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Lewis

About Me

I'm Lewis. I live in Grimsby but spend a lot of time in York where i go to uni doing Film & TV Production at York St. John. I love films and also hanging with friends, music, books occassionally, sport very occassionally bla bla bla. Don't like typing very much th

My Interests

Films (obviously), Music, Books, Sports - Tennis, Football and Waterpolo, Gaming occassionally (Mariokart, Resident Evil 4 etc.), Going out, Staying in and doing one of the above with friends (generally one of my top 8 or friends from uni).

I'd like to meet:

My heroes (listed below) and I'm sure J.D. Salinger would be a good laugh.

Music:

The Beatles, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Aimee Mann, Coldplay, The Eagles, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Jam, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Kula Shaker, Oasis, The Verve, The Zutons, Oasis, Sufjan Stevens, Creedance Cleerwater Revival, The Who, Joe Purdy, Bob Dylan, Jon Brion, Thomas Newman, Cat Stevens, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Pink Floyd, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kasabian, Kings Of Leon, Jack Johnson, Wolfmother, Nick Drake, The Strokes.

Movies:

"It is not only entertainment which we seek, but art and truth also" - Sideways, Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Se7en, Fight Club, Memento, The Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, LA Confidential, Trainspotting, Back To The Future, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Annie Hall, Taxi Driver, Stand By Me, Donnie Darko, The Matrix, Cidade De Deus (City of God), LOTR, The Empire Strikes Back, Adaptation, Heat, The Usual Suspects, Jurassic Park, The Godfather, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Terminator 2, X-Men 2, Aliens, Trois Couleurs Blue, Miller's Crossing, Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), 12 Angry Men, Rushmore, The Truman Show, C'era Una Volta Il West (Once Upon A Time In The West), Leon, Per Un Pugno Di Dollari (A Fistful Of Dollars), La Haine, The Incredibles, The Straight Story, Groundhog Day, Per Qualche Dollaro In Più (For A Few Dollars More), Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain, Dead Poets Society, À Bout De Souffle (Breathless), Grizzly Man, Drugstore Cowboy, A New Hope, O’ Brother Where Art Thou?, 25th Hour, Brick....I'm gonna stop listing now 'cos it's getting kind of scary. Basically, i like these kind of guys: Kubrick, Fincher, Spielberg, P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Nolan, Leone, Payne, Chaplin, Kieslowski, The Coen Brothers.

Television:

Arrested Development, The Office, Peep Show, Brass Eye, Planet Earth, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friends, The Simpsons (When it was good), Top Gear, Lost, My Name Is Earl, American Dad, Family Guy (Even tho it deeply irritates me a lot of the time), Band Of Brothers, Seinfeld, Father Ted, Only Fools And Horses, The Day Today.

Books:

Catcher in the Rye, In Cold Blood, The Hobbit, Vernon God Little, Nine Stories, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Life Of Pi, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nightime, Fight Club, Killer In The Rain, Choke. Crime novels by writers like Chandler and Hammett.

Heroes:

Mainly people i admire in the world of cinema: Bobby De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, P.T. Anderson, Alexander Payne, The Coen Brothers etc. etc.