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Mr. Arctic

I'm too much of an elitist to be a snob.

About Me

Things about me you should know:

-watching, making and reading about movies occupies 90% of my time.

-listening to music occupies the last 10%.

-i'm mad as hell, and i'm not going to take it anymore!

-moofy owns me.

-if you havent seen at least 2 of the 5 films that i think are the most important films of film history (see below), then i don't want to talk movies with you.

(and)

My Interests

Last 3 movies I saw:
-Tout Va Bien (JL Godard, France, 1972)
-The Jungle Book (W Reitherman, US, 1967)
-Network (S Lumet, US, 1976)

Next 3 movies I'll see:
-North by Northwest (A Hitchcock, US, 1959)
-Gunga Din (G Stenevs, US, 1939)
-Les Carabiniers (JL Godard, France, 1963)

Last 3 DVDs I bought:
-Stranger Than Paradise (J Jarmusch, US, 1984)
-The Graduate (M Nichols, US, 1967)
-The Jungle Book (W Reitherman, US, 1967)

I'd like to meet:

Jean-Luc Godard. Does he have a MySpace account?

Music:

Electronic: artists: bt, paul van dyk, nicola conte, thievery corp, dZhian and kamien, the karminski experience, koop songs: flaming june, avenue, affinities, belly disco, homebase.

Jazz: artists: Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Astrud Gilberto songs: Auntumn Leaves, Willow Weep for Me, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, On Green Dolphin Street, The Night We Called it a Day, Fun City, Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue, Song for my Father.

Movies:

I watch tons of movies. If you think you watch a lot of movies in a year, multiply that by 5 and thats how many movies i watch in a year (unless you're a fellow cinephile).
If you want to be a filmmaker and you know nothing of international films, or of film history, youd better learn. there is nothing worse (in my eyes) than an irresponsible filmmaker. If you dont know who fellini or bunuel are, or who eisenstein or bazin are, LEARN!!!
here is my list of the 6 Most Important films of Cinema History:
(chronological)
-A Trip to the Moon (G Melies, France, 1902)
-The Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith, USA, 1915)
-Nanook of the North (R Flaherty, USA, 1922)
-The Battleship Potemkin (S Eisenstein, Russia, 1925)
-Citizen Kane (O Welles, USA, 1941)
-Breathless (JL Godard, France, 1960)
here are my 10 Favorite Films of All Times, All Places:
1 Breathless (JL Godard, France, 1960)
2 Elevator to the Gallows (L Malle, France, 1957)
3 Bonnie and Clyde (A Penn, USA, 1967)
4 Stranger Than Paradise (J Jaramusch, USA, 1987)
5 The Graduate (M Nichols, USA, 1967)
6 The Celebration (T Vinterberg, Denmark, 1998)
7 The Bicycle Thief (V DeSica, Italy, 1948)
8 The 400 Blows (F Truffaut, France, 1959)
9 Network (S Lumet, USA, 1976)
10 Hackers (I Softley, USA, 1995, guilty pleasure)

Television:

"... television is like a big river that everyone goes down and throws their garbage in." -Jim Jarmusch

Books:

Turning Points in Film History
easy riders, raging bulls
rebels on the backlot
my autobiography: charlie chaplin
the rise of theodore roosevelt
tao te ching

ill also note here that my favorite artist is Shag (JoSH AGgle)

Heroes:

Invisible links are my heroes.

My Blog

Movie Forecast 10.5.07

wow so now im getting requests trying to rush me to get these Movie Forecasts out?  i have some pushy friends.  i feel like a puppet of the Mob or something.id just like to note that ive ret...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:57:00 PST

Mr. Arctic’s Movie Guide 9/28/07

i decided to write a weekend movie guide since you all [with few exceptions] have bad taste and need help deciding what to see.  each week, i will divide the new releases into 4 categories:-Movie...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:00 PST

Novel Update

It's been a while since i updated people on the book ive been working on for a year now, so here is an update.honestly, not a lot has been going on.  Since my last blog on the suject, ive written...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:03:00 PST

A wake-up call to the iGeneration

I'm disgusted by all of you from my generation who think that politics is ineffectual and dirty; you who are apathetic and cynical.  You are the reason our generation is unable to do anything abo...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

New Short Story: Valentine's Rants

I'm putting the finishing touches on a new short story tentatively titled Valentine's Rants.  Okay, it's actually kind of a long-short story-- its about 15 pages.  But anyway...The story was...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:01:00 PST

i love you, but let me explain...

i love you, but let me explain&i love how you're you, and can't be anything else.i love how soMeone can be almost anyone, and how they just can't be you. i love how you tell me yOu love ...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:00:00 PST

Valentines Rant

i want to start by saying that i like valentines day.  im sure my single friends dont really care to hear this, but i always have a lot of fun.  anyway...-----i found a cool article about v...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:53:00 PST

Coming Along Slowly

Just wanted to update people since I barely talk to anyone these days.  If you HAVE managed to get me on the phone or to email you back, or if youve just read my other blogs, you'll know that im ...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:48:00 PST

I'm going to be the next JK Rowling

For the record, ive never read a harry potter book.i know its kind of stupid, but i hate doing whatever everyone else is doing [read:  consuming]-- especially when it comes to the arts:  mus...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:21:00 PST

What I've been up to... (take 2)

So, here we go, 2 minutes after my last, failed blog.  (i wont sugar-coat and deny it;  it WAS a blog failure-- im honest with myself).okay, take 2.  what ive been up to.The last time i...
Posted by Mr. Arctic on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:17:00 PST