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Titus (1999)
★ 6.4 · 285 ratings on TMDB
The fate of an empire. The descent of man.
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
DirectorJulie Taymor
The emergence reading
Titus keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing revenge, power, violence, politics, culture.
zero-distanceITrevengepowerviolencepoliticsculture
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