Zizek! (2005)

Director:

Astra Taylor

Stars:

Slavoj Zizek

Cast

Credited cast:
Slavoj Zizek	...	Himself

Storyline

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Slovenian

Release Date:

26 April 2007 (Germany)

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,062 (USA) (18 November 2005)

Gross:

$17,320 (USA) (2 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hidden Driver Productions, The Documentary Campaign

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Slavoj Zizek: [speaking about vegetarians] Degenerates. Degenerates. You will turn into monkeys.

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Connections

References Night Patrol (1984)

User Reviews

Anyone Can Be A Philisospher

Ah yes Slavoj Zizek a man who is a household name but only in his own household . Apparently he's the most famous Slovenian in the world which is surprising since I've never heard of him and I have heard of Milan Kucan . Perhaps the hype should have said " Most famous Slovenian to have appeared in a 73 minute documentary by Astra Taylor " ?

From what I've learned from this documentary all you have to do in order to be credited as a philosopher is point out something no one has noticed before as in " Fascists don't clap while Stalinists clap themselves " Hey Zizek might actually have a point until you watch an edition of FAMILY FORTUNES . It might actually be that people who clap themselves are educationally subnormal rather than believers in one country socialist democide

The second point about being a philosopher is being able to state the painfully obvious , as in " the more coke you drink the more thirsty you feel therefore the more coke you will drink the thirstier you will become " To be fair to Zizek he does point out out that there is decaffeinated coke but no one spends a great deal of time and money drinking decaf , we drink coke because caffeine is an addictive drink and thirst has nothing to do with it . If I point out that the apple of knowledge is a euphemism for drug addiction does that make me one of the world's greatest living philosophers ?

There is some unintentional amusement to ZIZEK like for example he describes a child watching television as " narcissistic amusement " ( WTF !?)and he lies in bed waxing lyrically about the human condition . Yeah that's right he cannot go to bed without having his great thoughts recorded for posterity . In fact Mr Zizek comes across as one of those people who if he were discussing films shouts down everyone else's opinions because " The lighting makes San Francisco look like Los Angeles so that's not the Golden Gate bridge in the background " You can't disagree with his arguments because you're not sure what he's talking about

And as a footnote Mr Zizek apparently makes a considerable living on touring seminars . It might be a good idea to watch ZIZEK before you pay money to attend one of his classes because I'm sure you'll here the same things said down the pub