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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $26.99 You Save: $3 Features • Color • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 2005 DVD Release : 25 July, 2006 |
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Zizek! description Though focusing exclusively on the contemporary Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek, as an eccentric individual prone to brilliant ranting, Zizek! presents an interesting paradox: that of the documentary filmmaker’s relationship to the subject. Twenty-seven year old director Astra Taylor, with her film debut, has managed to inject ample footage of Zizek ruminating on his couch, talking in the cab, in the park, and in lecture halls with her obvious crush on the man known for bringing Lacanian psychoanalytical theory to the masses. In the tradition of unlikely love stories, i.e. Harold & Maude, Astra follows Zizek around with a camera for a day-in-the-life portrait. During personal moments, Zizek generously displays his underwear drawer, for example, as he gives a lengthy explanation of how socialist/communist houses should remain tidy and sparse. During more lofty conceptual moments, or in academic settings, Zizek explains his thoughts on Lacan, Freud, Marx, and Stalin. Like the "direct cinema" of the Maysles Brothers and Errol Morris, Zizek! relies upon the inherent character of its subject for entertainment value, though the film will definitely help newcomers grasp Zizek's complex philosophical tenets. In this, Zizek! is not only an experimental love letter, but also a film that will give one's brain a serious workout. --Trinie Dalton |
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| Mr. Zizek(!) is a bit of a freakshow and he knows it. He seems to have everything to say and nothing to say all at the same time. As you listen to him speak he seems to be saying something profound but actually there's not much of any practical use to hold on to. But perhaps this is the whole point. If you're looking for answers to ease your existential angst or left-wing manifestos that point the way to a better future, you'll have to look elsewhere.
Fortunately, Mr. Zizek does have a good sense of humor which helps makes this exercise in mental gymnastics more enjoyable (I like the part where he entertains the notion that people who want to commit suicide should have to apply to a specially appointed committee for approval to do so). In addition to his sense of humor, apparently ol' Zizek has a thoroughly human aspect to his character as well. I read on Wikipedia that he was or is married to an Argentine model. There's nothing quite like the sight to a model to melt away the frigid landscape of being and nothingness. |
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