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Films

Zizek!

Grant Bartley! investigates the film as a distillation of the man.

In contrast to its surface appearance of merely being clips strung together, this documentary about the eponymous Slovenian philosopher not only allows him to voice his philosophy, but also seeks to be an illustration of this philosophy in its own construction. In this sense the film aspires to perfect art, by mirroring its own philosophical principles in its form, and it somewhat succeeds. The exclamation carefully placed against his name in the title is a case in point. It’s more than a punctuation mark of the usual post-modern ironic sensationalism: it knowingly and holographically illustrates Zizek’s philosophy – and hence the philosophy through which the film is constructed.

Allow me to explain…

The film starts with Creation: the existence of the Universe.

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