> That seems like a workable definition. So I guess
> this makes someone
> like Zizek not a film theorist, but a film
> philosopher, as his
> elucidations are never really concerned to make the
> films he (ab)uses
> more accessible, but the ideas he tries to
> illustrate through film.
>
100% yes. By coincidence, I´ve just read this
yesterday (replace theory by philosopy if you like):
"For me, life exists only insofar as I can theorize i
t," he confesses. "I can be bored to death by a movie,
but if you give me a good theory, I will gladly erase
the past in an Orwellian fashion and claim that I have
always enjoyed it!"
(Zizek)
http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/9810/zizek.html
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