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17 Carat K-Pop

A Guide to Movie References in K-Pop Content

A condensed summary of my notes from the “Fade to BLACKPINK” series of episodes!

Hope from 17 Carat K-Pop
Apr 09, 2022
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Episode One: A Trip to the Moon, Days of Being Wild, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and The Great Gatsby

Episode Two: The Grand Budapest Hotel, La Boum, Chungking Express, Love Letter, Ghost, La La Land, Saturday Night Fever, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, (the much darker, original version of) Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, and Alice in Wonderland

Episode Three: Inception, The Matrix, Black Swan, Louder Than Bombs, Snowpiercer, The Fifth Element, Interstellar, Alien, and The Silence of the Lambs

Episode Four: Oldboy, James Bond films, Léon: The Professional, and Batman Returns, plus the true story of Bonnie and Clyde

Episode Five: The Mummy, The Shining, IT, The Tag-Along, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, and American Psycho

Episode Six: Thelma & Louise, Kill Your Darlings, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Scarface, and Trainspotting

Episode Seven: A bonus episode is coming next week!

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