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September 13, 2005
Žižek Watching Lacan
A few months ago, I mentioned Astra Taylor's documentary Žižek!, about Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek (unfortunately I missed the film when it played in Atlanta and Athens), and now Scott McLemee of Inside Higher Ed has a review of the film that makes me even more enthusiastic about seeing it.
As McLemee notes, it's probably inevitable that Žižek will be compared to Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman's Derrida (also a very effective film), but McLemee's description of Taylor's doc has me intrigued. Of particular interest is a scene--McLemee describes it as "plenty meta"--in which Žižek watches a clip of Jacques Lacan, a major influence on his thinking, during a television appearance he made in the early 1970s. I've been curious to see Lacan's appearance on TV for some time, but to watch Žižek watching it sounds even more enticing.
Posted by chuck at September 13, 2005 10:25 AM
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