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The Fine Art of Existential Dread: Scorsese gets Kafkaesque in “After Hours” (1985)

The Fine Art of Existential Dread: Scorsese gets Kafkaesque in “After Hours” (1985)

Update: 2021-09-07

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Stability? Control? Fairness? Logic??? Are these things really possible? Also, why do bad things happen to good people? Martin Scorsese’s existential comedy tells us everything we need to know about the absurd world of Kafka. (Trigger warning: mention of suicide and NSFW content)

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The Fine Art of Existential Dread: Scorsese gets Kafkaesque in “After Hours” (1985)

The Fine Art of Existential Dread: Scorsese gets Kafkaesque in “After Hours” (1985)

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