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Zizek!

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Astra Taylor's thought-provoking documentary follows the Slovenian thinker and author Slavoj Zizek as he lectures around the world. During candid conversations with Taylor, Zizek relays his complex ideas on the mind and culture, utilizing a mix of Marxism and psychoanalytic critical theory in the tradition of Jacques Lacan. During his discussions, Zizek, a very popular academic, combines philosophy and psychology while covering everything from capitalism to popular culture.

Critics Reviews

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Joshua Glenn Boston Globe 03/03/2006
2/4
Zizek is a revolutionary playing a comedian playing a revolutionary. Which makes him worth watching, even in this movie. Go to Full Review Jeff Shannon Seattle Times 01/13/2006
2/4
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. Go to Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post 11/18/2005
1/4
Americans might want to approach him first on the printed page rather than the hyperactive Zizek! Go to Full Review Pamela Jahn Electric Sheep 09/26/2017
Watching this fresh, brief and enjoyable documentary on DVD is brilliantly stimulating and prompts one to think further about Slavoj iek's original, politically incorrect and ultimately vital analysis of society. Go to Full Review Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press 02/23/2006
3/4
Zizek! is a stylish, surprisingly energetic film. Go to Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) 01/19/2006
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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12/28/2013 Sometimes entertaining, sometimes baffling and underdeveloped documentary about a controversial psychoanalyst is funny to watch and engaging when Zizek is in a situation discussing his ideas and principles. For fans of political thought with a bit more spice. See more 12/20/2012 It has some deep moments, and some funny ones, but Zizek! gets a little mired in the unnecessary scenes, transitions, and B-roll that make the documentary half substance, half filler. See more 05/09/2012 interesting biography of an entertaining thinker See more 05/05/2011 Thank God almighty this film wasn't in 3D. Beads of sweat would fly in all directions from his perspiring forehead. See more 01/29/2011 un pò come guardare Carmelo Bene al maurizio costanzo show. le parti con il figlio sono le migliori. See more 01/22/2011 I started off hating this film and Zizek. By the end I was looking up anything he mentioned. Great film. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Astra Taylor

Director

Lawrence Konner

Producer

Jesse Epstein

Cinematographer

Martina Radwan

Cinematographer

Jesse Erica Epstein

Cinematographer

Laura Hanna

Film Editing

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Movie Info

Synopsis Astra Taylor's thought-provoking documentary follows the Slovenian thinker and author Slavoj Zizek as he lectures around the world. During candid conversations with Taylor, Zizek relays his complex ideas on the mind and culture, utilizing a mix of Marxism and psychoanalytic critical theory in the tradition of Jacques Lacan. During his discussions, Zizek, a very popular academic, combines philosophy and psychology while covering everything from capitalism to popular culture.
Director
Astra Taylor
Producer
Lawrence Konner
Production Co
Hidden Driver Productions, The Documentary Campaign
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.6K
Runtime
1h 9m