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The Aliens
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The Odyssey
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Carries a strong pull into television through urban isolation and power.
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OK Computer
Carries a strong pull into television through urban isolation and after-hours.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Republic
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and Southern Europe.
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Books · Strong bridge
The Metamorphosis
1910s
A man wakes up as an insect. Alienation, family, and the absurd in 60 devastating pages.
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Music · Strong bridge
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
Anime · Strong bridge
Parasyte: The Maxim
2010s
All of a sudden, they arrived: parasitic aliens that descended upon Earth and quickly infiltrated humanity by burrowing into the brains of vulnerable targets. These insatiable beings acquire full control of their host and are able to morph into a variety of forms in order to feed on unsuspecting prey. Sixteen-year-o...
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The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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Essays
The Republic
What is justice? The cave, the philosopher-king, and the foundations of Western thought.
Television 1990s
The Sopranos
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
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Anime 2010s
Space Dandy
A dandy guy in space hunts rare aliens. Episodic absurdism from the Cowboy Bebop creator.
Film 1990s
Sonatine
Sonatine is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.