Prison of Self-consciousness: An Essay on Evangelion

A Tale of Winter / Conte d’hiver (1992)

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern by Waki Yamato (1975–1977)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

S.O.B.: What’s the Truth? (1990)

Boulez: Répons; Dialogue de l’ombre double (Boulez, 1996)

Stop Making Sense (1984)

John Zorn / George Lewis / Bill Frisell: News for Lulu (1987)

After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency by Quentin Meillassoux (2006)

Deep End (1970)

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Clément Janequin: Le Chant des Oyseaulx (Ensemble Clément Janequin, 1982)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

On “Sing a Song of Sex” by Nagisa Ōshima

Gyara by George Akiyama (1979–1981)

Panorama of Hell by Hideshi Hino (1982)

Ballet Star by Yukiko Tani (1969–1971)

Giants and Toys (1958)

Pan’s Labyrinth / El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Happy Mania by Moyoco Anno (1995–2001)

The White Ribbon / Das weiße Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Papillon (1973)

Saint Muscle by Masami Fukushima and Tsutomu Miyazaki (1976)

District 9 (2009)

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes (1651)

Mondo Cane (1962)

Ergo Proxy (2006)

La Double Vie de Véronique / The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

The Films of Yuri Norstein / Фильмы Юрия Норштейна (2017/1968–1979)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Happy Hour (2015)

Akiko Yano: Gohan ga Dekitayo (1980)

The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight (1980)

Pasażerka / Passenger (1963)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach / Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

Candyman (1992)

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)

Denki Groove: Vitamin (1993)

Varèse: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation (Boulez, 1995, 1996)

Makoto Kubota and the Sunset Gang: Hawaii Champroo (1975)

Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

Martian Successor Nadesico (1996–1997)

The Naked Island (1960)

Man with a Movie Camera / Человек с киноаппаратом (1929)

Zoom In: Rape Apartments (1980)

Scha Dara Parr: 5th Wheel 2 the Coach (1995)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Keito no Zubon (Wool Pants): The Complete Collection of Traumatic Shōjo Manga by Yoshiko Naono (2025/1971–1973)

I Wish I Was Stupid by Yoshikazu Ebisu (1982)

Supermarket Simulator (2024)

Open Your Eyes / Abre los ojos (1997)

India Song (1975)

Pale Flower (1964)

Zelda: Sora-iro Bōshi no Hi (1985)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant / Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

Walkabout (1971)

The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes – and Its Implications by David Deutsch (1997)

Fantastic Planet / La Planète sauvage (1973)

Franz Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie; Robert Schumann: Fantasie Op. 17 (Pollini, 1973)

The Housemaid (1960)

Nanook of the North (1922)

Elucidations of Paul Celan’s Poetry

Steve Reich: Early Works (Double Edge and others, 1987)

The Celebration / Festen (1998)

L’Immortelle (1963)

The Gospel According to St. Matthew / Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)

Sans Soleil (1983)

Silence Has No Wings (1966)

Stroszek (1977)

Luminous Moss by Taijun Takeda (1954)

Steve Reich: Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards; John Adams: Shaker Loops (De Waart, 1983)

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

A Page of Madness (1926)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Diary of a Country Priest / Journal d’un curé de campagne (1951)

Maximum the Hormone: Bu-ikikaesu (2007)

Cléo from 5 to 7 / Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

The Fire Within / Le Feu follet (1963)

Yoshino Arrowroot by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1931)

Nietzsche and Philosophy by Gilles Deleuze (1962)

Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz; …..sofferte onde serene…; Contrappunto dialettico alla mente (Pollini / Taskova / Antonellini / Abbado, 1969, 1973, 1977)

Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty (1989)

Audition (1999)

The Most Dangerous Game / Mottomo Kiken na Yūgi (1978)

Les Baxter: The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter (1996/1951–1960)

Robot Carnival (1987)

Pizzicato Five: This Year’s Girl (1991)

The Flowers of St. Francis / Francesco, giullare di Dio (1950)

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Perfect Days (2023)

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Crash by J. G. Ballard (1973)

Sheena & the Rokkets: Shinku Pack (1979)

The Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan (1960)

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An Introduction to Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam

IntroductionThis article aims to introduce the collection of quatrains known as the “Rubaiyat” (Rubāʿiyāt), attributed t...