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Exploring the level of resilience required to maintain love while under fascist turmoil in the 6th issue of V for Vendetta (1982).

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• Gambrel
• Lunette
• Order of Entrance
• Dolly and Pad

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/709Il0RtrdU

Exploring the quiet beauty of Eastward (2021) and my personal history with games like it.

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Music:
The Past (Royalty Free) - 8 Bit Lofi Hip Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjHyUnBYLM

Songs from the Eastward OST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTulPeUwtP-dqMI07VK7dQ
Eastward
Game Over
Island Ester
Tale
Iron Carbine

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Exploring the modern workday and compartmentalization under capitalism in the tv series Severance (2022).

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Arctic Draba
• Santo Apure
• In the Box

Sources/References:

• https://www.indiewire.com/2022/06/severance-not-puzzle-box-series-best-series-2022-1234736675/
• https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/4/12/severance-season-1-review-apple-tv-plus/
• https://www.indiewire.com/2022/04/severance-tv-best-show-wecrashed-super-pumped-1234710906/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/5goa5i/capitalism_is_why_we_enjoy_decent_worklife_balance/
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283904989_Work_as_the_contemporary_limit_of_life_Capitalism_the_death_drive_and_the_lethal_fantasy_of_'work-life_balance'
• https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/12/10688870/humiliation-professionalism-work-capitalism
• https://medium.com/@tamcgath/the-tyranny-of-the-workday-how-capitalism-colonizes-your-free-time-b3f8ba438f53
• https://jacobin.com/2019/02/office-space-workplace-boredom-depression-resistance
• https://jacobin.com/2020/12/exploitation-marx-mental-health-capitalism
• https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200317-the-evolution-of-the-modern-workday

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Exploring the similarities between acting and hired killing, self obsession, and performance in HBO's Barry.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Hanging Rock
• Gilly Wash
• Symphony 40. in G Minor

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Exploring Breaking Bad's choose your own adventure ending in the series final two episodes, Granite State and Felina.

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• Bangolet
• Spot Peter
• Small World Reveals
• Le Marais

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/kc3SzJveKwQ

Exploring troubled kings, mythical cities, and the power of dreams in The Sandman Issue 50: Ramadan, by Neil Gaiman.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Night Light

References/Sources:

• http://sequart.org/magazine/18668/the-other-egg-of-the-phoenix-understanding-the-50th-issue-of-sandman/
• https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2011/10/just-a-thing-in-our-dream/
• http://arche-arc.blogspot.com/2019/01/mythcomics-ramadan-sandman-50-1993.html
• http://covenantarthistory.blogspot.com/2019/04/orientalism-portraying-east-as-exotic.html
• https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/19/pers-m19.html

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Exploring chicanery and doing "the right thing" in Better Call Saul (2015 - 2022).

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Vine Crawler
• Greycase
• Cornicob
• The Broker

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Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/f92rkZaFlPs

Exploring the dynamic work of Archibald Motley, the greatest artist of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Music:
Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/iYOvAO1rAM0
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/iYOvAO1rAM0
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Clouds at the Gap
• Cloudbank
• Snowmelt

References/Sources:

• https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/01/09/he-painted-the-feverish-nights-of-the-harlem-renaissance/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6aWbNCugeA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OYExFQGHs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWEA5qf8yIk
• https://www.theartstory.org/artist/motley-archibald/life-and-legacy/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Motley
• https://www.wikiart.org/en/archibald-motley
• https://collection.artbridgesfoundation.org/objects/8522/bronzeville-at-night
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40645511.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A2929e963650c452b53b5bc5695b472cb&ab_segments=&origin=
• https://black-artists-in-the-museum.com/2018/02/14/archibald-motley-jr/
• https://www.culturetype.com/2018/05/11/archibald-motleys-favorite-painting-a-portrait-of-his-grandmother-has-entered-the-collection-of-the-national-gallery-of-art/

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Exploring auterism and David Fincher's evolution of style from the 90s, to the 2000s, to the 2010s and now.

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• Building the Sled
• Slider
• Tartaruga
• The Caspian Sea
• Hedgeliner

References/Sources:

• https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/david-fincher/biography.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqD5WqChUY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAloq5MCUA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIyNOBq8cnI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ZSX3D1dUI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dljfMoCXnSk
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChWIFi8fOY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP9BrtvBIY0
• https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/david-fincher/biography.html
• https://fincherfanatic.blogspot.com/p/biography.html
• https://thefincheranalyst.com/tag/essay/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/2jlo4n/if_david_fincher_never_writes_any_of_his_films/
• https://www.insider.com/how-screenwriter-aaron-sorkin-creates-musical-dialogue-social-network-2020-6#:~:text=Screenwriter%20Aaron%20Sorkin%20layers%20his,pause%20in%20his%20characters'%20conversation.
• https://filmlifestyle.com/david-fincher-directing-style/#:~:text=David%20Fincher's%20Directing%20Style,looking%20down%20at%20their%20subject.
• https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-screenplay-read-jack-fincher-script-netflix-movie-david-fincher-1234696675/
• https://www.moviemaker.com/david-fincher-perfectionism-is-a-term-thats-thrown-about-mostly-by-people-who-are-lazy/

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Exploring communication in Drive My Car (2021) directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Awaiting an Arrival
• I Recall

References/Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_movie#:~:text=The%20road%20film%20is%20a,journey%20rather%20than%20the%20goal.
• https://www.filmsite.org/roadfilms.html
• https://people.southwestern.edu/~bednarb/road-movies/articles/morris.pdf
• https://www.cinematary.com/writing/2022/1/3/drive-my-car-2021-by-ryusuke-hamaguchi

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