Film, books, travel, writing, eavesdropping, music, languages, home cooking, people's stories, photography
Michael Winterbottom Paul Pena Patti Smith John Doe Agnes B. Albert Maysles Mark Helprin Dave Eggers Paul Auster Ravi Ann Laura Poitras Barbara Kopple Christopher Hitchens Agnes Varda Philip Seymour Hoffman Johnny Depp Sophia Loren James Wolcott
Beck, Nada Surf, Annie Lennox, Talking Heads, Barenaked Ladies, Nick Cave, Barry White, Vivaldi, X, Bob Marley, Ruben Gonzalez, Brian Eno, Keiko Matsui, Thelonius Monk, They Might Be Giants, The Brothers Johnson, David Bowie, Femi Kuti, Frank Zappa, Jimmy Cliff, Daniel Johnston, Jovanotti, Philip Glass, Circle Jerks, Morrissey, The Now People, One Ring Zero, Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder, Hole, The Police, Paolo Conti, The Pretenders, Radiohead, The Roots, Sade, Seal, Sonny and Cher, Supreme Beings of Light, Tahiti 80, Todd Rundgren, U2, Cry on Cue
Wings of Desire, Young Frankenstein, The Hairdresser's Husband, Brazil, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Jules et Jim, Favela Rising, Some Kind of Monster, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The Yes Men, Last Tango in Paris, Berlin: Symphony of a City, Magnolia, Cleo from 5 to 7, The Gleaners and I, Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, The Cruise, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original with Gene Wilder), Nights of Cabiria, 8 1/2, Buena Vista Social Club, Dog Day Afternoon, Saraband, Touching the Sound, Un Coeur en Hiver, Baraka, Powaqqatsi, The Princess Bride, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Run, Lola, Run, My Architect, Some Kind of Monster, 24 Hour Party People, Dr. Strangelove, In This World, Rabbit-Proof-Fence, The Rules of the Game, Kurt Cobain About a Son, Half Nelson, The Monastery
Weeds, Iconoclasts, Inside the Actors Studio, Pink Panther cartoons
Not even close to enough space here for those
Granny Rose, my parents, Noam Chomsky, Anderson Sa, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barney Rosset, Nelson Mandela, Marina Goldovskaya, Euzhan Palcy, Lewis Carroll, Douglas Adams, Fidel Castro, Sisyphus, Wile E. Coyote, Joseph Campbell