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Films & Series
Films and series named in the Agency editions, each one with the editions that mention it.
- Breaking BadBreaking Bad is a TV series. In Issue.16, it is named alongside The Sopranos, The Wire and Mad Men as one of the critically acclaimed drama series that pushed boundaries during the Golden Age of Television. The edition notes its finale garnered 10.3 million viewers.
- Leave the World BehindLeave the World Behind is a 2023 film directed by Sam Esmail and produced by Barack Obama. The film appears only in the Portuguese edition of Issue.0, where the character G. H. Scott is used to illustrate what it means to understand patterns in society, economy and culture.
- Mad MenMad Men is a TV series about the advertising industry in the 1960s. It appears in four editions. In Creative.11, the author says he binge-watched it before choosing advertising as a career. In Issue.16, it is named among the Golden Age dramas. In Issue.13, Don Draper is quoted. In Design.3, an image of Peggy Olson illustrates a section on creative directors.
- Shogun (TV Series)Shogun is an FX TV series set in feudal Japan, highly awarded and very well received by critics. In Archetype.1, the author recommends it in the Pandora's Box section and names the Lady Miriko character as one of the most inspiring women he has ever seen on the screen.
- Star WarsStar Wars is the science fiction film saga created by George Lucas, begun in 1977. The Agency editorial quotes one of its best-known lines, spoken by the Jedi master Yoda, as an example of a sentence that could be considered an aphorism.
- SuccessionSuccession is an HBO series. In Issue.0, the edition presents it as a profoundly ironic comedy show with valuable lessons about corporativism and painful truths about the pursuit of power.
- The Big ShortThe Big Short is a film directed by Adam McKay. In Issue.7, the Agency editorial recommends it as both a cinematographic experience and a class about the financial market, describing how it depicts the 2008 economic crisis with a stellar cast.
- The Boy and the HeronThe Boy and the Heron is an animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. In Archetype.0, the author recommends the film and notes that before watching it he had no idea that the Phoenix archetype had its origin in the Egyptian Bennu, which looked very like a heron.
- The ShiningThe Shining is a classic film directed by Stanley Kubrick. In Issue.23, the edition cites a line from its script to illustrate the idea that all work and no play makes for a dull existence.
- The SopranosThe Sopranos is an HBO series that premiered on January 10, 1999. Issue.16 is dedicated to praising James Gandolfini, and The Sopranos is the work through which the edition explores the rise of the anti-hero, the Golden Age of Television and the cultural impact of bold storytelling.
- The Turin HorseThe Turin Horse is a 2011 film. In Issue.6, the author describes it as a movie about Nietzsche's mental breakdown and says it is the saddest thing he ever watched, taking him a week to digest.
- The WhaleThe Whale is a 2022 film directed by Darren Aronofsky and performed by Brendan Fraser. In Issue.0, the author recently watched it and uses it to illustrate why people need art and cathartic experiences.
- The WireThe Wire is a TV series. In Issue.16, it is named alongside The Sopranos, Mad Men and Breaking Bad as one of the critically acclaimed drama series that pushed boundaries and elevated the quality of television during the Golden Age.