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KUNG-FU.HAMSTER

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About Me


Well first things first I guess, my name is Sam. I'm originally from Kent but I'm currently living in Derby as I'm studying for a BA in Film Studies up here. Ideally I'm chasing a dream of becoming a Director, although any job within the industry would be phenomenal. I'm not one of these pretentious people who pompously claim to know everything about film and every reason behind every shot/character/angle etc, but I do appreciate a bit of style in my films. I can usually only find this through watching a great deal of World Cinema, my favourites in particular are usually from France, Germany and South America, although I watch a range of diverse International films where possible. I'm particularly interested in the work of Alejandro González Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese, Mathieu Kassovitz, Luc Besson and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, although there are a number of great filmmakers who I admire.
While I could go on about Film all day, as it's effectively my passion in life, I think I should tell you a bit more random stuff about me before you fall asleep (which you probably will anyway). I support AC Milan football club. "But Sam!" I hear you cry, "you're English, pourquois?". Truth is, I grew up watching Serie A more than the Premiership, and while I still watch both as much as possible, I prefer Italian football, and particularly AC Milan.
Musically, my taste is very widespread. I enjoy nearly any type of music from Punk, to Ska, to Rap, to Techno, to 80s, to Metal, to Death Metal.
I love my best friends, family and Paddy more than anything on the Planet. Just how much has only become apparent since I moved up here, I genuinely do miss everyone a lot, but I'm not letting it affect my studies.
I really can't think of anything else to write here. So I'll just shut up =). Anything you wanna ask, go for it.
Oh, and I like Llamas =D

My Interests

Film, AC MILAN, Games, Football, Music, Drinking, Clubbing, Blah.

I'd like to meet:

Luc Besson
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Martin Scorsese
Vincent Cassel
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Robert De Niro
Adam Sandler
Jean Reno
Gael Garcia Bernal
Reese Witherspoon
Joe Pesci
Ray Liotta

Music:

I 98 Mute, A, Acceptance, Adema, AFI, The Agony Scene, Alexisonfire, Alien Ant Farm, Alkaline Trio, All Shall Perish, All That Remains, Amber Pacific, Amen, American Head Charge, Amon Amarth, Angels and Airwaves, Annihilator, Anthrax, Anti-Flag, Arch Enemy, Ash, Asian Dub Foundation, Assassin, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Avril Lavigne, Bad Religion, Beatsteaks, The Berzerker, Beyoncé, Bif Naked, Big D and the Kids Table, Bigwig, Billy Talent, Biohazard, The Black Dahlia Murder, Black Flag, Black Label Society, Blink 182, Bloc Party, Bloodhound Gang, Blur, Bob Marley, The Bouncing Souls, Bowling for Soup, Boxcar Racer, Buckethead, Bullet for my Valentine, Busta Rhymes, Caliban, Cannibal Corpse, Cascada, The Casualties, Catch 22, Children of Bodom, Chimaira, Christina Milian, The Circle Jerks, CKY, Coal Chamber, Cold, The Cooper Temple Clause, Cradle of Filth, Creed, The Crystal Method, Cypress Hill, The D4, Dark Tranquility, The Darkness, The Datsuns, The Dead Kennedys, The Dead Milkmen, Dead Prez, Dean Martin, Death by Stereo, Deftones, Deicide, The Descendents, Dethklok, Devildriver, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Diecast, Dimmu Borgir, Dinosaur Jr., The Distillers, Disturbed, Dizzee Rascal, The Donnas, Dope, Dragonforce, Dropkick Murphys, Drowning Pool, Dry Kill Logic, Earshot, The Editors, Electric Six, Elviss, Enter Shikari, Evanescence, The Exies, Face to Face, The Faceless, Faith No More, The Fat Boys, Fear Factory, Feeder, Finch, Finger Eleven, Finntroll, Flaw, Flogging Molly, The Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Freezepop, Fu Manchu, Funeral for a Friend, The Futureheads, Garbage, The Get Up Kids, Godsmack, Goldfinger, Gorilla Biscuits, Grade 8, Guttermouth, GWAR, Hadouken!, Hanna Pakarinen, Hatebreed, The Haunted, HED(PE), Hell is for Heroes, The Hellacopters, The Hives, Hole, Hoobastank, Hot Action Cop, Hot Water Music, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ill Nino, Impaled Nazarene, In Flames, Incubus, InMe, Insolence, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Iron Maiden, Janes Addiction, Jem, Jet, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Cash, Judas Priest, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Keane, Kelly Clarkson, Kid Rock, The Killers, Killswitch Engage, Kings of Leon, Kittie, KoRn, Lagwagon, Lamb of God, Less Than Jake, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Lit, Lostprophets, Machine Head, Mad Capsule Markets, Marilyn Manson, Matt Willis, Maximo Park, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Megadeth, Meshuggah, Mest, Metallica, Michael Buble, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Millencolin, MIMS, The Misfits, The Mooney Suzuki, Morbid Angel, Motion City Soundtrack, Mudvayne, Murderdolls, Muse, Mushroomhead, Mustard Plug, MXPX, My Chemical Romance, Nailbomb, Napalm Death, Nas, New Found Glory, Nile, Nine Black Alps, Nirvana, NOFX, NWA, Obituary, The Offspring, One Minute Silence, Operation Ivy, Opeth, Orgy, Otep, Outkast, P.O.D., Pantera, Papa Roach, Paramore, Pendulum, Pennywise, Pink, Placebo, Poison the Well, Primus, The Prodigy, Puddle of Mudd, Pulley, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Raging Speedhorn, Rammstein, The Ramones, Rancid, Reel Big Fish, Refused, Reggie and the Full Effect, The Rezillos, Rich Kids on LSD, Rise Against, Rob Zombie, Rooster, Rufio, Sabrepulse, Sahara Hotnights, Saliva, Scooter, Screeching Weasel, Sepultura, The Sex Pistols, Shadows Fall, Shania Twain, The Shizit, Silverchair, Simple Plan, Six Feet Under, Slayer, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, Snot, Snow Patrol, Soilwork, Something Corporate, Soulfly, Spunge, Staind, Static X, Stereomud, Stereophonics, Suffocation, Sugababes, Sugarcoma, Suicidal Tendencies, The Suicide Machines, Sum 41, System of a Down, Taking Back Sunday, Tatu, Theory of a Deadman, Three Doors Down, Thrice, Throwdown, Trapt, Tsunami Bomb, The Used, Van Halen, The Village People, Violent Delight, Violent Femmes, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Wannadies, Weezer, Weird Al Yankovich, The White Stripes, White Zombie, The Wildhearts, Yellowcard, Zebrahead. =)

Artists most listened to since Jan 2007:

Movies:

My all time favourite films (in relatively straight order):
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (Brazilian)
Amelie
Fight Club
Nicija Zemlja (No Man's Land) (Bosnian)
Babel
Pulp Fiction
Memento
Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (Mexican)
The Departed
La Haine (Hate) (French)
Delicatessen (French)
L'Appartement (The Apartment) (French)
El Laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (Spanish)
Goodfellas
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (the Edukators) (German)
American History X
Twelve Monkeys
Y Tu Mamá También (And Your Mother Too) (Mexican)
The Usual Suspects
Leon
City of Lost Children (French)
Natural Born Killers
Banlieue 13 (District 13) (French)
Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers) (French)
Innocents, Les (The Dreamers) (French/Italian)
Schindler's List
IRR3V3RSIBL3 (French)
Scarface
Forrest Gump
Psycho
Run Lola Run (German)
Raging Bull
The Pianist
Se7en
Maria, llena eres de gracia (Maria Full of Grace) (Colombian)
The Godfather pt.1
Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) (Argentine)
The Lion King
Top Gun
Trois Couleurs: Bleu (Three Colours: Blue) (French)
Human Traffic
21 Grams
Gangs of New York
Ocean's Eleven
Tsotsi
Paradise Now (Palestinean)
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (French)
The Fast and the Furious
Abres Los Ojos (Open your eyes) (Spanish)
The Ring
Goodbye Lenin! (German)
Full Metal Jacket
Dobermann (French)
Freeway
Saving Private Ryan
Boyz n the Hood
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Crash (Paul Haggis - NOT Cronenberg)
The Matrix
Ocean's Eleven
Scary Movies 1-4
The Fifth Element
Jackass 1/2
The Naked Gun
Wild at Heart
Clerks
Elephant
The Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Favourite Actors:
Jean Reno
Vincent Cassel
Robert De Niro
Brad Pitt
Kevin Spacey
Matt Damon
Leonardo Di Caprio
Mathieu Kassovitz
Benicio Del Toro
Samuel L Jackson
Adam Sandler
Bruce Willis
Joe Pesci
Ray Liotta
Sean Penn
Gaston Pauls
Guy Pearce
Leslie Nielson
Edward Norton
Gael García Bernal
Favourite Actresses:
Monica Bellucci
Naomi Watts
Reese Witherspoon
Audrey Tautou
Penelope Cruz
Juliette Binoche
Natalie Portman
Franka Potente
Carrie-Anne Moss
Favourite Directors:
Luc Besson
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
David Fincher
Fernando Meirelles
Alfonso Cuarón
Fabián Bielinsky
Mattieu Kassovitz
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Tom Twyker
Christopher Nolan
I despise:
Peter Jackson
Helen Mirren
Julia Roberts
Hugh Grant
Ewan Mcgregor
Johnny Depp
Renée Zellweger
Laura Dern
Jean-Claude Van Damme
M Night Shyamalan
Dame Judi Dench
ANY Soap-turned-film actors/actresses. Stick to one or the other!

Television:

Teachers, Friends, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Balls of Steel, Green Wing. So yeah, basically, unless it's a Film, Comedy, News or Football I don't even look at the TV.

Books:

Fact Books, Film Books, Newspapers, that's the lot.

Heroes:

Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mathieu Kassovitz
Martin Scorsese
David Fincher
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Fernando Meirelles
Luc Besson
Guillermo Arriaga
David Lynch
Alfonso Cuaron
Pierre Morel
Quentin Tarantino
Carlo Ancelotti
Arrigo Sacchi
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso
Andrea Pirlo
Kaka
Paulo Maldini
Franco Baresi
Dejan Savicevic
Alessandro Costacurta
Clarence Seedorf
Massimo Ambrosini
Cafu
Alessandro Nesta
Ruud Gullit
Frank Rijkaard
Marek Jankulovski
Pippo Inzaghi
Ronaldo
George Weah
Marco Van Basten
Massimo Oddo
Andrei Shevchenko
Daniele Bonera
Mauro Tassotti
Rivaldo
Demetrino Albertini
Rui Costa
Marcel Desailly
Cesare Maldini
Roberto Donadoni
Fabio Cannavaro
Francesco Totti
Jaap Stam
Roberto Baggio
Leonardo
Oliver Bierhoff
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger