Episode 933: Sudafed is a Powerful Drug

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Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes (for his sins, an academic), and Matthew Wrather overthink The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, a film essay written by and starring Slovenina philosopher/psychoanalyst(?) Slavoj Žižek. Žižek has forgotten more about Lacanian psychoanalysis than Lacan ever knew, and that makes this film essay (and its spiritual prequel The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, also directed by Sophie Fiennes, sister of He Who Must Not Be Named) a wild ride. Someone get this man a Kleenex. At the intersection of film, politics, and culture, Žižek’s offers provocative, not to say unhinged, takes on how cinema shapes and reflects cultural ideology.

But at least we get to hear directly from an academic figure whom Wrather is always name-checking. And yeah, he kinda does have a point about Titanic.

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Further Reading

• Slavoj Žižek – Wikipedia
• The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (IMDb)
• The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (IMDb)
• Lacanian Psychoanalysis – Wikipedia
• Post-structuralism – Wikipedia
• Jaws – Wikipedia
• Titanic – Wikipedia
• The Searchers – Wikipedia
• Taxi Driver – Wikipedia
• Sophie Fiennes – Wikipedia