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America's Most Musical Family
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Song of Solomon
Carries a strong pull into film through identity and power.
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No Longer Human
Carries a strong pull into film through urban isolation and memory.
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Electric Ladyland
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Aquemini
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Power of Myth
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and modernity.
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Song of Solomon
1970s
A Black man's search for family history and identity. Morrison's most expansive novel.
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Aquemini
1990s
Atlanta hip-hop's most ambitious album. Southern funk, space, and lyrical virtuosity.
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Spirited Away
2000s
A girl enters a spirit world bathhouse. Miyazaki's most complete vision of childhood, greed, and transformation.
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The Power of Myth
1980s
*The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most p...
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Books 1940s
No Longer Human
A man's confession of his inability to connect. Japan's most famous novel of alienation.
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Music 1990s
The Low End Theory
Jazz-rap perfection. The upright bass meets boom-bap. Hip-hop's most elegant album.
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Film 1960s
2001: A Space Odyssey
From apes to stargate. Cinema's most ambitious vision of human evolution and cosmic mystery.
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Books 1930s
The Blind Owl
A pen-case painter's hallucinatory confession. Iran's most famous modernist novel.
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Music 1960s
Electric Ladyland
Hendrix's most ambitious studio work. Blues, psychedelia, and the electric guitar reimagined.
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Film 1950s
Vertigo
A detective's obsession with a woman who may not exist. Hitchcock's most personal and disturbing film.