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Slavoj Zizek is that rarity, an internationally famous philosopher, and one who has built a career out of telling his audience things they probably don't want to hear. Embracing a world view that blends Marxism with the teachings of Jacques Lacan, Zizek's work obsesses on how capitalism affects the way we think and function in our society, and how this is reflected in everything from pop psychology to plumbing. Zizek's writings have won him a sizable following in the United States, and he's been
Nov 17, 2005 Limited
Jul 25, 2006
Zeitgeist Films
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Zizek is a revolutionary playing a comedian playing a revolutionary. Which makes him worth watching, even in this movie.
Americans might want to approach him first on the printed page rather than the hyperactive Zizek!
If you see only one documentary about a Slovene philosopher this year, it will most likely be Astra Taylor's brisk little film Zizek!
Taylor, making her first feature-length documentary, has the wits to capture the taut mind and disheveled lifestyle of a very funny man.
[Sings] to the smug choir of post-structuralist academia, who have so few movies made for their matinee satisfaction.
Zizek! is a stylish, surprisingly energetic film.
Zizek is such an entertaining speaker -- his eyes intense, his fingers jabbing, spittle flying from his lips -- that you don't mind that so many concepts are whizzing by your ears.
With an exclamation point suggesting the collegial equivalent of Beatlemania, Zizek! is a movie made by a groupie too enamored of her subject to make a satisfying film about him.
You may not grasp his ideological philosophy, but you'll have a good time making the attempt.
Taylor presents Zizek as a larger-than-life figure who manages to engage you even when you're not entirely sure what he's going on about.
To some, he may suggest the 'Elvis of cultural theory'; to others, though, he might be closer to Peter Finch of Network. In short: a cerebral blowhard.
...a primer to Zizek and his ideals this is not...
"Zizek!" is a mildly interesting documentary that follows Slavoj Zizek, a political philosopher, as he gives talks in New York, Boston, Argentina and his native turf of Slovenia where he holds down a day job as a university lecturer. His talks combine the theories of Karl Marx and Lancanian psychology into a vibrant
May 24, 2007Super Reviewer
There aren't enough adjectives to describe Zizek. But one will suffice to describe this documentary: BRILLIANT!
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