Inspiration

Aug 11 2004

(after D. Keith Robinson’s original post Inspiration)

In no particular order…

Charles Bukowski, Alison Healey, PT Anderson, New York, Alan Moore, Woody Allen, Will Self, Stephen Fry, Guy Gavriel Kay, David Attenborough, Oliver Stone, Robert Heinlein, Ginger Wildheart, William Goldman, Bob Dylan, Alexander the Great, Google, Michael Moore, Kurt Cobain, Muse, London, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paul Gaugain, Baz Luhrmann, Counting Crows, Christina Dodwell, plus uncountable others whose names I cannot recall.

And always and more than any of the above – my wife and children.

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Comments

Jamie Brighton
1421 days ago
Counting Crows?
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Matt
1421 days ago
At a certain point in the past, yes.
#2
Stuart
1421 days ago
I wouldn’t go with Cobain. If they have to be dead I’d be choosing Jimi Hendrix or Jerry Garcia. Maybe Lennon. And I’d prefer Kubrick to Stone. Can’t all be the same though can we? Could be an “age” thing of course. Kids most definitely.
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Matthew Pennell
1420 days ago
Hendrix is/was massively overhyped, IMHO – never really got into the Dead either. Cobain, on the other hand, was an enormous influence on my life at one point (the young and single “let’s move to London and start a band” era), although in all honesty I very rarely listen to Nirvana any more.

Kubrick – Full Metal Jacket was his only real standout movie for me (“blasphemer! kill the heretic!”), whereas Stone consistently delivers fantastic, thoughtful stuff like JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Platoon.
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Stuart
1420 days ago
Yes I think musically it’s more an “age” thing. I quite liked some of Nirvana’s music but I couldn’t gell with Cobain as an individual. A bit like Oasis. I like a lot of their stuff as it does remind me very much of The Beatles, but the brothers just plain tick me off.

I don’t have a problem with Stone and the 3 films you mention are excellent but I’m a secret sci-fi freak and “2001 – A Space Odyssey” enthralled me when it first came out. Cinema graphics have advanced beyond all belief since, but back then it was just so “real”. A Clockwork Orange is being discussed elsewhere and whilst it is not “sci-fi” it was futuristic. His last film was “AI” which came out after his death and is directed by Spielberg but when you watch it you just know it’s Kubrick. And whilst they are older let’s not forget “Spartacus” and the original “Lolita” with James Mason. We could go on all day with this!!
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Matthew Pennell
1420 days ago
Forgot Spartacus was Kubrick… :$

I quite liked AI – and I’d like to see Eyes Wide Shut when it comes on the telly.
#6
Stuart
1420 days ago
I saw “Eyes Wide Shut” on video some while back and quite enjoyed it. There’s a certain electricity comes over with the relationship between Cruise and Kidman who were still married at the time. I warn you it is a little “strange”.
#7