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A Wonderful Heart: The Films of William Wyler

Neil Sinyard

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Revered by his cinematic peers, William Wyler was one of the most honoured and successful directors...

Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology

Jesper Jespersen and Victoria Chick

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This Handbook will give a structured presentation of the study of the methods by which...

David Benioff recommended Holy Bible in Books (curated)

Holy Bible

Collins | 1600 | Religion

9.3

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"Sure, it’s uneven. For every Book of Job there’s a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you were stranded on a desert island, what book would better reward long study? And has there ever been a more beautiful distillation of existential philosophy than the Book of Ecclesiastes? Excluding those bizarre final verses, which seem to have been tacked on long after the book’s original composition, by priests nervous about the subversive message."

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Rian Johnson recommended 8 1/2 (1963) in Movies (curated)

8 1/2 (1963)

1963 | International, Comedy, Drama

9.0

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"I first saw this film on a Criterion laserdisc in the study center at USC. Fifteen years later (jeezus), if I had a favorite film, this would probably be it. In fact, I’ve just spent twenty minutes typing then erasing inane superlative descriptions of it. For me it redefined what a film could be-both singularly cinematic and as dense, delicate, and complex as a great novel. That was no less inane than the others, but I’m going to let it slide."

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Meg Baird recommended Dazed and Confused (1993) in Movies (curated)

"Such a deceptively complex “teen film.” The incredible tableau of people in trees, in fields, and at crossroads can make you feel like you’re watching a dreamlike, heady laboratory study of the art of human scale. And an amazing depiction of classic American cars! If we all get to a point sometime in the future where seeing fossil fuels being guzzled by the gallon becomes grotesque and hard to watch, I’m sure that Dazed and Confused will still look incredible."

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