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Žižek!
''Zizek!'' or ''Žižek!'' is a 2005 documentary film directed by Astra Taylor. An international co-production of the United States and Canada, its subject is philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek, a prolific author and former candidate for the Presidency of Slovenia. ''Zizek!'' premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2005, and opened in one theatre in New York City on November 17. It eventually grossed $20,177 in the US and $20,154 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $40,331. Critical reception A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' observed, "Ms. Taylor, clearly thrilled by her proximity to her hero, seems incapable of the analytical distance that would provide insight into either his ideas or the cultural phenomenon he represents. On the basis of this film, it is hard to know whether Mr. Žižek's superstar status is merited, or to say what his cult says about the state of contemporary thought. ''Zizek!'' is entert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Examined Life
''Examined Life'' is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Astra Taylor about philosophers. The film has eight influential modern philosophers walking around New York City, New York and other metropolises, discussing the practical application of their ideas in modern culture. Featured philosophers The philosophers are Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Žižek and Judith Butler, who is accompanied by Taylor's sister, the disability activist Sunaura Taylor, Sunny (Sunaura Taylor). Production and release The film appeared in the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival and the 2009 Kingston Canadian Film Festival. It was co-produced by Sphinx Productions and the National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Ontario Media Development Corporation, TVOntario and Knowledge Network. Reception Reception has been generally favorable (Rotten Tomatoes gives it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reality Of The Virtual
''The Reality of the Virtual'' is a 2004 documentary film lecture by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Recorded in a single day by Ben Wright, the film consists of seven long takes of Žižek seated in front of a bookshelf. The discourse concerns the concept of "real effects produced, generated, by something which does not yet fully exist, which is not yet fully actual", with numerous examples from psychoanalysis, politics, sociology, physics and popular culture. See also *''Žižek!'' *'' The Pervert's Guide to Cinema'' *''The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'' *'' Liebe Dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!'' *''Examined Life'' *'' Marx Reloaded'' *Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, ; ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Sigmund Freud, Freud", Lacan gave The Seminars of Jacques Lacan, year ... * Virtuality (philosophy) References External links * 2004 films Docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liebe Dein Symptom Wie Dich Selbst!
''Liebe Dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!'' (German: ''Thou shalt love thy symptom as thyself''; 1996) is a German documentary film about the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek. See also *''Žižek!'' *''Marx Reloaded'' *''The Reality of the Virtual'' *'' The Pervert's Guide to Cinema'' *''The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'' *''Examined Life'' *Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, ; ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Sigmund Freud, Freud", Lacan gave The Seminars of Jacques Lacan, year ... 1996 films Documentary films about Slavoj Žižek Documentary films about psychology German documentary films 1996 documentary films Films about philosophy 1990s German films {{bio-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pervert's Guide To Ideology
''The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'' is a 2012 British documentary film directed by Sophie Fiennes and written and presented by Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist Slavoj Žižek. It is a sequel to Fiennes's 2006 documentary '' The Pervert's Guide to Cinema''. Though the film follows the frameworks of its predecessor, this film's emphasis is on ideology itself. Through psychoanalysis Žižek explores "the mechanisms that shape what we believe and how we behave." Among the films explored are ''Full Metal Jacket'' and ''Taxi Driver''. The film was released in the United States by Zeitgeist Films in November 2013. Synopsis 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 at ''The Sound of Music'' to the political dimensions of '' Jaws''. ''Taxi Driver'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
''The Pervert's Guide to Cinema'' is a 2006 documentary directed and produced by Sophie Fiennes, and scripted and presented by Slavoj Žižek. It explores a number of films from a psychoanalytic theoretical perspective. Fiennes and Žižek released a follow-up, ''The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'' on 15 November 2012, with a similar format; Žižek speaks from within reconstructed scenes from films. List of films discussed * ''Possessed'' (1931) * '' Monkey Business'' (1931) * ''Frankenstein'' (1931) * ''City Lights'' (1931) * '' Duck Soup'' (1933) * ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * ''Pluto's Judgement Day'' (1935) * ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) * ''The Great Dictator'' (1940) * ''Saboteur'' (1942) * ''Dead of Night'' (1945) * '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) * '' Kubanskie Kazaki'' (1949) * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1951) * ''Rear Window'' (1954) * ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956) * ''Vertigo'' (1958) * '' Ivan the Terrible: Part II'' (1958) * ''North b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Taylor
Astra Taylor (born September 30, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt. Life Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Taylor grew up in Athens, Georgia,http://www.hiddendriver.com/about Astra Taylor's official bio, accessed February 8, 2009 and was unschooled until age 13 when she enrolled in ninth grade. At 16 she abandoned high school to attend classes at the University of Georgia; at the university she studied Deleuze and Guattari under Ronald L. Bogue. She has described herself as a "teenage Deleuzian." Taylor enrolled at Brown University, where she attended classes for a year before dropping out. Reflecting on her decision to leave, Taylor stated "Why had I felt compelled to enroll in an Ivy League school, to excel by the standards of conventional education and choose a 'difficult' major, instead of making my own way? What was I afra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s American Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Philosophy
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Films About Philosophers
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to convey part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Documentary Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon In geometry, a pentagon () is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple polygon, simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagon may be simple or list of self-intersecting polygons, self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
