Thursday, May 26, 2005

the world according to...

in desperate need to update a blog, that i fell headfirst onto a cesspool of questions a fellow blogger threw---with my urging, of course.

here goes:

1.Let’s talk phobias. What scares you? hm. ghosts. heights. cramped spaces. dogs. losing my hair. losing my family. arachnids.

2.The three people who influenced you the most. Name them and why. (1) tatay ko. madiskarte---one thing that i lack, which oftentimes he would pummel me with incessant rhetorics on why i should possess such quality. maprinsipyo---attempted to emulate the leader of the band, but came up short to his legacy. [i still have a sackful of rice to eat]. (2) neil armstrong, edwin aldrin and michael collins. childhood superheroes. shot for the stars, but ended up jabbing the moon. i shot for the moon and the stars, but ended up nowhere near them both. (3) si tatang [boss ko in my former workplace]. pushed me to believe that foreign cinema isn't alone confined to the european film industry. the recalcitrant bastard. supplier ng panonooring dvds. hehe.

3.Michael Jackson? Guilty? Not guilty? guilty. not a fan of him, though (kahit na binili ko yung HIStory CD nya seven years ago). if it was kenny loggins (or mike mcdonald), i would have to think twice.

4.Someone comes to you, knows nothing about cinema. What five films do you give him to start him off? Cinema 101, so to speak, according to Etchie Pingol. (1) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. animes are eye-candies. hook them first to the tube before we go to: (2) Star Wars (any film in the original trilogy). special effects can contribute to one's visceral faculties. a notch up from animation. (3) A Bridge Too Far and/or Psycho. for entertainment value. (4) Before Sunrise/Sunset. sometimes romantic subplots kick. and for the serious viewing: (5) Godfather I (i'll be specific on this one). an appropriate introduction, i guess. the casual film audience would devour anything Hollywoodesque. runners-up would be: the seventh seal. anything sam fuller's. sunset boulevard. and if they're terribly hooked, will thrown in David Lynch and Hitchcock.

5. James Ellroy or Elmore Leonard? Discuss. Ellroy. i'll be biased towards ellroy. hehe. nothing against leonard. read only two books that he wrote (Cuba Libre and Out of Sight---insufficient criterion to justify something). whatever the reason, i'll definitely throw my hats off to ellroy. he's a geek. same league as i am. he'll get my sympathies.

Okay, here they are, The Official Interview Game Rules:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment below saying “interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person’s will be different.
3. You will update your journal/blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

latest musing of Etchie at 02:38