Stuff like Tolkien or C.S. Lewis are obvious, but other authors, movies, music, or entertainment might not be as well known.
So, how about a thread that lists some recommendations for things untouched by modern insanity?
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Pan's Labyrinth?? Isn't the dad a sadistic soldier of Falangist Spain?
I would actually point out the next movie, Barton Fink, as an unwoke movie. Turturro plays a Jewish version of Lefty Eugene O'Neill, full of empty platitudes about the "common man," who is completely undone by messy reality. It is almost Lynchian. Is PL the same?
I would add Terry Gilliam's Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen to your list. The former is anti-government, and the latter is all about the Whole Man, the pre-Enlightenment Man, who takes on gods and monsters with equal élan.
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I didn't do any editing on the list, just compiled it from ruqqus and suggestions from here. I can give you the keys to the castle if you want to make changes.
IMO pans labyrinthe is just a GOOD movie. Maybe there is an intent to shit on western civilization with the bad guy's obsession with having a son to carry on his name. But it is subtle enough that it is drowned out by the atmosphere of the rest of the movie.
Hmmm, 'kay.