Guerilla Filmmakin', Heartbreakin', Aardvarks, LLamas, Double-lettered animals, Cannibalism (as a social taboo), Cinematography, Photography, B&W 16 mm shorts about Nosferatu and the Easter Bunny and such, Goofy humor, Idealism, Fantasy Dorkness, Thrifting, Ebay, Drug-induced children's literature, Shows, Writing poor music and poems about Hitler. Getting rejected from prestegious film schools. Getting kicked off locations. Pitching things on reality television. And my production company / filmic alter ego:
Him,him, or him.I'd be happy with any one of those, really.
RADIOHEAD. THE CURE. U2. - subsequently, and in no particular order: The Mr T Experience. The Smashing Pumpkins. INTERPOL. Weezer (pre-Green Album). Old Fountains of Wayne. The Rentals. That Dog (in moderation). STARFLYER 59. Bon Voyage. Slowdive (Souvlaki). Blonde Redhead. Autolux. The Sprites. The Oohlas. The Pixies. The Breeders. Blur (old stuff). The Stone Roses. Catherine Wheel. Elastica. Sleeper. Belly. Eisley. The Cranberries. The Innocence Mission. The Distillers (before Gil Norton's "Coral Fang" disaster). The Hives. Spoon. Nada Surf (For "Let Go," not the newest record). Ted Leo mit Pharmacists (sans 2005 album). Pedro The Lion (even though he's jaded). Half-Handed Cloud. Bunky. DELTA HAYMAX, one of the most underrated bands ever. THE LEMONHEADS/Evan Dando -- holycrap, I can't believe they're touring again. Ben Kweller. Ben Folds. Fleming & John. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin. QUASI. ELLIOTT SMITH. Margo Guryan. Francoise Hardy. Sarah Harmer. Joni Mitchell. Judee Sill. Nico. Sarah McLachlan. Jeff Buckley. Simon & Garfunkel (together). Cat Stevens. The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson. The Beatles. The Zombies. OLD Shins. The Kinks. Rogue Wave's first album. Work of Saws. Stephen Malkmus's first solo record. TMBG. The Smiths/Morissey. Erasure. The Cars. Altered Images. Novelty/Gimmick: Daniel Johnson. Wesley Willis. Dance Buffet. Composers: Rockmananov. Ennio Morricone. Richard Einhorn. Mike Walker. Spellcheck: Owen Smith
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Edward Scissorhands (I'm listing only the best Burton film for space purposes---but everything he did before "Planet of the Apes" is fantastic), Cannibal! The Musical, Harold and Maude, Life is Beautiful, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Braveheart, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, The Fifth Element, Clueless, Loser, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, North, UHF, Office Space, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Gufman, Arsenic and Old Lace, Better off Dead, Date With an Angel, Plan 9 From Outer Space, The Karen Carpenter Story (plastic version), Rear Window (again, only one Hitchcock for space purposes), Carnival of Souls, The Lost Boys, Se7en, The Crow, Ravenous, Wait Until Dark, The Innocents, Bunny Lake Is Missing (the original), The original Nosferatu, Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Die Nibelungen, Chaplin's "The Tramp," (though I'm more of a Keaton fan), A Trip To The Moon (and pretty much anything else by Melies), Guy Madden's The Heart of The World, Milford Earl's Claire---which is absolutely the best film ever to come out of Atlanta---, Josie and the Pussycats, Spice World, Benny and Joon, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic (with Steve Zissou), Pillow Talk, His Girl Friday, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Meet Me in St. Louis, Newsies, A Little Princess, The Neverending Story, Willow, Legend (but only for its sets), Disney's The Country Bears, Signs, Ghost World, The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Garden State, Everything is Illuminated, Team America: World Police, Vernon Florida, Grizzly Man, The Devil and Daniel Johnson, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Cooper & Schoedsack's King Kong, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, Brick, the Proposition, and---last, but certainly not least---the LOTR trilogy. ANIMATED: The Land Before Time, The Last Unicorn. DISNEY ANIMATED: Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and The Beast, The Nightmare Before Christmas (though I guess it doesn't really count). STUDIO GHIBLI: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies. I will watch anything with Elijah Wood at least once. Period. Some childhood crushes never die. Other actors who will draw me to the theater on name alone: Elijah Wood, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joaquin Phoenix, and...well, I guess everyone else is dead. Nevermind.
South Park. Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Flight of the Conchords. LOST. KIDS' SHOWS: Charlie and Lola, Pingu, Spongebob, Boobah, and Yo! Gabba Gabba, which is officially the most awesome kids show since Electric Co. RETIRED FAVOURITES: Seinfeld, Eerie Indiana, the BRITISH Office (not the retarded American poseur crap version), Beavis & Butthead, My So-Called Life, Daria, and Bagpuss. Everything else sucks. **Foot-sucking "I Love New York" photo deleted per request of my sister**
The Holy Bible, JTHM, The Stranger, And Then There Were None, Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, Alice In Wonderland, The Neverending Story, Confederacy of Dunces. Short Stories: Poe's Masque of the Red Death, The Choose Your Own Adventure series, John Updike's A and P. I really wish Myspace allowed ampersands.
Conan O'Brien, Trey Parker, Mike Judge, and Jesus. Not the "Saved"/"Mary is my homegirl"/"Oh-it's-so-clever-and-postmodern-to-make-fun-of-J esus" Jesus, the real Jesus. Who lives in my heart. ... And I know what you're thinking. But a girl has to make exceptions for South Park.