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Tyler

Your heart is God's little garden. -Orson Welles

About Me

Currently living in North Hollywood with my wonderful wife, Jenny, chasing the dream of being a writer. Currently, the only creative release I get is through my podcast, BATTLESHIP PRETENSION. Have a listen!

My Interests

Movies, acting, writing, reading, directing, music, theology.

I'd like to meet:

Orson Welles, Robert Duvall, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, Sidney Lumet, George C. Scott, Peter Ustinov, John Huston, Peter Lorre, Paddy Chayevsky, Jason Robards, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Robert Shaw, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Mike Ness, C.S. Lewis, Dashiell Hammett, Elmore Leonard, Harvey Pekar, Todd Glass, Doug Benson, Paul F. Tompkins.

Music:

Tom Waits, Social Distortion, John Hammond, The Lounge Lizards, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, Johnny Dowd, Miles Davis, Mike Ness, Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker, Carter Burwell, John Lurie, Dr. John, Gorillaz, Aimee Mann, The Mississippi Shieks, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Vic Chesnutt.

Movies:

CITIZEN KANE (1941) JAWS (1975) 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) NETWORK (1976) L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1999) CHINATOWN (1974) THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) NASHVILLE (1975) THE THIRD MAN (1949) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) THE INSIDER (1999) TRAFFIC (2000) FARGO (1996) THE GENERAL (1927) THE GODFATHER (1972) THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997) ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

Television:

The Wire, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Futurama, Dr. Katz, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Arrested Development, Law and Order, The Tick, Batman: The Animated Series, The Critic, Rome, House, Fishing with John.

Books:

Crime and Punishment, Red Harvest, The Quiet American, In Cold Blood, Affliction, The Sweet Hereafter, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, Pagan Babies, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Stick, A Clockwork Orange, The Great Gatsby, Jaws, A Civil Action, L.A. Confidential, The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Continental Drift.

Heroes:

Orson Welles, John Cassavetes, Paddy Chayevsky, Tom Waits, Dashiell Hammett, my mom and dad, my grandpa.

My Blog

Exhaustion/Meditation

In the last year or so, I've become fascinated with politics.  I find that my political views have been changing and evolving.  For years, I was strictly conservative.  If the Republica...
Posted by Tyler on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:00 PST

Podcast Guest Links!

We have had several performers and filmmakers on the show, but have never provided any links to their work. So, we decided to do just that. Just follow the links to view some of the work of our dist...
Posted by Tyler on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:19:00 PST

61. Vertigo

It has been almost half a year since my last entry in my top hundred blog series. The reason should be obvious to anybody who has seen Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." I usually try to really think out...
Posted by Tyler on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:07:00 PST

2008!

Well, the year is now 2008. Which, of course, means that the following movies are now officially ten years old:SAVING PRIVATE RYANOUT OF SIGHTDARK CITYTHE TRUMAN SHOWSHAKESPEARE IN LOVEELIZABETHTHE T...
Posted by Tyler on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:03:00 PST

62. Gosford Park

By 2001, Robert Altman had so perfected the large ensemble film that it became his trademark. "Nashville" captured the frustrated optimism of country music, and indeed the mid-70s in general. "Short...
Posted by Tyler on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:21:00 PST

63. The Searchers

I've been reluctant to write a blog about John Ford's "The Searchers" because I hadn't seen it for a while, and thought I might not like it as much the second time around. And, sad as it is to say, I...
Posted by Tyler on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:08:00 PST

Decision 2007!

So, my dear readers, the time has come. I have started to debate whether or not I should shave my goatee. It's been years since I've been clean shaven ("The Boys Next Door," to be precise), and I'm ...
Posted by Tyler on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:25:00 PST

Essential Movies, 1990-1999

Below are the films from the 1990s that I consider to be essential viewing. All of them are great movies, for one reason or another. Some of them changed the way movies are made, while a few even chan...
Posted by Tyler on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:27:00 PST

Essential Films, Revised, then Justified

This is going to be a much more drawn-out blog series if I'm not careful. I'm all for justifying a film's inclusion on the list, but I know that I also tend to be a bit verbose. So, from now on, wit...
Posted by Tyler on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:32:00 PST

Essential Films, 2000-present

Here's our first list of essential movies, covering the years 2000 to 2007. These films are ordered by year, not preference. 1. Traffic (2000)2. You Can Count On Me (2000)3. Gosford Park (2001)4. The ...
Posted by Tyler on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:08:00 PST