VICE’s Alex Miller travels to Ljubljana, Slovenia to meet the inimitable Communist philosopher and cultural theorist, Slavoj Žižek.

In an intimate interview in Žižek’s apartment, the ‘most dangerous philosopher in the West’ talks about his new film, ‘The Perverts Guide to Ideology’, lectures VICE on the importance of being on time and explains that he keeps a poster of Stalin on his wall ‘purely to annoy idiots’ when they visit.

Watch the video interview on VICE.com here

Žižek outlines why he called Syria a “pseudo-struggle” and why “Egyptians probably lived pretty well” under Mubarak.

Žižek also explains how, in ‘The Perverts Guide to Ideology’, he comically draws upon examples from Hollywood cinema to demonstrate why the majority of us remain hooked to capitalist power structures.

Described by The New York Times as “the world’s most unlikely movie star”, Žižek guides VICE through his reference films such as Taxi Driver, Fight Club and Batman to articulate his political and ideological theories.

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