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Influences pt 1

7/26/2012

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A list of movies, TV, music that I absorbed repeatedly (in some cases till the tape wore out or the pages fell apart) in my first decade and a half, which I think have influenced me as a man and artist.

Star Wars (the initial trilogy)
Last of the Mohicans (this is one of my favorite sections in cinema.  
Three Amigos
Tchaikovsky, esp. 1812 Overture
SpaceBalls
Wizard of Oz
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
White Men Can’t Jump 
The Soundtrack to La Bamba
Indiana Jones
William Tell Overture (Finale)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Picasso
Twin Peaks
Isaac Asimov
Agatha Christie, especially AND THEN THERE WERE NONE and ORIENT EXPRESS
Hardy Boys
Peer Gynt incidental music by Grieg, esp. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Rocky
Back to the Future pts 1 and 2
Young Guns
Bond, James Bond (Connery installations)
Deathtrap
Saved by the Bell
Young Frankenstein
Cloak and Dagger
Top Gun
Goonies!
CHiPs

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