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"In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, 'A Clockwork Orange' is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial...
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Graphic canon volume 5
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Seven Stories Press
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[2017]
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"From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; C. Frakes resurrects the forgotten novella "Talma Gordon," the first mystery written by an African American. Crime finds new life in these graphic renditions of The Arabian...
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By the author of Rosemary's Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine
Considered one of the great dystopian novels—alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World—Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication.
The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature;
...5) Glitterati
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A Clockwork Orange and RuPaul's Drag Race meet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in this fabulous dystopian fable about fashion, family and feckless billionaires.
Simone is one of the Glitterati, the elite living lives of luxury and leisure. Slave to the ever-changing tides – and brutal judgements - of fashion, he is immaculate. To be anything else is to be unfashionable, and no one wants to be unfashionable, or even worse, ugly…
When Simone...
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An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history, Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor's son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self-taught filmmaker and self-proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside the Hollywood mainstream. Kubrick's Jewishness played a crucial role in his idea of himself as an outsider. Obsessed...
7) Kubrick's Mindscapes: An Exploration of Psychological, Philosophical, and Symbolic Themes in His Fil
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KUBRICK'S MINDSCAPES:
AN EXPLORATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND SYMBOLIC THEMES IN HIS FILMS
Discover the captivating world of Stanley Kubrick and his groundbreaking films with "KUBRICK'S MINDSCAPES".
With chapters exploring the psychological depths of his characters, the philosophical aspects of his film techniques, the significance of family and relationships, the exploration of human nature, and the power of sound and music, this book...
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This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s and 1970s for the following classic movies:
• A Clockwork Orange (1971), directed by Stanley Kubrik, featuring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Dolly Reed, Cynthia Meyers, Marcia McBroom
• Easy Rider (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper, featuring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
•...
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Mikhail Lermontov's pioneering psychological novel, "A Hero of Our Time", is probably his most impactful work, one which influenced the works of other great Russian authors such as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. The novel's narrative is the story of Pechorin a young officer in the army whose story is told in five non-chronological parts. Drawing upon his own experiences in the military, Lermontov creates a fascinating anti-hero in Pechorin, a man who is...
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""The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from." --David Bowie. Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did...