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The Apartment
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The Apartment
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The Apartment
1960s
The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. Jack Lemmon stars as an insurance clerk who, in hopes of climbing the corporate ladder, allows his superiors to use his Upper West Side apartment to conduct their extramari...
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The Metamorphosis
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The Metamorphosis
Carries a strong pull into film through urban isolation and folklore.
The Brothers Karamazov
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The Brothers Karamazov
Carries a strong pull into anime through folklore and identity.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Souls of Black Folk
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The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
The Bhagavad Gita
Essays
The Bhagavad Gita
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and Southern Europe.
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The Wire
Television · Strong bridge
The Wire
2000s
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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The Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
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Given
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Given
2010s
Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and brea...
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Essays 1900s
The Souls of Black Folk
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
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The Sopranos
Television 1990s
The Sopranos
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books 1920s
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire and his impossible dream. The American century in 180 pages.
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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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Film 1980s
The Shining
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna's dialogue with Krishna on the battlefield. Duty, action, and the nature of the self.
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