinema ⓘ |
| featuresPhilosopher | Slavoj Žižek ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
direct address to camera
ⓘ
recreation of film sets ⓘ |
| format | feature-length documentary ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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essay film ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of European art cinema
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analysis of classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ analysis of contemporary popular films ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cinema
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desire ⓘ fantasy ⓘ ideology ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| narrationStyle | on-screen philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
applying Lacanian psychoanalysis to popular films
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collaboration between Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Box Productions
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Lone Star Productions ⓘ Weltfilm ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 150 minutes ⓘ |
| screenedAt | international film festivals ⓘ |
| starring | Slavoj Žižek ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic analysis in film studies
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academic analysis in philosophy ⓘ academic analysis in psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| title | The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema ⓘ |
| usesMedium | film clips ⓘ |
| writer | Slavoj Žižek ⓘ |
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