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About Me

We could have saved the Earth, but we were too damned cheap." -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

"God Damnit, you've got to be kind." -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
"Spend three years learnin' how to talk, the next thirty learnin' not to. Two years learnin' how to walk, about the same for a motorcycle. Eight years livin' in a powder keg and only longin' to light the matches. " -- Vic Ruggiero, "Don't Have To".
"A man is just a man filled with faults and weakness, for a young Jerusalem all alone and speechless. Lights out, no body's home, walkin' streets in darkness. I feel I'm just a man, flesh and bones, homeless." -- Matisyahu, "Late Night in Zion"

My Interests

Learning, sleeping, sticking my foot in my mouth.

I'd like to meet:

Already met the people worth meeting. But if I had to choose, I'd say a monster made out of Dippin' Dots.

Music:

RIO, Jackmove, Vic Ruggiero, The Slackers, Hepcat, David Hilliyard and the Rock Steady Seven, Peter Tosh, Desmond Dekker, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, The Skatalites, The Valentines, Dennis Brown, Jimmy fuckin' Cliff, Bob Marley (every now and then), Family Tree, Steel Pulse, Devotchka, Sons and Daughters, so on and so forth.

Movies:

I think Citizen Kane is overrated, so my opinion isn't "valid". But here are some great flicks that every one SHOULD see:
Children of Men, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Fountain, The Science of Sleep, Pan's Labyrinth, 21 Grams, Casino Royal (best bond -- ever), Fido, Amalie, The City of Lost Children, Dellicatessen, A Very Long Engagement, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, so on and so forth.

Television:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, Stanislaw Lem, Umberto Eco, Phillip K. Dick, Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, Charles Bukowski, Bruce Campbell. As for Screenplays: give me something by Charlie Kauffman, Joel and Ethen Coen, Hampton Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, The Peoples, George A. Romero, Guillermo Del Toro and a few others.

Heroes:

My Blog

Synecdoche, New York: Starter Review

Let me preface this with a warning that I need to see the film at least once more before giving you all my full, in depth review. I'll get the chance on November 24th, when the film hits a wider relea...
Posted by Barton Fink on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:52:00 PST

Jumblers, Fumblers and Bumblers: A Story Told In Dialogue

"First off, I would like to thank you for taking the time to do this interview. You're quite the difficult one to get a hold of.""Really, it's the least I can do. Every one wants my two cents, it seem...
Posted by Barton Fink on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:16:00 PST

A Much Deserved Apology.

I also go into this knowing and admitting that acceptance or forgiveness is undeserved. To be frank, I've behaved like an insufferable cunt these last few weeks. I didn't fully realize it until early ...
Posted by Barton Fink on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:45:00 PST

Some Ideas for my 35 mm Final Project. Any suggestions or Feedback would be appreciated.

The Rush: The film industry is on the move. The place, Hollywood. The reason? Thomas Alva Edison continues to run the film industry in New York City, sending his goons to interrupt any independently f...
Posted by Barton Fink on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:00 PST

Plans, Plans, Plans.

School is going well. I'm now getting into the meat of the program after three months of chewing the academic fat. This month I start Lighting, made even more exciting by the fact that I am surrounded...
Posted by Barton Fink on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:30:00 PST

"Late Night in Zion". Lyrics by Matisyahu.

We're the reflection of imperfection,We come from the infinite place of limitation.Rejoice in these days, make a correction,We're the completion.Lights out, down for the count, can't get upMeanwhile t...
Posted by Barton Fink on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:35:00 PST

Woe, The Folly of Man

Woe, the folly of manWho leaps before he looksWho hungers everAnd eats when he canBut never learns to cookWoe, be the foolKnows less than speaksDeceitful behaviorThrough every endeavorAnd stomps more ...
Posted by Barton Fink on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:13:00 PST

An Update.

Screenwriting Class Proposal:So, I called to make the appointment today. Dave Meyers (the head of story telling and History of Motion Pictures Chairman) seems to have never received my initial e-mail....
Posted by Barton Fink on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:28:00 PST

My Final Project for Creative Writing: "All Will Fall Silent"

"Protect it, Sherman&" Ruvinka requested, her sultry Russian drawl diminishing into a faint whisper barren of region. The Nazi headhunter had done his job all right. The light in Ruvinka's eyes was fa...
Posted by Barton Fink on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:00 PST

The Dark Knight: Revisited.

So I wanted to see TDK once more, in order to get a further understanding of what was given. I don't typically review flicks after only one screening because, really, what sort of opinion can be forme...
Posted by Barton Fink on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:34:00 PST