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The pervert's guide to ideology, British Film Institute and Film4 present ; in association with Rooks Nest Entertainment and with the participation of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; a P Guide production in association with Blinder Films ; a film by Sophie Fiennes ; executive producers, Katherine Butler, Tabitha Jackson, Shani Hinton ; executive producers, Michael Sackler, Julia Godzinskaya ; producers, James Wilson, Martin Rosenbaum, Katie Holly, Sophie Fiennes ; directed by Sophie Fiennes

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The pervert's guide to ideology

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British Film Institute and Film4 present ; in association with Rooks Nest Entertainment and with the participation of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; a P Guide production in association with Blinder Films ; a film by Sophie Fiennes ; executive producers, Katherine Butler, Tabitha Jackson, Shani Hinton ; executive producers, Michael Sackler, Julia Godzinskaya ; producers, James Wilson, Martin Rosenbaum, Katie Holly, Sophie Fiennes ; directed by Sophie Fiennes

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Slovene philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek explores and exposes how the movies we view reinforce prevailing ideologies, shaping both what we believe and how we behave

Critique-of-ideology glasses (They live (John Carpenter, 1988)) -- Climbing mountains (The sound of music (Robert Wise, 1965)) -- Kinder eggs & Coca Cola -- Perverse universal fraternity (Tokyo Olympiad (Kon Ichikawa, 1964), A clockwork orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)) -- Cynical ideology (West Side story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, 1961)) -- Fantasies of victimhood (Taxi driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976), The searchers (John Ford, 1956)) -- Trading all fears for one fear alone (Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Triumph of the will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)) -- The abyss of suspicion (The eternal Jew (Fritz Hippler, 1940), Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)) -- Ultimate consumerism (I am legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)) -- Illusion of eternal love (Titanic (James Cameron, 1997), Oratorio for Prague (Jan Nemec, 1968), The fall of Berlin (Mikhail Chiareli, 1950)) -- Obscene rituals (Full metal jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987), M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970), If-- (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)) -- Lies of social order (The dark knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)) -- The big other (Loves of a blonde (Milos Forman, 1965), The fireman's ball (Milos Forman, 1967), Brief encounter (David Lean, 1945))-- Bureaucracy and Christianity (Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985), The last temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)) -- Dreams gone wrong (Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966), Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970))

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