Keyword: nihilism
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A Clockwork Orange
When Stanley Kubrick set out to make A Clockwork Orange in 1971, the goal wasn’t just another crime entry — it was something sharper, stranger, and considerably more memorable. Even the marketing knew what it had: the tagline “Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.” sets the…
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Fight Club
Every so often a film shows up that seems built for exactly one mood, and “Fight Club”, released in 1999, is one of those titles. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. “Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.” That is the tagline, and it does a surprisingly honest job of setting the tone before a single…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Every so often a film shows up that seems built for exactly one mood, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, released in 2022, is one of those titles. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. The marketing leaned on the line “The universe is so…