I'm currently awash in preproduction on the independant horror-fantasy-comedy picture I have been charged by the Gods to bring into this world.
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Physically going to see lesser run movies - no matter the distance , political dissent, filmmaking, Horror / Sci-Fi Cons, PBS
Folk with proactive passion for film and/or politics.
And Sam Raimi. I want to punch him for axeing "Freddy + Jason Vs. Ash" in favor of an Evil Dead REMAKE.
Grand Buffet, Atom and His Package, Gil Mantera ... Whatever is on the Coast To Coast Bumps,
Dawn of the Dead (1978), Citizen Kane, Network, Dr.Strangelove, Blues Brothers/Ghostbusters/Monty Pythons Holy Grail/Big Lebowski/Office Space/South Park : "The Movie", Evil Dead 1 &2 , Army of Darkness, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas ... plus plenty of others which have had meaningful impact on me but not quite so much as those above
Mr.Show, Conan, Monty Python, Family Guy, Aqua Teen / SeaLab / Space Ghost : Coast to Coast, Futurama , Washington Journal (C-SPAN), Frontline (PBS), Mark Kister's "The Draw Squad", Freakazoid!, Mighty Max
Some I have profound respect for ... some I have read semi-recently :The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil ; Engines of Creation ; Accidental Empires ; The Prince ~ Machiavelli ; Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson ; Sex, Lies and Politics by Larry Flynt ; In Search of Ancient Mysteries by Alan Landsburg,
Orson Welles , George Romero, Melvin Van Peebles, Terry Gilliam, Jim Traficant , Hunter S. Thompson, Ed Wood