| The Reality of the Virtual | |
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| Directed by | Ben Wright |
| Starring | Slavoj Žižek |
| Language | English |
The Reality of the Virtual (2004) is a documentary/lecture film about the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. It was directed by Ben Wright.
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In this tour de force filmed lecture, Slavoj Žižek lucidly and compellingly reflects on belief - which takes him from Father Christmas to democracy - and on the various forms that belief takes, drawing on Lacanian categories of thought. In a radical dismissal of today's so called post-political era, he mobilizes the paradox of universal truth urging us to dare to enact the impossible. It is a characteristic virtuoso performance, moving promiscuously from subject to subject but keeping the larger argument in view.[1]