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William S. Burroughs was one of the most celebrated American authors of the second half of the 20th century, but he was nearly as famous for being the counterculture's leading curmudgeon for close to 40 years. He was a friend and confidante of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac however, Burroughs and his work never really fit in with the Beat movement. He was an out-of-the-closet...
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Who ultimately is worse: the evil but charismatic leader who makes a scapegoat of millions of his people, or the loyal functionary who actually puts the leader's most unthinkable plans into effect? Adolf Hitler rose to power in part by implanting in German minds the notion that impure elements, most notably Jews, were bringing down their once great nation ...
significant works
movies
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
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Andrei Rublev
1966
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The Birth of a Nation
1915
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Henry V
1944
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Gandhi
1982
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
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The Last Emperor
1987
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Napoléon
1927
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
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I, Claudius
1975
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Battleship Potemkin
1925
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The Last Emperor
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The Leopard
1963
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Elizabeth R
1971
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Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
1991
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John Adams
2008
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Richard III
1912
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The Leopard
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Julius Caesar
1953
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Henry V
1989
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Hero
2002
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Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
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October
1927
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Julius Caesar
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
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The Red Badge of Courage
1951
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Reds
1981
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A Man for All Seasons
1966
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Alexander Nevsky
1938
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
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Becket
1964
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Black Robe
1991
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Crisis at Central High
1980
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Danton
1982
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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Demonios En El Jardin
1982
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
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Konets Sankt-Peterburga
1927
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The 47 Ronin, Part 1
1941
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The 47 Ronin, Part 2
1941
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Demonios En El Jardin
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Masada
1980
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The Lion in Winter
1968
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Glory
1989
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Henry IV, Part I
1980
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Henry IV, Part II
1980
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Masada
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Henry V
1980
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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
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Holocaust
1978
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In Nome Del Papa Re
1977
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Ivan the Terrible, Part 1
1944
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Henry V
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Ivan the Terrible: Part 2
1946
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The Jewel in the Crown
1984
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Juarez
1939
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Julius Caesar
1979
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Richard II
1979
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Ivan the Terrible: Part 2