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The People of the Mist
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4 the People
Carries a strong pull into books through memory and longing.
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The Last Emperor
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The Power of Myth
Carries a strong pull into books through power and folklore.
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The Practice of Everyday Life
Carries a strong pull into books through urban isolation and South Asia.
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Bad Behavior
Carries a strong pull into film through longing and urban isolation.
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Land of the Lustrous
2010s
Gem people fight moon invaders. CG animation as philosophical body horror.
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4 the People
2000s
4 the People is a 2004 film from India, associated with Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
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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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The Lathe of Heaven
1970s
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr has a gift – he is an effective dreamer: his dreams become reality when he wakes up. He is aware of his past and present, two or more sets of memories, although the people around him are only aware of the current r...
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Anime 2010s
Sarazanmai
After the noble Kappa Kingdom falls to the Otter Empire, the Kappa prince Keppi loses much of his power and becomes helpless against the unseen Kapa-zombies. These zombies plague the world, and are the creations of the Otters and manifestations of people's deepest desires. With no other choice, Keppi must rely on th...
Film 1980s
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor is a 1987 film from People's Republic of China, France, and United Kingdom, associated with Bernardo Bertolucci. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to...
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Essays 1980s
The Practice of Everyday Life
The Practice of Everyday Life is a book by Michel de Certeau that examines the ways in which people individualise mass culture, altering things, from utilitarian objects to street plans to rituals, laws and language, in order to make them their own. It was originally published in French as L'invention du quotidien....
Books 1980s
Bad Behavior
Powerful stories of dislocation, longing and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is groping for human connection. (Or, more simply put, the angst of people-who-wear-black.)
Film 2010s
The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War is a 2011 film from People's Republic of China, associated with Zhang Yimou. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.