The first time I came across Slavoj Žižek was while writing an essay on Kieslowski's Blind Chance. I'm not the greatest fan of Kieslowki and I believe that once you put aside the use of light and colour, plus the distinctive dose of symbolism; your 'critical field' becomes pretty narrow. Therefore, I was astonished that Mr Žižek managed to intersperse Kieslowski's film work with Freud's psychoanalysis, gender issues or contemporary pop culture.
The ability to engage people into philosophy combined with the mass culture (especially film) stands for Žižek's trademark. Hence, he's called the most 'rock and roll' and the hippiest philosopher!
Devoir: The Pervert's Guide To Cinema(2006)is an epic documentary in which Žižek talks about sexual desires, class consciousness and problems with identity in films such as A. Hitchcock's Birds, C.Chaplin's Modern Times or J. Cameron's Titanic.
