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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 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Tin Man 2018Also earnest, grave and contemplative
The Girls 2005Also earnest, contemplative and grave
The Silver Donkey 2004Also earnest and grave
The weight of a piano 2019Also earnest and grave
Blankets 2003Also earnest, contemplative and grave
The Vintner's Luck 1998Also earnest, grave and contemplative
A god in ruins 2015Also contemplative, earnest and character-led
El amante japonés 2000Also earnest, grave and contemplative
Marzi 2011Also earnest and grave
Find Me 2019Also earnest, grave and contemplative
La tregua 1960Also earnest, spare and grave
Clock Dance 2018Also earnest and grave
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- À peu près 2017Also earnest, grave and character-led
- Children of the Sun 1969Also earnest, contemplative and character-led
- La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza, l'allegria 1976Also earnest, character-led and contemplative
Films
Nuovo Olimpo 2023Also earnest, grave and contemplative
Last Orders 2001Also earnest
Kitty Foyle 1940Also earnest and grave
Games
Clocker 2019Also earnest, grave and intimate
Cats and the Other Lives 2022Also contemplative, earnest and character-led
The Star Named Eos 2024Also earnest, contemplative and grave
Series
Kids on the Slope 2012Also earnest, grave and character-led
My So-Called Life 1994Also earnest, spare and character-led
Man in an Orange Shirt 2017Also earnest, grave and contemplative
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