All you really need to know about this hectoring piece of long-winded cinematic philosophizing is revealed in the first few minutes of the film, in which the film's star and subject, one Slajov Zizek (whose accent is so thick that it occasionally requires subtitles) proclaims "They Live" -- the grindhouse science fiction film starring aging wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper -- one of the most important films ever made. For those of you who may not know, the basic plot of this film is that Rowdy Roddy discovers a case of sunglasses in an abandoned church, and when he puts them on, he can see aliens who live among us, and read their secret invisible (to others) messages. Somehow, this concept of aliens, sunglasses, and secret messages is central to Mr. Zizek's main thesis, which seems to be that everything you think you know is wrong. So I guess we all need a pair of those magic glasses. If you're one of the lucky few who thinks "They Live" is a masterpiece of cinematic creativity, congratulations - The Pervert's Guide will be your new favorite movie. For the rest of us, not so much.
Review of The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
