Today Alex J. Cavanaugh is hosting the Genre Favorites Blogfest. That's a fun blogfest, too fun to miss.
But let's get to the point. Here are my favorite genres:
Favorite movie genre:
I don't really have any favorite movie genre, but I have some favorite movies. From the top of my head I mention Night on Earth; great movie by Jim Jarmush. Five episodes from taxi trips in various cities. The best part is the last one, from Helsinki, made in co-operation with the Kaurusmaki brothers, Pink Floyd The Wall: Great music, cool movie, and Dr Zhivago, based on the book by Boris Pasternak.
Favorite music genre:
Black metal and death metal and Italian opera. Verdi was heavy metal of his time.
Favorite books:
That's easy. Ever since high-school days, I've been a big fan of Russian Classics; Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Lermontov.
Guilty pleasure genre:
I still enjoy the good old Zorro movies. Except from that, I'm probably a little bit nerdy; too interested in science to keep work and leisure time separate. And I love reading maps, which means I'm pretty good in geography.
(A Hero of Our Time is a thin but great book by Nicolai Lermontov, one of my very favorites. The picture above is the cover of my copy, Penguin Classics.)
Reading maps - funny!
ReplyDeleteI imagine with your travels it's given you a broader scope on books and movies.
Thanks for participating in my blogfest.
Yes, there's kind of an cross-feeding inspiration. Reading maps is quite interesting, to get an overview of the world; getting things in the right relative position
DeleteHaven't read any of the Russian classics. Heavy reading, I'm thinking, but to each his own, I say.
ReplyDeleteThe Russian Classics are not very heavy, with a very few exceptions. War and Peace by Tolstoy is challenging because there's such a huge amount of characters to keep track of. In general I think the Russian Classics are entertaining and catching stories >:)
DeleteI haven't read the Russian classics either. It's a breed I should check out one day.
ReplyDeleteYes, you should. To start with some fun humoristic stuff, I can recommend The Gambler by Dotoyevsky
DeleteOh man... I remember Night on Earth lol... I was a huge Winona Ryder fan in the mid-late 90's and when the local video store named her 'star of the month' I grabbed every one of her movies off the wall and had myself a Winona week. Night on Earth was one of the more unique flicks, and it's been stuck in the back of my head ever since. I remember the German taxi driver's name was Helmut and the Finnish guy was Mika.
ReplyDeleteNow I have to track that movie down and watch it again! :)
Great movie. Re-saw it on TV a coule of years ago. I have to get the DVD in my collection >:)
DeleteVery interesting list.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Heather
Thanks, and nice to meet you >:)
DeleteI love that you listen to death metal AND opera!
ReplyDeleteI kind og like the extremes; great powerful music. Pop music is the most boring I know.
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ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Hopping over for the blogfest. Your blog is so cooly dark, from the title to the design. The banner is the fire in the cold night.
Really liked your pics, especially the Russian writers. Many haven't a clue how amazing they are. Crime and Punishment was one of THE MOST heart wrenching pieces of literature I have ever read.
Great to meet you. Glad I dropped by and followed.
Michael
Thanks. Nice to meet you.
DeleteI agree regarding Russian writers (from the so-called golden age of Russian literature). They write novels with room for deep analysis (in particular Dostoyevsky), but also tell great catching stories.
Crime and Punishment is on of my favorites too. Among my other favorites are A Hero of Our Time (cover pic above), Sebastopol Stories by Tolstoy, The Gambler and The Idiot by Dostoyevsky and Fathers and Sons by Turgenev.
I am a little late making my rounds for the hop. Glad I made it here! I am not a big fan of metal- but I do love Pink Floyd The Wall- awesome movie and album. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
I had all the Pink Floyd albums on vinyl. Some years ago I gave them all to the Salvation Army 2nd hand store >:)
DeleteYou have excellent taste! The zorro thing is a bit random, but I totally get that. He's a pretty great hero.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Zorro is cool. When I watched the fencing competitions in the London Olympics, I thought that it would been piece of cake for Zorro >:D
DeleteHmmm...I don't understand genres, for the most part. I don't think I have a favorite genre of anything. Except movies, I like actiondramaromances. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not to concerned about genres either. I read a lot of different stuff, and listen to ... mostly metal, all kinds of metal >:)
DeleteAnyone who mentions Pink Floyd's The Wall has to be cool, so I stopped by to say hello. Thanks for sharing. I also loved the Dr. Zhivago mention.
ReplyDelete-Jimmy
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Thanks for stopping by. Pink FLoyd used to be my jr-high favorite band, and still like it >:)
DeleteVery interesting choices. I think my daughter could have written your lists.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter has obviously been brought up by good parents, and has acquired a good taste >;)
DeleteSome fun stuff here! I also am a Tolstoy fan, though would pair him with Hugo and maybe Dickens--as in there is something about that ERA and male storytellers that I really love. Dostoyevsky I sometimes like, but don't love quite the same. I like the metal, too. Have to giggle about Zorro, though.
ReplyDeleteThe last half of the 1800s was a golden era in literature, not only in Russia, I agree.In addition to Hugo and Dickens, I would add Ibsen to the list. Zorro is cool. I enjoyed the movies and cartoons when I was a kid, and enjoyed re-seeing the movies with my own kids >:)
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