90% of my waking hours are spent in front of a computer screen or a movie screen
Nick Dawson
My Interests
Watching and writing about movies
Watching and writing about movies
Favorite Movies
Sunrise, Lone Star, Miller's Crossing, Deconstruction, George Washington, The GoodTimesKid, Stranger Than Paradise, Being There, Punch Drunk Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Magnolia, The Godfather, The Day I Became a Woman, ...and millions upon millions more. Recently, I liked Momma's Man, Kabluey and The Go Getter.
Sunrise, Lone Star, Miller's Crossing, Deconstruction, George Washington, The GoodTimesKid, Stranger Than Paradise, Being There, Punch Drunk Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Magnolia, The Godfather, The Day I Became a Woman, ...and millions upon millions more. Recently, I liked Momma's Man, Kabluey and The Go Getter.
Hobbies
The wife and I played wiffleball in Prospect Park at the weekend - does that count?
The wife and I played wiffleball in Prospect Park at the weekend - does that count?
Favorite Directors
Hal Ashby, the Coen Brothers, Jim Jarmusch, David Gordon Green, Preston Sturges, John Sayles, Ang Lee, Mike Leigh, Spike Lee, Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch
Hal Ashby, the Coen Brothers, Jim Jarmusch, David Gordon Green, Preston Sturges, John Sayles, Ang Lee, Mike Leigh, Spike Lee, Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch
Favorite Writers
James Schamus, William Goldman,
James Schamus, William Goldman,
Favorite Cinematographers
Seamus McGarvey, Christopher Doyle, Roger Deakins,
Seamus McGarvey, Christopher Doyle, Roger Deakins,
Favorite Composers
Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone, Angelo Badalamenti, Dario Marianelli
Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone, Angelo Badalamenti, Dario Marianelli
Other Favorite Film Talent
Roderick Jaynes
Roderick Jaynes
Favorite Music
In no particular (alphabetical) order: Aberfeldy, Ryan Adams, Adem, Air, Arab Strap, Arcade Fire, ballboy, Devendra Banhart, Ted Barnes, The Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Ben & Jason, Ben Folds (Five), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bonobo, Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley, Vashti Bunyan, Calexico, Cat Power, Ben Christophers, The Cinematic Orchestra, Clayhill, Cowboy Junkies, The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, The Delgados, The Divine Comedy, Doves, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, The Earlies, Editors, Eels, Elbow, Engineers, Explosions in the Sky, The Folk Implosion, The Fountains of Wayne, Gene, Geneva, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Grandaddy, Neil Halstead, Ed Harcourt, Richard Hawley, The HaveNots, Hobotalk, The Innocence Mission, Interpol, Iron &Wine, It's Jo and Danny, Matthew Jay, Damien Jurado, The Kingsbury Manx, The Kings of Convenience, Lambchop, Lemon Jelly, Low, Tom McRae, The Magnetic Fields, Manitobo /Caribou, Mint Royale, The Mountain Goats, My Latest Novel, Jim O'Rourke, Paris Motel, Pedro the Lion, The Polyphonic Spree, The Postal Service, Radar Bros, The Radio Dept., The Red House Painters, Fionn Regan, Rilo Kiley, The Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, Smog, Snug, South, Sufjan Stevens, The Stone Roses, The Traces, Turin Brakes, unbelievable truth, VAST, The Velvet Underground, The Weakerthans, The White Stripes, Yo La Tengo, James Yorkston and the Athletes, The Zephyrs.
In no particular (alphabetical) order: Aberfeldy, Ryan Adams, Adem, Air, Arab Strap, Arcade Fire, ballboy, Devendra Banhart, Ted Barnes, The Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Ben & Jason, Ben Folds (Five), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bonobo, Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley, Vashti Bunyan, Calexico, Cat Power, Ben Christophers, The Cinematic Orchestra, Clayhill, Cowboy Junkies, The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, The Delgados, The Divine Comedy, Doves, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, The Earlies, Editors, Eels, Elbow, Engineers, Explosions in the Sky, The Folk Implosion, The Fountains of Wayne, Gene, Geneva, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Grandaddy, Neil Halstead, Ed Harcourt, Richard Hawley, The HaveNots, Hobotalk, The Innocence Mission, Interpol, Iron &Wine, It's Jo and Danny, Matthew Jay, Damien Jurado, The Kingsbury Manx, The Kings of Convenience, Lambchop, Lemon Jelly, Low, Tom McRae, The Magnetic Fields, Manitobo /Caribou, Mint Royale, The Mountain Goats, My Latest Novel, Jim O'Rourke, Paris Motel, Pedro the Lion, The Polyphonic Spree, The Postal Service, Radar Bros, The Radio Dept., The Red House Painters, Fionn Regan, Rilo Kiley, The Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, Smog, Snug, South, Sufjan Stevens, The Stone Roses, The Traces, Turin Brakes, unbelievable truth, VAST, The Velvet Underground, The Weakerthans, The White Stripes, Yo La Tengo, James Yorkston and the Athletes, The Zephyrs.
Favorite Books
I'm reading George S. Kaufman's biography at the moment.
I'm reading George S. Kaufman's biography at the moment.
Favorite Quotes
"Some girls are bigger than others..." - The Smiths
"Some girls are bigger than others..." - The Smiths
