The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
d. Sophie Fiennes, 2006
Not the outwardly provocative film the title suggests, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema is instead a rather fascinating psychoanalytical look at a wide variety of movies, all guided by pop philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Really, this type of movie only works for people interested in the works being discussed, and considering a lot of my favorite films take up Zizek's time, I was bound to be taken by it. The film discusses films by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lars Von Trier, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Powell, Fritz Lang, et cetera. Despite the notoriety of the films*, I can't help but feel the film isn't complete. For instance, there's not a single mention of Luis Buñuel, Jean Cocteau, Nicholas Ray, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer. Hopefully there's a sequel.
*Complete list of films:
Alice in Wonderland
Alien
Alien Resurrection
The Birds
Blue Velvet
City Lights
The Conversation
Dead of Night
Dr. Strangelove
Dogville
Duck Soup
Dune
The Exorcist
Eyes Wide Shut
Fight Club
Frankenstein
The Great Dictator
Ivan the Terrible: Part 2
Kubanskie Kazaki
Lost Highway
The Matrix
Monkey Business
Mulholland Dr.
North By Northwest
Persona
The Piano Teacher
Pluto’s Judgment Day
Possessed
Psycho
Rear Window
The Red Shoes
Saboteur
Solaris
Stalker
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
The Ten Commandments
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Three Colors: Blue
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Wild at Heart
The Wizard of Oz
