Matthew Wood - ProfilesArchive

About Me

- I'm a film and television student.
- I used to be an english student.
- I'm often discontented but rarely miserable.
- Whiskey is my poison of choice.
- I'm not as negative as I sometimes make out.
- I have a love for black and white.
- I'm a musicphile.
- I write performance poetry but havn't performed in quite a long time.
- I'm always embarking on creative projects but they rarely come to fruition.
- I'm motivated most by other people's requests.
- I'm very opinionated... in a passionate way.
- I'm getting into DJing.
- I want to hear more than just US/UK music on a night out.
- I've done a couple of film competitions.
- I go to WOMAD, Primavera, Solfest & Whitby Musicport each year.
- I sit in cafÃ©s not for coffee but to watch the world go by.
- I often take amusement in the little things.
- I write a sporadic music blog. You can find my blog here .
If I can't fuel my creativity with writing then my mind often turns to political/corporate vandalism in the form of 'art'.
Here's one I did recently for BAE Systems. You can find the BAE originals here.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone and everyone interesting, intelligent, cynical, creative, musical and thoughtful.

The bloke in Head Of Steam who exclaimed with overwhelmingly charming authority:
"Slipknot are shit, ya twat... I listen to Bob Dylan."

Music:

My Creations:

Currently Listening To:

Last Week's Top Artists:

Movies:

Some films I've seen recently that I think deserve notable mention:
- Juno
- Cloverfield
- Kenny
- Exiled
- This Is England
- The Bridge
- Bamako
- Wild Style
- The Edukators
- The Science Of Sleep
- WMDs: Weapons of Mass Deception
- Control Room: Propaganda Of The Iraw War
- Inland Empire
- Crash
- Sunshine
- Charlie Wilson's War
- Taking Liberties
And a handful of films that do not include myself somewhere in the credits. In No Particular Order:
- Faster Pussycat. Kill! Kill! (Dir. Russ Myers - 1965)
- Repo Man (Dir. Alex Cox - 1984)
- Christine (Dir. John Carpenter - 1983)
- Annie Hall (Dir. Woody Allen - 1977)
- Infernal Affairs (Dir. Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak - 2002)
- Them! (Dir. Gordon Douglas - 1954)
- Lost In Translation (Dir. Sofia Coppolla - 2003)
- Blade Runner (Dir. Ridley Scott - 1982)
- Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer - 2000)
- Strangers On A Train (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1951)
- Sideways (Dir. Alexander Payne - 2004)
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (Dir. Don Siegel - 1956)
- Lost Highway (Dir. David Lynch - 1997)
- Shaun Of The Dead (Dir. Edgar Wright - 2004)
- Delicatessen (Dir. Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 1991)
- Sleeper (Dir. Woody Allen - 1973)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Dir. Carl Reiner - 1982)

Television:

I don't have a tuned-in television at the moment but television programmes past and present ar below. Again in no particular order:

- The X-Files (1993-2002)

- The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

- House M.D. (2004-present)

- Question Time (1979-present)

- Newsnight (1980-present)

- QI (2003-present)

- Spaced (1999-2001)

- Black Books (2004-2004)

- Police Squad! (1982)

- Various Stephen King Mini-Series

Books:

I read a lot of fiction and non-fiction but find it very difficult to seperate out certain 'favourite' books. So instead here's a short list of books I've recently bought or have read/am reading:

- "Sarah" by J.T. Leroy

- "Thank You For Smoking" by Christopher Buckley

- "Why And Why Not" by Mark Titchner

- "Gods And Monsters" by Peter Biskind

- "Down And Dirty Pictures" by Peter Biskind

- "Street Logos" by Tristan Manco

- "Emergency Kit: Poems For Strange Times"

- "Poems For Refugees" - A WarChild Anthology

- "The Shock Doctrine" - Naiomi Klien

Heroes:

Almost everyone I've ever heard called 'a hero' I have a problem with so it's not really a method of ideology that suits me to think in. The concept of someone being 'a hero' seems to remove them from reality somewhat. I suppose I could say that everyone who goes through life dealing with all their and others' flaws is a hero... but that would be far too positive.

My Blog

"Imperfection"

And I fell for you when all the le-eaves fell for the ground In the courtyards of old Amongst the wartering holes Of a northern industrial town. And I don't remember when I first lo-ooked into...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:42:00 PST

:: Black List Entry .4211864 ::

Subject: Rage Against The MachineOkay so before everyone starts kicking and screaming let me point one important thing out; I love RATM. Not as much as many I'm sure but I've always loved listening to...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:18:00 PST

:: The Most Tragic Story Ever Told ::

One morning a young man woke up full of excitement at the glorious parcel that would be waiting for him.He got up eagerly, went downstairs and made himself a coffee. He most certainly did not want to ...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:54:00 PST

I have created...

... a decent music quiz. Well hopefully. Sick of all the rubbish you usually get I thought I'd try to do one which would satisfy my interests in what and how other people listen to. Hopefully people w...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:48:00 PST

:: Poem :: "Ghosts" :: [2nd Draft] ::

With all eyes shut the city snores and trainyards lie peaceful. The drunks and clubbers have found a bed, whilst others ignore the night in one another's arms. The&n...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:57:00 PST

On Paper...

... John Hegley is mint. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h105/drminty/poetry-jh_sm. jpg In person he's even mintyerer! Damn right I went to Durham to see him this evening. It was absolutely fant...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:19:00 PST

Camels, Cancer & Cinema

Sad news all, This morning I recieved a letter telling me that my adopted camel, Topsy, had died a few days ago from cancer. Now I know how Vera Brittain must have felt. Of course if she'd eaten turki...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:55:00 PST

111!

Oh my! I have a hundred and eleven friends. That's like 111. And that's like 666, the devils number but one sixth as evil and so that's like... erm... Arriva!?! Public transport is naff but it should ...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:28:00 PST

18 & Rhino-free

Well it's finally all over. Rhinoceros is finished and so is my spat as a director. It was great and although they're not on MySpace and will probably never read this but thank you to all of them. The...
Posted by Matthew Wood on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:41:00 PST

Rhinoceros Addittional

The time for attending Prior Pursglove college and the plays beginning on Monday will now be just before 7pm not six. Thank you.
Posted by Matthew Wood on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:44:00 PST