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Melagnea

melagnea

About Me



Dawn by Joseph Michael Lisner

I'm a pop culture devourer and an ultimate movie maniac,love comics, stylish photographs and art in general. Can't live without good books and interesting people.I am open-minded coffee addict eager to explore and learn new things.

My re-enactment group: www.winland.pl

You Are an Orange Rose
You represent desire and enthusiasm

Your vibe: Sexy yet familiar

Falling in love with you: happens instantly - it's a fast ride What Color Rose Are You?

My Interests

History (mainly ancient, medieval and II World War ) Re-enactment (viking and slavic),mythology and legends ( viking, slavic,celtic, arthurian legends), Art ( Hieronim Bosch, Albrecht Durer,Caravaggio, Rembrandt,Alfonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, The Preraphaelites, Caspar D. Friedrich, Gustave Dore, Aubrey Beardsley,Tamara Lempicka, Art Nouveau, Art Deco,Stanislav Szukalski, Zdzislaw Beksinski, H.R Giger, Wayne Barlowe, Gerald Brom & many more ) Victorian and retro stuff, steampunk and dieselpunk, Pin-ups,Redheads,Comics,Dragons,Wolves and dogs, Gothic cathedrals, photography, (Horst, Steichen, Hurell,Arbus,LaChapelle, Michael James O'Brien,Floria Sigismondi,Erwin Olaf,Eugenio Recuenco,Yelena Yemczuk). by Yelena Yemchuk

I'd like to meet:



Music:

So much music so little time:) rock,industrial,metal,ambient, electro,synthpop, house,trip hop,classical and neo-classical,folk and neo-folk, alternative( Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor,Rob Zombie, Rammstein, Ministry,Laibach, Tool,A Perfect Circle - everything by Maynard James Keenan, Dead Can Dance and Lisa Gerrard,Loreena McKennitt,Azam Ali,Clannad, Tori Amos, P.J Harvey,Fiona Apple, Sarah Mclachlan,Bjork,P.J Harvey, Imogen Heap, Depeche Mode ,Juno Reactor, UNKLE, Lamb, Portishead,Zero 7, Tricky, Massive Attack, Goldfrapp,Sneaker Pimps,IAMX,Gorillaz, Gogol Bordello, Kulturshock,Leningrad, Muse, QOTSA ,Nick Cave,Tom Waits, This Mortail Coil,Sisters of Mercy,Danzig,Type O Negative, Faith No More and Mike Patton,Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots,Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Pixies,Paul Oakenfold, Faithless, Moloko,Reni Jusis, movie soundtracks and many many more....

Movies:

It's hard to pick only a few when you love films so much:) favourite diretors:Guy Richie, Quentin Tarantino,Woody Allen,Kevin Smith, Pedro Almodovar,Jean-Pierre Jeunet,Wong Kar-Wai,Paul Thomas Anderson,Tim Burton,Ridley Scott,Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher,The Coen Brothers,Isabel Coixet,Alfred Hitchcock, Bram Stoker's Dracula,Interview with the Vampire,Blade Runner,Ladyhawke,Willow,Conan the Barbarian,LOTR, Kontroll,Donnie Darko, The Crow, Oldboy, Pan's Labirynth and other Guillermo del Toro's works ,Infernal Affairs, The Thing, Hellraiser, Silent Hill, Descent,Aliens series,Predator, Fight Club,Army of Darkness, Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns, asian cinematography ( hk, japanese and korean )Star Wars, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Everything is Illuminated ,Equilibrium,The Prestige ,L.A Confidental,Chinatown, Usual Suspects ,Memento,Harry Angel,Lost Highway, Dune,Gone with The Wind,Goonies, The Breakfast Club,Lost Boys, Metropolis, Murnau's Nosferatu,Dirty Harry and everything directed by Clint Eastwood,Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line,The last Temptation of Christ,Queen Margot, Elizabeth,- lots of period dramas, Dobermann ,Hardware,Le Pacte des loups, some based on comics ( V for Vendetta,X-Men, Sin City,Batman Begins,.etc)Powder,L'Ours,Napoleon Dynamite,Little Miss Sunshine,The Station Agent - to name just a few:)

Television:

South Park, Little Britain,Monty Python's Flying Circus, Sex and the City,Friends,Lost, Prison Break, Dexter,Pitbull, Rome, Band of Brothers, The Simpsons, CSI:Las Vegas, House M.D, Californication, Pushing Daisies.

Books:

about history,religion,psychology,anthropology (cultural and social)magic, occultism, legends, works of Andrzej Sapkowski,Feliks W. Kres, Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick,Terry Pratchett, Anne Rice, Angela Carter, Jeanette Winterson, Niccolo Ammaniti, Amelie Nothomb, M.Buhakov's "Master and Margarita",Marquez's "100 years of solitude",Coelho's "Veronique decides to die", Tristian and Isolde, Arthurian legends, Milne's "Winie the Pooh","Alice Adventures in Wonderland"& "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Caroll, Grimm Brothers fairy tales, "The Red Dragon" and "Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris,"Czarna Szabla" by Jacek Komuda,"Broken Sword" by Paul Anderson,Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer, Arturo Perez-Reverte, English Romantics, Baudelaire, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Bukowski, Chuck Palahniuk
Comics: Hellblazer, Hellboy, Wilq, Jez Jerzy,48 stron, Odmieniec, Slaine, Thorgal, Fables, Batman,Lone wolf and cub, Blacksad, works of Frank Miller,Alan Moore,Mike Mignola,Steve Niles,Ben Templesmith,Warren Ellis ...

Heroes:

who influence me:) My DAD!!! Oscar Wilde,Emily Dickinson,Sylvia Plath, Stephen Colbert, Eric Cartman, John Constantine :P ::Betty Page:: ::Japan::
::Norse Mythology::
::Arthurian Legends::
::Elizabeth I::
::Scarlett O'Hara::
::martini!::
::Menthol Cigarettes:: ::Military Style::
::Noir and Vintage Vixens::

::Horst P. Horst::
::Edward Steichen::
::Man Ray::
::Jan Saudek::
::Gerald Brom::
::Poster Art::

My Blog

Mark Romanek

Another visual artist being one of my all time favourites is Mark Romanek.He is an award-winning American music video director who has also moved into directing theatrical films.After shooting his fir...
Posted by Melagnea on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

Asian Appetite

Today I had a strong desire for sushi but couldn’t get it anywhere so instead I’ve decided to check what’s going out in the asian film industry (although not only as you’ll la...
Posted by Melagnea on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST

Cigarette Burns

"John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns" (also known as "Cigarette Burns") is the eighth episode of the first season of Masters of Horror directed by John Carpenter. The film proves that Carpenter is ...
Posted by Melagnea on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:26:00 PST

Nordic taste of things to come...

Stone’s War (previously titled War of the Dead ) is a film in production, expected to be released in 2008. It is written and directed by Finnish director Marko Mäkilaakso. The film is going t...
Posted by Melagnea on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:13:00 PST

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead is a movie that’s kind of half quirky comedy, half vampire story. Jake Hoffman (son of Dustin), is a broke, frustrated ladies man who jumps at the chan...
Posted by Melagnea on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:58:00 PST

Hammer Horror is Back!!!!

Beyond the Rave, described as Hammer’s first horror movie in 30 years, will be shown as 20 ’webisodes’ in spring 2008 before being released in full on DVD.It is billed as a vampire ...
Posted by Melagnea on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:35:00 PST

Floria Sigismondi

Floria Sigismondi is a Canadian-naturalized photographer and director.Apart from herart exhibitions, she is best known for directing music videos.Exploring the dark and creepy side of life her works ...
Posted by Melagnea on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:36:00 PST

"The Perfect Sleep" - masochism noir?

Yes, I'm a sucker for a good noir and new international production The Perfect Sleep looks to be a good one.Although it seems like a typical noir movie flick, the trailer shows that it will stirr up ...
Posted by Melagnea on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:52:00 PST

"The Fall" trailer - a real visual feast!

THE FALL is a film directed by Tarsem Singh and again like in his previous film "The Cell" with Jenifer Lopez we have a real visual feast!Here's the plot:Los Angeles, circa 1920's, a little immigrant ...
Posted by Melagnea on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:47:00 PST

Film Noir and Vanity Fair Tribute

One of my all time favourite film genres is film noir , according to Wikipedia film noir is is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that empha...
Posted by Melagnea on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:16:00 PST