Disco Elysium
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Books:
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
The City & The City
by China Miéville
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
The Meursault Investigation
by Kamel Daoud
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
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by Roberto Bolaño
Movies:
Stalker (1979) — Andrei Tarkovsky — slow, metaphysical road-drama with thick atmosphere and moral/philosophical questions
The Turin Horse (2011) — Béla Tarr — bleak, austere existential portrait; oppressive mood and long takes
Pickpocket (1959) — Robert Bresson — minimalist, interior study of guilt and compulsion
Le Samouraï (1967) — Jean-Pierre Melville — existential noir about a detached, methodical detective/assassin
Memories of Murder (2003) — Bong Joon-ho — melancholic detective procedural rooted in social/political tensions
The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen) (2006) — Jens Lien — surreal, darkly comic critique of hollow modern life
Spoorloos / The Vanishing (1988) — George Sluizer — relentlessly unsettling psychological thriller with philosophical bite
A Field in England (2013) — Ben Wheatley — hallucinatory, dialogue-driven historical oddity with existential undertones
The Holy Mountain (1973) — Alejandro Jodorowsky — wildly surreal, symbolic, and politically charged vision
Angel's Egg (1985) — Mamoru Oshii — enigmatic, visually driven anime steeped in religious/existential mood
A Short Film About Killing (1988) — Krzysztof Kieślowski — stark moral/legal meditation with intense ethical questions
The Painted Bird (2019) — Václav Marhoul — brutal, immersive Eastern European allegory about cruelty and survival
Music:
Black Earth by Bohren & der Club of Gore
The Drift by Scott Walker
Curtains by Tindersticks
Orphée by Jóhann Jóhannsson
An Empty Bliss Beyond This World by The Caretaker
The Miraculous by Anna von Hausswolff
Etazhi by Molchat Doma
Belirdi Gece by She Past Away
The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter
Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
It'll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil
TV Shows:
Legion
Dark
Twin Peaks
The Leftovers
The Missing
The Night Of
Mindhunter
Hinterland (Y Gwyll)
Babylon Berlin
Giri/Haji
Top of the Lake
The Young Pope / The New Pope
Video Games:
80 Days
Paradise Killer
The Red Strings Club
Heaven's Vault
Sunless Sea
Citizen Sleeper
Night Call
The Last Express
Return of the Obra Dinn
Mutazione
One of my favorite games ever. Does anyone else remember the promotional VHS tape that Nintendo Power sent out to promote this game? As a kid, that was the coolest thing. I bought a Super Nintendo because of it.
Easy Delivery Co. is such a wonderful gem of a game. If you have a retro driving itch, this is a great pick. I was looking for an atmospheric driving game, and this satisfied that itch perfectly. While the graphics are PS1 era, the snow brought me back to the Donkey Kong Country snow/blizzard level - and it was just perfect. Highly recommend checking this one out.
