“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire.”

Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek - “Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It...” 1

Similar quotes

“This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.”

Pam Munoz Ryan
Read more

“You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.”

Tom Stoppard
Read more

“And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.”

Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Read more

“Nothing makes you get down on yourself and worry that you’re undesirable like rejection, so having someone desirable desire you is the ultimate antidote.”

Daria Snadowsky
Read more

“Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.”

Dalai Lama XIV
Read more