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Despair (Naruto Shippuden)
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Closer (Naruto Shippuden)
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Naruto Shippuden - Samidare
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The Myth of Sisyphus
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First Reformed
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What's Going On
1970s
Vietnam, ecology, and inner-city despair as Motown concept album. Soul music's conscience.
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Texhnolyze
2000s
A prize fighter in an underground city. Cybernetic body horror and existential despair.
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First Reformed
2010s
First Reformed is a 2017 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Ethan Hawke as a minister of a small congregation in upstate New York who grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns, and a tormented past. Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles, Victoria...
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The Myth of Sisyphus
1940s
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Absurdism's manifesto against despair.
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