Shelf
What I read and watch, and the few I keep coming back to. Most of what I think did not start with me. It came from things like these, and this shelf is the part that stayed. If one of them sends you to something you are glad you found, that is the whole point.
Films
Fight Club
David Fincher, 1999
Interstellar
Christopher Nolan, 2014
Dune
Denis Villeneuve, 2021
Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve, 2017
The question floored me: can a life mean anything if you turn out to be no one special?
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir, 1989
Warrior
Gavin O'Connor, 2011
Good Will Hunting
Gus Van Sant, 1997
The Shawshank Redemption
Frank Darabont, 1994
No Country for Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007
Drive
Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011
Slow and quiet, barely any action, and it still pulled me in. A man living by his own rules.
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino, 2012