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讴鬲丕亘 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丕卮讴 賴丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 鬲乇噩賲賴 賮鬲丕丨 賲丨賲丿蹖 丕夭 乇賵蹖 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿乇爻 诏賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 亘乇丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕爻賱丕賵蹖 跇蹖跇讴 丕乇丕卅賴 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 亘丨孬 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 賲丕亘毓丿 賳馗乇蹖賴 賵 卮賳丕禺鬲 诏乇丕蹖蹖 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 亘乇乇爻蹖 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 讴乇蹖爻鬲賮 讴蹖賱賵賮爻讴蹖 亘乇 亘賳蹖丕賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 賵 丌诏丕賴蹖 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿. 亘賴 胤賵乇 賲孬丕賱 丿乇 亘禺卮 丕賵賱 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲丨鬲 毓賳賵丕賳 丕賲乇讴賱蹖: 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丿賵禺鬲貙 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 诏賮鬲 賵 诏賵蹖 丕賳鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘丕 賲丕 亘毓丿 賳馗乇蹖賴 蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲 诏乇丕 鬲賱丕卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 卮賵丿 趩诏賵賳賴 丌孬丕乇 讴蹖爻賱賵賮爻讴蹖貙 倬丕蹖诏丕賴 賲亘丕乇夭賴 蹖 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 丿乇 賴賳乇 賲蹖 亘丕卮賳丿. 賴丿賮 跇蹖跇讴 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丕卮讴 賴丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丌孬丕乇 讴蹖爻賱賵賮爻讴蹖 乇噩賵毓 讴賳丿 鬲丕 亘賴 讴丕乇 賵 賳馗乇蹖賴 亘倬乇丿丕夭丿.
讴鬲丕亘 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丕卮讴 賴丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 鬲乇噩賲賴 賮鬲丕丨 賲丨賲丿蹖 丕夭 乇賵蹖 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿乇爻 诏賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 亘乇丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕爻賱丕賵蹖 跇蹖跇讴 丕乇丕卅賴 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 亘丨孬 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 賲丕亘毓丿 賳馗乇蹖賴 賵 卮賳丕禺鬲 诏乇丕蹖蹖 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 亘乇乇爻蹖 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 讴乇蹖爻鬲賮 讴蹖賱賵賮爻讴蹖 亘乇 亘賳蹖丕賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 賵 丌诏丕賴蹖 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿. 亘賴 胤賵乇 賲孬丕賱 丿乇 亘禺卮 丕賵賱 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲丨鬲 毓賳賵丕賳 丕賲乇讴賱蹖: 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丿賵禺鬲貙 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 诏賮鬲 賵 诏賵蹖 丕賳鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘丕 賲丕 亘毓丿 賳馗乇蹖賴 蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲 诏乇丕 鬲賱丕卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 卮賵丿 趩诏賵賳賴 丌孬丕乇 讴蹖爻賱賵賮爻讴蹖貙 倬丕蹖诏丕賴 賲亘丕乇夭賴 蹖 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 丿乇 賴賳乇 賲蹖 亘丕卮賳丿. 賴丿賮 跇蹖跇讴 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丕卮讴 賴丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丌孬丕乇 讴蹖爻賱賵賮爻讴蹖 乇噩賵毓 讴賳丿 鬲丕 亘賴 讴丕乇 賵 賳馗乇蹖賴 亘倬乇丿丕夭丿.
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First published December 1, 1999
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Slavoj 沤i啪ek
611听books7,208听followersSlavoj 沤i啪ek is a Slovene sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic.
He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia). He received a Doctor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Ljubljana and studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII with Jacques-Alain Miller and Fran莽ois Regnault. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (an auxiliary institution, abolished in 1992).
Since 2005, 沤i啪ek has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
沤i啪ek is well known for his use of the works of 20th century French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. He writes on many topics including the Iraq War, fundamentalism, capitalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, post-marxism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pa铆s he jokingly described himself as an "orthodox Lacanian Stalinist". In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! he described himself as a "Marxist" and a "Communist."
He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia). He received a Doctor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Ljubljana and studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII with Jacques-Alain Miller and Fran莽ois Regnault. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (an auxiliary institution, abolished in 1992).
Since 2005, 沤i啪ek has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
沤i啪ek is well known for his use of the works of 20th century French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. He writes on many topics including the Iraq War, fundamentalism, capitalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, post-marxism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pa铆s he jokingly described himself as an "orthodox Lacanian Stalinist". In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! he described himself as a "Marxist" and a "Communist."
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June 16, 2020
讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 賮蹖賱爻賵賮 賵 賲賳鬲賯丿 賲卮賴賵乇 丕爻賱丕賵蹖 跇蹖跇讴 讴賴 丕诏乇 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賳讴賳賲 賲鬲賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 爻賱爻賱賴 爻禺賳乇丕賳蹖 賴丕蹖 賵蹖 丕爻鬲.丕爻賱丕賵蹖 跇蹖跇讴 丕夭 丕賵賳 賮蹖賱賲 亘蹖賳 賴丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲丕賴乇 丕爻鬲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕 賵 賲賯丕賱丕鬲蹖 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賴蹖趩讴丕讴 賵 賱蹖賳趩 賵... 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲.丿乇丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 亘乇乇爻蹖 鬲讴賳蹖讴 賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 爻蹖賳賲丕 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 爻蹖賳賲丕 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲讴賳蹖讴 賴丕 乇丕丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿乇 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 讴蹖卮賱賵賮爻讴蹖 賲賵乇丿 亘乇乇爻蹖 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖 丿賴丿.賴賲趩賳蹖賳 丕夭 丿蹖丿诏丕賴蹖 賳賵 亘賴 亘乇乇爻蹖 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 讴蹖卮賱賵賮爻讴蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿.丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕乇噩丕毓丕鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賴 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 丿賵乇賴 賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻蹖賳賲丕 丿丕乇丿.
November 24, 2019
Some good stuff, if you ruthlessly skip past the customary Lacanian obfuscation and ignore the often tasteless humour.
Zizek provides some stimulating and at times insightful perspectives on the films of Kieslowski, taking in many other works along the way, never omitting to hagiographisize Hitchcock and lynch (both of whom I idolise too, so it's not a massive imposition on this reader).
Central to his argument is the liminal zone between the fictional and the real, which Kieslowski eventually crossed and never returned from. Real tears, we're led to believe, were just too fakey to satisfy him as a film maker, hence his abandonment of the documentary form for more easily manipulated aesthetics. This is a convincing argument and well developed for the most part.
Zizek provides some stimulating and at times insightful perspectives on the films of Kieslowski, taking in many other works along the way, never omitting to hagiographisize Hitchcock and lynch (both of whom I idolise too, so it's not a massive imposition on this reader).
Central to his argument is the liminal zone between the fictional and the real, which Kieslowski eventually crossed and never returned from. Real tears, we're led to believe, were just too fakey to satisfy him as a film maker, hence his abandonment of the documentary form for more easily manipulated aesthetics. This is a convincing argument and well developed for the most part.
November 13, 2021
丕賮鬲囟丕丨. 賳賯丿 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖蹖賽 丌賵丕賳诏丕乇丿 跇蹖跇讴 丕夭 丌孬丕乇 爻蹖賳賲丕蹖蹖貙 亘丕 禺胤 賲卮蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 賱丕丕賯賱 亘賴鈥屬嗀肛� 賲賳 亘乇丕蹖 賳賯丿 蹖讴 丕孬乇 賴賳乇蹖 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳賴 賴賳乇 賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 丿乇爻鬲 丕爻鬲貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴蹖鈥屫池� 丕賳丿乇 丕卮鬲亘丕賴.
October 30, 2020
This traipse through cinema is classic Zizek, which means you can probably take your gut feelings towards the Slovene and figure out how you will feel while reading this book. Wikipedia is 100% right to say he tangentially discusses Kieslowski's films. However, the Zizek that does violence to a film to extract the theory from inside its gaping chest wound (I forgot who wonderfully and accurately described the Pervert's Guide to Cinema this way) is not fully on display here. For the most part he is often making smaller, more nuanced observations of the films he talks about. However, when he goes full Lacanian, he does lose me. I still cannot make sense of "woman does not exist" and I'm not sure I care to put more effort into trying to make sense of it. When he writes in a footnote: "...is Ripley [from Alien] a woman confronted with a phallic monster, or a man (a masculinized/desexualized being) confronting a primordial horrible (M)Other?" I'm not sure if this an elaborate groan-worthy joke or a pretentious trite attempt at analysis. Oh and of course there's plenty of sex and crude humor, including a lengthy footnote casting philosophy in terms of "fucking" such as Descartes' "I fuck, therefore I am." Classic Zizek.
That being said, I do appreciate Zizek's discussion of Kieslowski's films when he finally gets around to it. In my opinion, he does hit upon many of the great moments in his ouvre. While he gestures at a totalizing interpretation of the Dekalog series, offering a mapping of the episodes onto distinct commandments that is not entirely satisfying, the discussion of the themes present throughout the series is worth commending.
If you aren't here for the theory discussion, then I think it's entirely possible to skip through the book and digesting the bits that get down to the business at hand. There are fairly long sections devoted to philosophers and movies that are not strictly necessary, and I would consider the low points of the book. Even having conceded that, there is plenty of grist for the mill here and you'll come away with new thoughts on Kieslowski's films and likely a desire to revisit them.
That being said, I do appreciate Zizek's discussion of Kieslowski's films when he finally gets around to it. In my opinion, he does hit upon many of the great moments in his ouvre. While he gestures at a totalizing interpretation of the Dekalog series, offering a mapping of the episodes onto distinct commandments that is not entirely satisfying, the discussion of the themes present throughout the series is worth commending.
If you aren't here for the theory discussion, then I think it's entirely possible to skip through the book and digesting the bits that get down to the business at hand. There are fairly long sections devoted to philosophers and movies that are not strictly necessary, and I would consider the low points of the book. Even having conceded that, there is plenty of grist for the mill here and you'll come away with new thoughts on Kieslowski's films and likely a desire to revisit them.
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