Movies:
Hannah Arendt
This biopic is focuses on Arendt’s coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trials and her ensuing “Eichmann in Jerusalem.”
The Examined Life
This documentary features a diverse array of philosophers including Michael Hardt, Judith Butler, Cornel West and Avital Ronell. The documentary is the work of Astra Taylor, who also created “Zizek!”
Is The Man Who is Tall Happy?
The director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds” interviews, and animates, a series of interview with Noam Chomsky.
Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
The Slovenian theorist analyzes his favorite films in this follow-up to “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema.”
The Ister
“The film The Ister travels upstream along the Danube toward its source, as several interviewees discuss Heidegger, Hölderlin, and philosophy. The film is also concerned with a number of other themes, including: time, poetry, technology, home, war, politics, myth, National Socialism, the Holocaust, the ancient Greek polis, Sophocles, Antigone, Agnes Bernauer, Edmund Husserl, the 1991 battle of Vukovar, and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.”
Gilles Deleuze from A to Z
“Although Gilles Deleuze never wanted a film to be made about him, he agreed to Claire Parnet’s proposal to film a series of conversations in which each letter of the alphabet would evoke a word: From A (as in Animal) to Z (as in Zigzag). ”
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
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Zizek!
The Astra Taylor documentary explores the life and hilarious idiosyncrasies of Slavoj Zizek.
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