I'd like to meet:
Helmut Newton, Gordon Park, Francois Truffaut, Jean- Luc Godard ."Up to now -- since shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution -- most movie makers have been assuming that they know how to make movies. Just like a bad writer doesn't ask himself if he's really capable of writing a novel -- he thinks he knows. If movie makers were building airplanes, there would be an accident every time one took off. But in the movies, these accidents are called Oscars." ( Jean-Luc Godard)..
Music:
Maxwell, Massive attack, Sigur Ros, Vast, New Order, Madonna (back in the day), Biggie Smalls, Rufus Wainwright, Maroon 5, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Prince, Glam Rock (velvet Goldmine Soundtrack). The Cure, U2 (old stuff) Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, House music, old skool hip hop, neo soul, Eykah Badu, Common, outkast, Mos def, Jazz, Soul, Rock,Haitian, African,Hispanic,Middle Eastern, Bush, No doubt, Audioslave, blur, anything by the brits, cree summer, amel larrieux, bilal, edith piaf, anything french. Sneaker pimps, tv on the radio, Broken Social scene,underworld, yoko ono, cibomatto, Matthew good. Junior Vasquez. Soundtrack of our lives. Tahiti 80, The yeah yeah yeahs, The Stills, Mazzy Star, Stereophonics, The Guess Who, The Rapture, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, M, Mylene Farmer, The Rapture. Franciose Hardy. Salif Keita...etc
Movies:
The Antoine Doinel series, and anything by Francois Truffaut, Lola, Saved, Party Monster, La Nuit Americaine, A man and Women , Monster...a great movie and anything French. I love breathless (a bout de souffle), Bad Education, 28 days later, my life in pink (ma vie un rose), Spanking the monkey, Pretty in pink...anything with the brat pack. Hollween, ameile, unbearable lightness of being. The door in the floor, Bowling for columbine, Roger and me, The conversation, Far from heaven, talk to her, the dreamers, last tango in paris, besieged (thandie newton). my life( godard), The doors, Head On, turkish Delight, Deer Hunter I love De Niro and A tout de suite, Stay, Last days, United States of Leland, The believer, Stateside, Dirty Dancing, The NoteBook, Nine Songs, Finding Neverland, Blow up, Thumbsucker, Female Trouble, 2046, Clean.
Books:
Beauty, Eating Chinese Food naked, Assata Shakur, lord of the flies, The vampire lestat, the vampire Armand. White Teeth, MovieMaker, David Mamet on directing, the black Jacobins, The african holocaust (john Henry Clarke), The african presense, Hemingway on Writing, Henry Miller on Writing, anything by Anais Nin, anything by haitian authours. James baldwin's short stories (sonny's blues), the heart is a lonely hunter, another country. Shutterbabe, Taming it down, Meeting of the waters...much more... Vogue, Suede, Elle, Jane and Trace magazine, Vman and Blackbook fav fav magazine.
Heroes:
My Parents and Langston Hughes