I like Bach but I don't like Handel
I like Philip Glass but I don't like John Adams
I like Dostoyevsky but I don't like Tolstoy
I like Roberto Bolano but I don't like Isabel Allende
I like Godard but I don't like Rohmer
I like De Sica but I don't like Visconti
I like Los Jaivas but I don't like Congreso
I like Johnny Cash but I don't like Bob Dylan
I like De Kooning but I don't like Pollock
I like Stravinsky but I don't like Schoenberg
Friday 23 April 2010
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Miscellaneous lists
Top 5 Cortázar short stories
1. Circe
2. Continuidad de los parques
3. Lejana
4. Casa Tomada
5. Las Puertas del cielo
Top 5 Borges short stories
1. El Aleph
2. La biblioteca de Babel
3. Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
4. El milagro secreto
5. Las ruinas circulares
Top 3 Stravinsky periods
1. Russian
2. Neo-Classical
3. Serialist
Top 5 Zappa albums
1. The Grand Wazoo
2. Uncle Meat
3. The Yellow Shark
3. Civilazation Phaze III
5. Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Top 5 Godard films
This list might change when I see Le Mepris, which will be any week now.
1. Alphaville
2. Vivre Sa Vie
3. Week End
4. Breathless
5. Band A Part
Top 5 Universities I want to apply to
1. UCL
2. King's College
3. Manchester
4. Glasgow
5. Leeds
Top 5 Stravinsky pieces
1. The Rite of Spring
2. Symphonies of Wind Instruments
3. Symphony of Psalms
4. Les Noces
5. Pulcinella
Top 5 romantic composers
1. Late Beethoven
2. Hector Berlioz
3. Sergei Rachmaninov
4. Gustav Mahler
5. Frederic Chopin
Top 5 Werner Herzog films
1. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
2. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
3. Nosferatu, Phantom Der Nacht
4. Woyzeck
5. Encounters At the End of the World
Top 5 places to have coffee near Dronfield
Not only the taste of the coffee determines this list, but also the ambience of the cafe.
1. Coffee Central in Dronfield
2. Pumpking coffee in Chesterfield station
3. Graves museum cafe
4. Graves Park cafe
5. Costa in Chesterfield
Top 5 short stories by Saimon A. King
1. The Land of Dreams
2. Victoria Red
3. David Crapper and Mary Vagina's Love Affair
4. The Moon of the Mirror
5. Dream Stairs
Top 5 The Fall albums
1. Hex Enduction Hour
2. Perverted by Language
3. Bend Sinister
4. The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
5. The Real New Fall LP
Top 5 beautiful French actresses
1. Anna Karina
2. Isabelle Adjani
3. Jeanne Moreau
1. Circe
2. Continuidad de los parques
3. Lejana
4. Casa Tomada
5. Las Puertas del cielo
Top 5 Borges short stories
1. El Aleph
2. La biblioteca de Babel
3. Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
4. El milagro secreto
5. Las ruinas circulares
Top 3 Stravinsky periods
1. Russian
2. Neo-Classical
3. Serialist
Top 5 Zappa albums
1. The Grand Wazoo
2. Uncle Meat
3. The Yellow Shark
3. Civilazation Phaze III
5. Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Top 5 Godard films
This list might change when I see Le Mepris, which will be any week now.
1. Alphaville
2. Vivre Sa Vie
3. Week End
4. Breathless
5. Band A Part
Top 5 Universities I want to apply to
1. UCL
2. King's College
3. Manchester
4. Glasgow
5. Leeds
Top 5 Stravinsky pieces
1. The Rite of Spring
2. Symphonies of Wind Instruments
3. Symphony of Psalms
4. Les Noces
5. Pulcinella
Top 5 romantic composers
1. Late Beethoven
2. Hector Berlioz
3. Sergei Rachmaninov
4. Gustav Mahler
5. Frederic Chopin
Top 5 Werner Herzog films
1. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
2. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
3. Nosferatu, Phantom Der Nacht
4. Woyzeck
5. Encounters At the End of the World
Top 5 places to have coffee near Dronfield
Not only the taste of the coffee determines this list, but also the ambience of the cafe.
1. Coffee Central in Dronfield
2. Pumpking coffee in Chesterfield station
3. Graves museum cafe
4. Graves Park cafe
5. Costa in Chesterfield
Top 5 short stories by Saimon A. King
1. The Land of Dreams
2. Victoria Red
3. David Crapper and Mary Vagina's Love Affair
4. The Moon of the Mirror
5. Dream Stairs
Top 5 The Fall albums
1. Hex Enduction Hour
2. Perverted by Language
3. Bend Sinister
4. The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
5. The Real New Fall LP
Top 5 beautiful French actresses
This is, of course, when they were younger. Now they're old hags and even (in Bardott's case) fascist.
1. Anna Karina
2. Isabelle Adjani
3. Jeanne Moreau
4. Catherine Deneuve
5. Bridgette Bardot
Saturday 17 April 2010
Top 10 directors
After my list of top 10 writers, I felt obliged to create one for directors. There are many other directors I like who I think are waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Tarantino - Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock to name a few - but the reason why they don't appear is that I have only seen one or two movies by them. The criteria to get into this list is that I must have seen at least three films by the director in question. I know less about cinema than I do of literature, so this list may be less accurate and less representative of my tastes than the list of writers.
The 'three key works' I chose for each director aren't my own preferneces, but those generally deemed to be the most pivotal and important in each person's oevure.
The 'three key works' I chose for each director aren't my own preferneces, but those generally deemed to be the most pivotal and important in each person's oevure.
10
9
Ingmar Bergman
Luis Bunuel
The grandfather of surrealist cinema, Bunuel produced a number of unforgettable eccentric oddities. The absurd permeates in his work, and characters often conform to unerring, bizarre situations without questioning them.
3 Key works: Un Chien Andalou, Los Olvidados, The Discreet Charm of the Buorgeise
Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick took every genre and re-invented, be it war movie or science fiction. He proved to be one of the most scintillating auteurs from the post-war Hollywood era.
3 Key Works: Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
6
Coen Brothers
Using their cinephile knowledge of films, the Coens encompass genres from screwballs to thrillers and always with an unquestionablt Coen signature. Their movies always make reference to film history, and always in an unpretentious and enjoyable way.
3 Key works: Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou, No Country for Old Men.
5
David Cronenberg
Injecting intelligence into B movies, sci-fi and terror, Cronenberg is the biggest exponent of 'Body Horror'. His films often involve characters experiencing hallucination and bordering into the brink of insanity.
3 Key works: Videodrome, The Fly, History of Violence.
4
Robert Bresson
Bresson's films explore ascetic themes in a fashion more literary than cinematic. His films are often are very sparse and minimalistic, but they result as greatly overpowering and emotional.
3 Key works: A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, Diary of a Countrypriest.
3
David Lynch
Lynch conjures up intricately strange and enigmatic pictures, where the unconscious mind predominates and unquestionable and baffling events occur. The darkness resides hidden and latent beneath the serene comfort of suburbia.
3 Key works: Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive.
2
Werner Herzog
Often going to extremes to attain the unattainable, Herzog's film blur the distinction between fiction and documentary no matter what medium they're in. His films often feature obsessives in doomed quests or men with strange talents in specific fields.
3 Key works: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fitzcarraldo.
1
Jean-Luc Godard
Godard deconstructed cinematic language in a way that broadened the possibilities of cinema. His films often consist of disjointed narratives or cinematic essays on political or aesthetic subjects. This can often be impenetrable and self-indulgent, or extremely absorbing and engaging.
3 Key works: Breathless, Pierrot Le Fou, Weekend.
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Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino made non-linear story-telling fashionable, and mediated astute dialogue with visceral violence. He makes trashy fiction and B-movies simultaneously sophisticated and puerile. His films often feature unpleasant characters insidiously taking advantage of others.
3 Key works: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown.
3 Key works: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown.
Ingmar Bergman
Creating emotional dramatic films, Bergman addressed the human condition by exploring themes like spirituality and existentialism drenched by despair and bleakness.
3 Key works: The Seventh Seal, Persona, Fanny and Alexander.
83 Key works: The Seventh Seal, Persona, Fanny and Alexander.
Luis Bunuel
The grandfather of surrealist cinema, Bunuel produced a number of unforgettable eccentric oddities. The absurd permeates in his work, and characters often conform to unerring, bizarre situations without questioning them.3 Key works: Un Chien Andalou, Los Olvidados, The Discreet Charm of the Buorgeise
7
Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick took every genre and re-invented, be it war movie or science fiction. He proved to be one of the most scintillating auteurs from the post-war Hollywood era.3 Key Works: Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Coen Brothers
Using their cinephile knowledge of films, the Coens encompass genres from screwballs to thrillers and always with an unquestionablt Coen signature. Their movies always make reference to film history, and always in an unpretentious and enjoyable way.3 Key works: Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou, No Country for Old Men.
5
David Cronenberg
Injecting intelligence into B movies, sci-fi and terror, Cronenberg is the biggest exponent of 'Body Horror'. His films often involve characters experiencing hallucination and bordering into the brink of insanity.3 Key works: Videodrome, The Fly, History of Violence.
Robert Bresson
Bresson's films explore ascetic themes in a fashion more literary than cinematic. His films are often are very sparse and minimalistic, but they result as greatly overpowering and emotional.3 Key works: A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, Diary of a Countrypriest.
David Lynch
Lynch conjures up intricately strange and enigmatic pictures, where the unconscious mind predominates and unquestionable and baffling events occur. The darkness resides hidden and latent beneath the serene comfort of suburbia.3 Key works: Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive.
Werner Herzog
Often going to extremes to attain the unattainable, Herzog's film blur the distinction between fiction and documentary no matter what medium they're in. His films often feature obsessives in doomed quests or men with strange talents in specific fields.3 Key works: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fitzcarraldo.
Jean-Luc Godard
Godard deconstructed cinematic language in a way that broadened the possibilities of cinema. His films often consist of disjointed narratives or cinematic essays on political or aesthetic subjects. This can often be impenetrable and self-indulgent, or extremely absorbing and engaging.3 Key works: Breathless, Pierrot Le Fou, Weekend.
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WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WITH ALL THESE LARGE SPACES???!!!!!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK................... I may have to edit it again!!!!!!!!! AGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
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