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1930
10 curated works.
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The Bund
1980s
The TVB drama that set the Cantopop / crime-saga template — 1930s Shanghai read through 1980 Hong Kong serial television.
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Seemaus Josefine
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Bix Beiderbecke 1924-1930
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Blue Angel
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The Blue Angel
Carries a strong pull into books through memory and South Asia.
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Books · Strong bridge
Native Son
1940s
A young Black man in 1930s Chicago. Systemic racism and the violence it produces.
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Baccano!
Anime · Strong bridge
Baccano!
2000s
During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixi...
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Film · Strong bridge
Chinatown
1970s
A private detective uncovers corruption in 1930s Los Angeles. Noir perfected.
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Film · Strong bridge
The Handmaiden
2010s
A con man, a pickpocket, and a Japanese heiress in 1930s Korea. Desire and deception.
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Bix Beiderbecke 1924-1930
After-hoursLonging
The Blue Angel
Film 1930s
The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel is a 1930 film from Germany, associated with Josef von Sternberg. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
After-hoursMemoryLongingUrban isolation
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Music 1980s
Seemaus Josefine
After-hoursLonging
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Music 1990s
1930
After-hoursLonging
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Music 1990s
1928 -1930
After-hoursLonging
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