/lit/ - Literature

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In Search of Lost Time, referenced in the film itself, shares some similarities, especially the sense of melancholy and... lost time.
Steppenwolf's main character, at the beginning, also reminds me a lot of Jep Gambardella, however, I'd say he ends up in a very different place at the end.

The Picture of Dorian Gray has those elements too, certainly musings on beauty, morality of beauty, juxtaposing overwhelming beauty and overbearing ugliness etc. There are also the lavish parties and sharp-witted conversations of the upper classes, and the dullness of such life. In fact, I've always felt that if anyone should ever adapt The Picture of Dorian Gray well it should be in a similar style to The Great Beauty, with a sort of meandering flair, and highly aesthetic sensibility.

If by /lit/ you mean low-IQ, pretentious, delusional, superstitious, narcissistic (and, admittedly, /lit/ is all of those) then I pic related is pretty /lit/