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Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers 2020Also contemplative, grave and earnest
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Red at the Bone 2019Also earnest, contemplative and grave
Lila 2014Also contemplative, earnest and grave
Pur et l'impur 1933Also contemplative, earnest and grave
Peace 1975Also contemplative, grave and earnest
Zami 1982Also contemplative, grave and earnest
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The Waves 1931Also contemplative, earnest and grave
The years 1937Also contemplative, earnest and prestige
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Films
Wild Strawberries 1957Also contemplative, prestige and earnest
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Ikiru 1952Also contemplative, earnest and prestige
Games
Where Cards Fall 2019Also contemplative, earnest and character-led
Many Nights a Whisper 2025Also contemplative, earnest and character-led
Désiré 2016Also contemplative, earnest and grave
Albums
- Similes 2010Also contemplative, earnest and grave
- Fireships 1992Also earnest, grave and character-led
- Foreign Body 2012Also contemplative, earnest and grave
Series
Mushi-Shi 2005Also contemplative, earnest and grave
63 Up 2019Also contemplative, earnest and grave
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