Thomas Newman, Philip Glass, Nino Rota, Paul Cantelon, James Horner, Starlight Mints, Lemon Jelly, Bonobo, Blonde Redhead, BT (This Binary Universe and Monster, specifically), Aimee Mann, Air, Amon Tobin, Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Bear McCreary, Benoit Charest, Bent, Angelo Badalamenti, Sigur Ros, Psapp, The Decemberists, Micheal Giacchino, Michael Andrews, Laura Veirs, Jon Brion, Jurassic 5, Husky Rescue, Hooverphonic, Georges Delerue, The Dresden Dolls, DJ Shadow, Christopher O'Riley, Radiohead, The Books, Carter Burwell, Calexico, Others.
A pretentious list of names shall follow. Be forewarned. Terry Gilliam. P. T. Anderson. Anything shot by Sven Nykvist. Every Tarkovsky movie I've seen to date. Coen Brothers. Early Fellini. Later Fellini. Bergman, I think, though the verdict is still out. Brad Bird. Charlie Kauffman. David Lynch (Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, specifically). Truffaut. Alexander Payne. Coppola. Tim Burton. Cuaron. Iñárritu. Wes Anderson. Mike Nichols. Christopher Nolan. Miranda July. All the Woody Allen I've seen, though that's far from enough. Miyazaki. Christopher Guest. And Zoolander.
Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, The first two seasons of Lost and Battlestar Galactica, The Sopranos, Batman: The Animated Series, The first two seasons of Six Feet Under, Star Trek, The Shield, The Wire, Others.
Jonathan Safran Foer, David Mamet (this should be under movies as well, I suppose), Herman Hesse, Honore de Balzac, Milan Kundera, Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket, Thomas Pynchon, Tobias Wolff, Chekhov, Lois Lowry, Others.
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