Pervert's Guide to Cinema, The

An intellectual, thought-provoking, cinephiles documentary in which Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek cleverly interjects himself into original film locations or painstakingly recreated film sets as he applies his own unique style of analysis and quirky perspective to discuss sexuality, morality, camera angles, Freudian undertones, and much more in an eclectic smorgasbord of more than 50 films, including The Birds (1963), The Exorcist (1973), Vertigo (1958), Mulholland Dr. (2002), The Red Shoes (1948), Psycho (1960), The Conversation (1974), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dune (1984), The Matrix (1999), In the Cut (2003), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Duck Soup (1933), Frankenstein (1931), Blue Velvet (1986), Persona (1966), Lost Highway (1997), and The Piano Teacher (2001).
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