I'm trying to move steadily away from film for a small while. Adverts and commercials are fine but short film, I will see how far my emotional barrier holds up after this one.Films was one of the few things I really enjoyed but I started as a sculpter and fine artist but since none of the art colleges liked my way of doing things (I wasn't a wank for the patter) I went to film. I still illustrate and do a monthly comic written by my friend as well as moving into illustrating and deign. I love this shit!Check it in the al-bums!
Other filmmakers and the like. Music composers and good bands who want music videos done. Artists and illustrators. Designers and Art Directors. Anyone who has a slight interest in the kinda films I make. Interesting folk who like interesting stories.Ironically, I already know most people like this but again, contact me anyway.I can't be done with people who think they are better than everyone else. You can fuck off. I have to put up with enough of those people already. I can't be done with people who have no respect for anyone else, who treat others like shit and don't let them get a word in. Fuck off, I can't be done with you. Go join Dennis "Wedge" Lawson (who I met the other week) in his, "I'm fucking interesting" club. Also, as the list goes on, I cant't done with anyone forcing their opinion on me. I have a way of doing things. If you don't like it, go find someone who will do it. It will probably be boring and shit but there you go. Arrogance and Confidence? Gimme it.
Massive Attack, Rage Against The Machine, Led Zeppeln, The Beastie Boys, The Delphonics, The Beatles, The Who, Biffy Clyro, Faith No More, The Doors, Alkaline Trio, Joy Division, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Yellowcard, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Ra, King Crimson, Nirvana, Bjork, Zero 7, NIN, David Bowie, Poison The Well, Cibo Matto, Moby, Frou Frou, Rammstien, Godsmack, Tool, KoRn, Pantera, Killswitch Engage, Sigur Ros, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head, Five Finger Death Punch, Down I Go, POD, Godsmack, Sub Dub Micromachine, Prodigy, The Chantels, Dusty Springfield, The Commadores, Stevie Wonder, Doobie Brothers, Metallica, Boards Of Canada, Susumu Yokota, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Artie Shaw, Ice Cube, Jurassic Five, Joshua Redman, Bach, Mama's and Papa's, ELP, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Pendulum, Charlie Mingus, Double Negative, Gallhammer, Her Space Holiday, Simon and Garfunkel, Calvin Harris, composers Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson Williams, John Williams, Joe Hisaishi, Nobua Uematsu, Vangelis, T-Rex, Lynard Skynard, Moody Blues, Jimmi Hendrix, The Zombies, Nile ... loads and loads of shit, muthafucka!
Alien, Blade Runner, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Stray Dog, Ran, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Casino, Goodfellas, Se7en, Fight Club, The Game, Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex, Manhatten, Annie Hall, Broadway Danny Rose, 2001: A Space Odessey, A Clockwork Orange, The Killing, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle In The Sky, Angela's Ashes, Angel Heart, Misery, Stand By Me, Spinal Tap, The Jerk, Man With Two Brains, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Searchers, Akira, Memories, Ghost In The Shell, Innocence, Patlabor 2, Snake Eyes, Casualties Of War, The Untouchables, The Killer, Bullet In The Head, Hard Boiled, Black Narcisuss, Red Shoes, Matter Of Life And Death, Thief Of Baghdad, Don't Look Now, Castaway, Walkabout, Requiem For A Dream, Pi, The Fountain, Metropolis, M, Trainspotting, Sunshine, Donnie Darko, Battleship Potemkin, Life Of Brian, Point Break, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, White Heat, Angels With Dirty Faces, Back To The Future Trilogy, The Kid, Way Out West, Chumps At Oxford, Towed In The Hole, The Day The Earth Stood Still, City Of God, LA Confidential, Chinatown, The Black Dahlia, The Wonderboys, King Kong, Gohatto, Hana-bi, Zatoichi, Violent Cop, Leaving Las Vegas, Infernal Affairs Trilogy, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, Rocky, Golden Eye, Casino Royale, Opening Night, Woman Under The Influence, Gloria, Shadows, Happy Together, Chungking Express, In The Mood For Love, Out Of Sight, The Limey, The Getaway, Wild Bunch, Cross of Iron, The Children's Hour, The Odd Couple, The Producers, Garden State, ET, Jaws, Duel, Close Encounters, Schindler's List, Time Bandits, Fear and Loathing, Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, Leon, Nikita, The Fifth Element, Stalker, Hackers, Gone In 60 Seconds, The Driver, The Warriors, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, The Godfather (Part 1 & 2), Happiness, Copland, Gremlins, Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, The French Connection, Spiderman (1 +2), Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Deer Hunter, The Dead Trilogy, Lost In Translation, Sympathy For Mr. Vengence, OldBoy, Lady Vengence, JSA, Manhunter, Heat, The Insider, Collateral, The Evil Dead Trilogy, Darkman, The Simple Plan, Rainy Dog, Ley Lines, Visitor Q, Dead Or Alive, Audition, Ichi The Killer, Gozu, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Lost Highway, The 25th Hour, Do The Right Thing, Breathless, Weekend, True Lies, Terminator 1+2, Aliens, The Abyss, Miller's Crossing, Airplane!, Enduring Love, Chinatown, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Man On The Moon, The Big Lebowski, Casablanca, The Barefoot Contessa, A Bittersweet Life, Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, Mash, Long Goodbye, McCabe and Mrs Miller, The Prairie Home Companion, True Romance, Man On Fire, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, Fistful Of Dollars, Once Upon A Time In The West, Crimson Tide, Clerks 1+2, Mallrats, Jay and Bob Strike Back, Dusk till Dawn, the El Mariachi Trilogy, The Graduate, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, JFK, Wall Street, The Killing Fields, Citizan Kane, The Third Man and Touch Of Evil ... the list continues ...
Deal Or No Deal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, I Love Lucy, Arrested Development, Spaced, Cheers, Taxi, Seinfeld, 24, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Takeshi's Castle .... Even partial to a little of the Krypton Factor, Games Master, Knighmare and the Crystal Maze ...at the moment, TV is more interesting than film.
Anything by Peter Biskind, Ken Kesey, Frank Miller, Katsuhiro Otomo (yes those last two are comic book artists but they write great stories) and probably John Grisham. Maybe a little of the Dr. Hunter S. Thomson and Philip K. Dick for completely fucking with my mind. I like reading about what other directors say about the craft whenever possible. Kurosawa is ingenious in explaining his craft.And to Luke Rhinehart, who wrote THE DICE MAN: I want the rights to that book!
Apart from Scorsese, Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, Cassavetes saving me from the filmmaking void of banality, Bowie for giving me the Spider's From Mars and Japan for showing me a more cultured way of life and Spiderman and Batman for just being heroes,I'd have to look towards my friends and family seeing that the greatest heroes never have to wear a mask.