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ZIZ002 On Belief and Otherness (2002)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The Importance of Justice in the Film

The Nazis are presented as a kind of an abstract cosmopolitan occupying power and the Austrians are the good small fascists, how should I put it. So you know, the implicit message is almost the opposite of the explicit message. It's a much more reactionary film than it may appear. The element of justice in the film is a nice detail, a small mistake. You remember that Kitzon, Doremi, whatever, to think. Then when they go into Salzburg, they buy some oranges. They buy some oranges, put the image on a freeze and look in detail. It says they're a product of Israel, no. That's a nice kind of a truth

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