FifthCityMuse

Organised in honour of V, who has been living and working in London for a year or so. I worked with her only briefly before she left, but she made quite the impression. It also helps that she’s probably the single most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Also, her sister, O, was a fucking godsend at work earlier this year, and so when plans were being made, I put my name down.

In the meantime, enough reasons to back out emerged. Regular Monday dinner with the boy and friend, Terry Malick movies showing at the Astor, and just general fear of slightly awkward social situations.

Still, I dragged myself along, and it was great. The conversation around the table was some of the most stellar I’ve heard. Then, to top it off, V and O were on the same train as me home, so I also got to enjoy some quieter convo with the two of them. A great night.

Turns out I’m def a top. 

Capriciousness ftw. Bring the hate. Feel free to ask questions.

100   Poetry  -  Lee Chang-dong, 2010
099   Attenberg  -  Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010
098   Shirin  -  Abbas Kiarostami, 2008
097   Los Angeles Plays Itself  -  Thom Andersen, 2003
096   Persona  -  Ingmar Bergman, 1966
095   Mulholland Drive  -  David Lynch, 2001
094   High Noon  -  Fred Zinnemann, 1952
093   L’opéra-mouffe  -  Agnes Varda, 1958
092   Zabriskie Point  - Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970
091   Black Orpheus  -  Marcel Camus, 1959
090   Double Indemnity  -  Billy Wilder, 1944
089   The Third Man  -  Carol Reed, 1949
088   La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet  -  Frederick Wiseman, 2009
087   Phantoms of Nabua  -  Joe, 2009
086   The Good the Bad the Weird  -  Kim Ji-Woon, 2008
085   Still Walking  -  Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008
084   Jacquot de Nantes  -  Agnes Varda, 1991
083   Monsoon Wedding  -  Mira Nair, 2001
082   Sympathy for Mr Vengeance  -  Park Chan-wook, 2002
081   The Brothers Bloom  -  Rian Johnson, 2008
080   Le Samourai  -  Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
079   The Umbrellas of Cherbourg  -  Jacques Demy, 1964
078   Love Exposure  -  Sion Sono, 2008
077   In a Lonely Place  -  Nicholas Ray, 1950
076   Fargo  -  Joel Coen, 1996
075   The Thin Red Line  -  Terrence Malick, 1998
074   Volver  -  Pedro Almodovar, 2006
073   Lola Montes  -  Max Ophuls, 1955
072   The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover  -  Peter Greenaway, 1989
071   Cabaret  -  Bob Fosse, 1972
070   Do The Right Thing  -  Spike Lee, 1989
069   Rebel Without a Cause  -  Nicholas Ray, 1955
068   Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles  -  Chantal Akerman, 1975
067   Perversion for Profit  -  Anonymous, 1965
066   Leon Morin, Pretre  -  Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961
065   There Will Be Blood  -  PT Anderson, 2007
064   All Quiet on the Western Front  -  Lewis Milestone, 1930
063   Eureka  -  Shinji Aoyama, 2000
062   Pina  -  Wim Wenders, 2011
061   Song of the Exile  -  Ann Hui, 1990
060   Rio Bravo  -  Howard Hawks, 1959
059   Days of Heaven  -  Terrence Malick, 1978
058   Oldboy  -  Park Chan-wook, 2003
057   Seven Samurai  -  Akira Kurosawa, 1954
056   Flight of the Red Balloon  -  Hou Shiao-Hsien, 2007
055   Cleo From 5 to 7  -  Agnes Varda, 1962
054   The Shop Around the Corner  -  Ernst Lubitsch, 1940
053   The Steamroller and the Violin  -  Andrei Tarkovsky, 1961
052   Meek’s Cutoff  -  Kelly Reichardt, 2010
051   After Life  -  Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998
050   A Serious Man  -  Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009
049   Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown  -  Pedro Almodovar, 1988
048   Vertical Features Remake  -  Peter Greenaway, 1978
047   Jane B. par Agnes V.  -  Agnes Varda, 1988
046   Wild Reeds  -  Andre Techine, 1994
045   The Turin Horse  -  Bela Tarr, 2011
044   But I’m a Cheerleader  -  Jamie Babbit, 1999
043   The Double Life of Veronique  -  Krystof Kieslowski, 1991
042   The Red Shoes  -  Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948
041   Brick  -  Rian Johnson, 2005
040   2001: A Space Odyssey  -  Stanley Kubrick, 1968
039   Le Fils  -  Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2002
038   Meet Me In St Louis  -  Vincente Minnelli, 1944
037   All That Heaven Allows  -  Douglas Sirk, 1955
036   Once Upon a Time in the West  -  Sergio Leone, 1968
035   Solaris  -  Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972
034   Titus  -  Julie Taymor, 1999
033   Bright Leaves  -  Ross McElwee, 2003
032   Illumination  -  Krzysztof Zanussi, 1972
031   Bill Cunningham New York  -  Richard Press, 2010
030   Trouble Every Day  -  Claire Denis, 2001
029   The Spirit of the Beehive  -  Victor Erice, 1973
028   Primate  -  Frederick Wiseman, 1974
027   The Gleaners and I  -  Agnes Varda, 2000
026   35 Shots of Rum  -  Claire Denis, 2008
025   The Young Girls of Rochefort  -  Jacques Demy, 1967
024   Last Life in the Universe  -  Pen-ek Ratanaruang, 2003
023   The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes  -  Stan Brakhage, 1971
022   Andrei Rublev  -  Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966
021   Miami Vice  -  Michael Mann, 2006
020   Yi Yi: A One and a Two  -  Edward Yang, 2000
019   Hunger  -  Steve McQueen, 2008
018   The Beaches of Agnes  -  Agnes Varda, 2008
017   Imitation of Life  -  Douglas Sirk, 1959
016   Daisies  -  Vera Chytilova, 1966
015   Sans Soleil  -  Chris Marker, 1983
014   Me and You and Everyone We Know  -  Miranda July, 2005
013   The Return  -  Andrei Zvyaginstev, 2003
012   Magnolia  -  PT Anderson, 1999
011   Mysterious Skin  -  Gregg Araki, 2004
010   All About My Mother  -  Pedro Almodovar, 1999
009   Green Fish  -  Lee Chang-dong, 1997
008   High and Low  -  Akira Kurosawa, 1963
007   In The Mood for Love  -  Wong Kar-Wai, 2000
006   Paris is Burning  -  Jennie Livingston, 1990
005   Werckmeister Harmonies  -  Bela Tarr, 2001
004   A Brighter Summer Day  -  Edward Yang, 1991
003   The Future  -  Miranda July, 2011
002   Beau Travail  -  Claire Denis, 1999
001   Daguerreotypes  -  Agnes Varda, 1976

And gotta wait till tomorrow to share a bed with the boy.

Heater? Or more layers of dress?

But when I finish shooting the most stressful shoot of my life, I like to try and unwind by listening to Super Bass by Nicki Minaj on repeat for hours while making backups of the footage and chatting on Facebook to an incredibly sexy boy who has been helping to keep me sane through this whole experience (and now I’ll maybe have some more time to spend with him too…).