Paths of Glory. Poster of the 1957 movie and cover of the 1935 book
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Paths of Glory
Humphrey Cobb, 1935
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Stanley Kubrick, 1957

The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916. Mireau leaves the detailed planning of the attack to Colonel Dax of the 701st regiment, despite Dax’s protests that the only result of the attack will be to weaken the French Army with heavy losses for no benefit.


Sorcerer. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Sorcerer
John Minahan, 1977
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William Friedkin, 1977

In a dismal South American oil town, four destitute men agree to a perilous mission: transporting trucks filled with nitroglycerin across a hazardous mountain route. As they navigate their volatile cargo toward a distant oil blaze, every bump and shake challenges their bravery, their camaraderie, and their fortitude.


Sorcerer. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1950 book, The Wages of Fear
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The Wages of Fear
Georges Arnaud, 1950
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William Friedkin, 1977

In a dismal South American oil town, four destitute men agree to a perilous mission: transporting trucks filled with nitroglycerin across a hazardous mountain route. As they navigate their volatile cargo toward a distant oil blaze, every bump and shake challenges their bravery, their camaraderie, and their fortitude.


Charlotte. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1981 book, Life? or Theatre?
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Life? or Theatre?
Charlotte Salomon, 1981
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Frans Weisz, 1981

Charlotte Salomon departs Berlin in 1939 in search of safety at the property her grandparents own in the south of France. Later war breaks, and Charlotte has to deal with her mother’s suicide, her grandmother’s sadness, and forgetting everything she left behind. Charlotte begins painting to combat her dejection and creates over a thousand pictures. She gives her body of work, which focuses on her past life in Berlin, this title: Is my life real, or is it theater?