Doug Henwood on Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:02:03 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Zizek (the man & the movie) |
This movie is really great. I saw a rough cut at the Brecht Forum in NYC a couple of weeks ago, and it's really smart & fun. Laura Hanna is next door as I type this tuning up the sound & color, so it should be even better on Thursday. It's almost all SZ talking, with the help of the brilliant & charming Astra Taylor - a real departure from that tedious documentary style of talking heads and high seriousness. >One night only! > Thursday, April 21, 8 pm > >"Zizek!" preview at the Roxie Cinema in San Francisco. Q and A with >Slavoj Zizek, Astra Taylor, and Laura Hanna to follow. > >Roxie Cinema > 3117 16th St (at Valencia St) The intro from the website: <http://zizekthemovie.com/>: >"Zizek!" is a feature documentary exploring the eccentric >personality and esoteric work of the "wild man of theory": the >eminent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. > >"Zizek!" trails the thinker as he crisscrosses the globe, racing >from New York City lecture halls, through the streets of Buenos >Aires, and even stopping at home in Ljubljana, Slovenia. All the >while Zizek obsessively reveals the invisible workings of ideology >through his unique blend of Lacanian psychoanalysis, Marxism, and >critique of pop culture. Never ceasing to observe the paradoxes that >underpin our perception of reality, little goes untheorized over the >course of the film, particularly Zizek's recurring themes -- >ideology, belief, revolution, and love. But Zizek is also unafraid >to turn his critical gaze on himself, astutely analyzing his private >life for the camera and contemplating on his conflicted relationship >to his growing celebrity. > >Erudite and outrageous, mixing innovative animations with uncensored >interviews, "Zizek!" is both an unforgettable lesson in philosophy >and a compelling portrait of an intellectual maverick. > >"Zizek!" is the second feature length project of the Documentary >Campaign, a non-profit working to combine progressive politics with >artistic filmmaking, and was made in association with Hidden Driver >Productions. Generous support was provided by the Canada Council for >the Arts. -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 38 Greene St - 4th fl. New York NY 10013-2505 USA voice +1-212-219-0010 fax +1-212-219-0098 cell +1-917-865-2813 email <mailto:dhenwood@panix.com> web <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com> -------------------------------------------- download my book Wall Street (for free!) at <http://www.wallstreetthebook.com> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net