Zizek! The Movie.

Even if you're not in San Francisco, consider this an online viewing tip: a clip from Zizek!, a new film from the Documentary Campaign. Here, he discusses "Belief," the subject of one of his books (an excerpt), and if you've never seen or heard him speak, you'll begin to get an inkling as to why the Chronicle of Higher Education has called him the "Elvis of cultural theory." Maybe it's a schtick; it hardly matters.

If you are in San Francisco, there'll be a special preview of Zizek! on Thursday night at 8pm at the Roxie, followed by a Q&A with - yes, Zizek - and director Astra Taylor and editor Laura Hanna.

Wary of movie about a philosopher? Doug Henwood's post to Nettime should assuage those worries: "Really smart and fun... a real departure from that tedious documentary style of talking heads and high seriousness."

For more on Zizek, see the thorough collection of links to his writings online gathered at Wikipedia, Rebecca Mead's New Yorker profile and/or Robert Boynton's "Enjoy Your Zizek!"

Posted by dwhudson at April 19, 2005 1:39 PM