Favorite blockbuster films are Jaws and Jurassic Park. The preferred art film is Melancholia, described as melancholic but beautiful; it was assigned on a course syllabus and provoked a stunned silence before a student asked why it was shown. Recommended reading includes Monte Burke's meticulous Lords of the Fly, a Moby-Dick–like tale of obsession and madness about a quest to catch a world-record tarpon on a fly rod. Interests include wetsuiting, an extreme form of saltwater fishing. Music recommendations include the Hold Steady and the rapper Ka's track "Finer Things / Tamahagene."
My favorite art film is Melancholia. I don't know if favorite is even the right word because it's so ... uh ... melancholic, but it is a beautiful film. I used to put it on my course's syllabus. The first time I assigned it, I started class by asking my students what they thought of the film. There was a full minute of silence before one student raised his hand and demanded: "Why did you make us watch that?" Anyway, not an uplifting movie-but a very good one.
An author I will read anything by: Monte Burke, who writes about football and fishing (generally not at the same time). He documented the quest to catch a world-record tarpon using a fly rod in Lords of the Fly, a gorgeous book that is meticulously reported and researched. I'd recommend it to anyone, whether or not you are a fisherman: It's really a Moby-Dick-like tale of obsession and madness, with a
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