My favorite director of all-time > ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский)
My personal top 10 (one by director) aka my conception of cinema >
1. HISTOIRE (S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard, 1988-98)
2. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, 2012)
3. THE MIRROR (Andreï Tarkovsky, 1975)
4. LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN (Jean Eustache, 1973)
5. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, 1983)
6. L’ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, 1961)
7. A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
8. SHERLOCK Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
9. RED DESERT (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)
10. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr, 2000)
And a lot more, obviously…
My hero: BUSTER KEATON
The heroes of my childhood: SHERLOCK HOLMES and INDIANA JONES
My favorite TV-Shows: COWBOY BEBOP, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, THE WIRE, CODE GEASS, GUNBUSTER SPACED, DOCTOR WHO, THE WIRE, THE X FILES, MAD MEN, SHERLOCK and COMMUNITY.
My favorite writers: Jorges Luis Borges, Jean Genet, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Hermann Hesse, Georges Perec, Bret Easton Ellis, George Bataille, George Perec and Oscar Wilde.
My favorite novels: FICTIONS (Jorge Luis Borges), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Oscar Wilde), UNE SAISON EN ENFER (Arthur Rimbaud), JOURNAL DU VOLEUR (Jean Genet) and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Choderlos de Laclos)
My favorite mangas: DOROHEDORO, everything by Taiyo Matsumoto (Number 5, Ping Pong, Blue Spring, Tekkonkinkreet, etc.), Berserk, Osamu Tezuka’s work, One Piece, Yotsuba&!, Quartier Lointain, Ultra Heaven, 20th Century Boys, Soil, Billy Bat, Vinland Saga, Blame! Akira…
My favorite comic-books/graphic novels: SANDMAN, SAGA, Scott Pilgrim, Preacher, Y: The Last Man, Calvin and Hobbes, Transmetropolitan, Blacksad, The Crow, David Boring, Hatzfeld Tetralogy, Tintin, Corto Maltese.
My favorite artists/bands: Joy Division, Sigur Ros, Warpaint, The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Fuck Buttons, Pixies, The Doors, Kanye West, Bach, Mozart, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Miles Davis, Four Tet, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The White Stripes, Beck, Nick Cave, Colin Stetson, Flying Lotus, Love, Jeff Buckley, Nat King Cole, Ulver, MF DOOM, Dave Brubeck, Billie Holiday,Tom Waits, etc.
My favorite albums: CLOSER (Joy Division), PORNOGRAPHY (The Cure), HUNKY DORY (Bowie), GRACE (Jeff Buckley), THE QUEEN IS DEAD (The Smiths), LIFT YR. SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN (Godspeed You! BLack Emperor) and DOOLITTLE (Pixies)
About my kind of part-time job: http://www.discordance.fr/author/Samuel
And I’m french. I never studied cinema, I’m just a spectator in love with the 7th Art.
