I don't want realism. I want magic!

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Magic

Speaker

Blanche DuBois

Actor

Vivien Leigh

Source

A Streetcar Named Desire

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Elia Kazan. Warner Bros., 1951.

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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space

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Topic
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Author

Gaston Bachelard
Source
The Poetics of Space
Language
French
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.

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Fight Club

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Actor
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Source
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Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.