Favorite Films:
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- Equinox Flower (1958)
- Life Is Sweet (1990)
- Stalker (1979)
- PlayTime (1967)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- The Green Ray (1986)
- The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Favorite Albums:
- Low – I Could Live in Hope (1994)
- Nico – Desertshore (1970)
- Type O Negative – Slow, Deep and Hard (1991)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica (1969)
- Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
- Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden (1988)
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
- Popol Vuh – Hosianna Mantra (1972)
- The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
- The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute (2005)
Favorite Books:
- John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
- Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote (1605 – 1615)
- François Rabelais – Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532 – 1564)
- Emily Brontë – Wuthering Heights (1847)
- J.R.R. Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings (1954 – 1955)
- Theodor Adorno – Minima Moralia (1951)
- Jean-Paul Sartre – Dirty Hands (1948)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson – Self-Reliance (1841)
- Henri Bergson – Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic (1900)
- John Dewey – Art as Experience (1934)
Some Quotes:
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
– Karl Marx
“Individuals who trust their government can be complacent and do not prepare for the consequences of extremes.”
– The IPCC
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
“You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.”
– The Grand Budapest Hotel
“You must have the courage to be bad – to be willing to risk everything to really express it all.”
– John Cassavetes