The Perverts Guide to Cinema

Just a quick recommendation..

Presented by the eccentric philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek The Perverts Guide is a fascinating exploration into how film plays with our fundamental fears and desires. Taking examples from Hitchcock, Lynch, and a host of other clips from classic movies he teases out the layers of which the filmmakers have created and using Freudian psychoanalyst explains why they have such an impact. There was a clever weaving of Žižek into the sets of the films he was deconstructing which gave the denser theory an essential comedic edge. His discussion of Lynch’s Blue Velvet is particularly fascinating. As one of my favourite films is has continued to baffle me as to why it has had such a disturbing impact (beyond the violence and surrealism) this went some way too finding an answer. If you’re not convinced then this is worth going to see just to note down all the films he references, a fine ensemble. Details are on the vizlang website. It is showing at the ICA until November 2nd.