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Chris

All who wander are not lost

About Me

Popcorn is a good analogy for show business. Every time you make popcorn, there are always those fluffy, white, happy popped pieces that are fun to eat and look at and everybody likes them. But there are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that dont pop. You know why they dont pop? They dont pop because they have integrity. MARC MARON You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself. GET CARTER

My Interests

At the moment it's just a Notion, but with a bit of backing I think I could turn it into a Concept, and then an Idea. WOODY ALLEN

I'd like to meet:

It is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again -- because there is no effort without error or shortcoming -- but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, if he succeeds, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, if he fails, fails at least while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. TEDDY ROOSEVELT

Music:

FAVORITES: Rush, Live, Primus, The Cult, Santana, Faith No More, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Ozzy Osbourne, Stealing Venus and Theo Eastwind.

Movies:

DRAMAS: Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy, The Deer Hunter, Straw Dogs, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heat, Match Point, 25th Hour, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Insider, Manhunter, Get Carter (1971), Infernal Affairs, House of Games.COMEDIES: Annie Hall, This is Spinal Tap, Broadcast News, To Be or Not to Be (Mel Brooks version), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mistress, California Split, The Long Goodbye, The Big Lebowski, Arthur, Pardon My Sarong, State and Main, The King Of Comedy.GENRE: 28 Days Later, Zulu, The Devil's Rejects, The Wicker Man (1971), The Thing.

Television:

The Office (BBC version), Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Are You Being Served?, Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Books:

Non-fiction. Favorite plays: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Homecoming, Glengarry Glen Ross, Waiting for Godot, The Birthday Party, Hurlyburly, The Dumbwaiter, Art, Measure for Measure.

Heroes:

In no particular order: Woody Allen, Harold Pinter, Michael Mann, Kyle Turley, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Abbott & Costello, David Mamet, Pat Tillman, Michael Caine, Les Claypool, Samuel Beckett, Brett Favre, Rudy Giuliani, Mel Brooks, Neil Peart, Grant Wistrom, Tom Stoppard, O. Henry, Geddy Lee.

My Blog

The Best 25 Movies You've Never Heard Of

OK, fuzznuckers, for you that have been asking...25. The Man Who Knew Too Little -- Bill Murray having a lot of goofy fun. 24. Croupier -- Mike Hodges is a master of flawed character studies. 23. ...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:07:00 PST