“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: ‘It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to.’"
– Jim Jarmusch
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Videos/Interviews: Martin Scorsese Interview on Goodfellas, Ari Aster & Yorgos Lanthimos | Directors on Directors, Asking John Williams To Borrow the JURASSIC PARK Score | SWISS ARMY MAN | Directors Q&A, Making The Favourite | Interviews with the Crew of The Favourite, Jamie Lee Curtis Visits Wigmaker Rob Pickens For Upcoming Role, OnWriting Episode 25: Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story,” Directors Roundtable: Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Close Up, Noah Baumbach Breaks Down the ‘Marriage Story’ Courtroom Scene | Vanity Fair, Orson Welles talking with film students at the Cinémathèque Française, in Paris, BARBIE | Dir. Greta Gerwig and DP Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC | ShotDeck: Shot Talk, Martin Scorsese interviewed by Edgar Wright | BFI London Film Festival 2023 Screen Talk, Martin Scorsese Director’s Commentary, Martin Scorsese Interview with Kent Jones on The Age of Innocence, The Worst Person in the World BTS, Joachim Trier sympathizes with THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD | MUBI Podcast,Under the Influence: Joachim Trier on DON’T LOOK NOW, Christopher Nolan’s Top 10 | Criterion, Konbini Vidéo Club | Danny Boyle, Konbini Vidéo Club | David Cronenberg, Lulu Wang on Expats, Collaborating with Nicole Kidman, and Filming in Hong Kong,, Nicolas Roeg Interview with Mark Kermode, Scene by Scene | Donald Sutherland, A Conversation with Writer/Director/Producer Steven Soderbergh, Moderated by Director Jeremy Kagan, ‘The Lost Daughter’ Interview with Maggie Gyllenhaal | Collider, 'Carol' Q&A | Todd Haynes | Film at Lincoln Center, Todd Haynes | NYFF53 Directors Dialogue | Carol, Todd Haynes on Rainer Verner Fassbinder, Todd Haynes & Jeremy O. Harris on May December and the Complexity of Desire | NYFF61, Talking Pictures Podcast | Steven Soderbergh, Charlotte Wells Dives into the Making of Aftersun | NYFF60, Charlotte Wells Director’s Commentary, Wes Anderson on 'Moonrise Kingdom,' On Cinema: Jim Jarmusch | NYFF54, William Friedkin, Robert Englund and Spike Lee on THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER | AFI, Roma | MyROMA Q&A with Writer/Director Alfonso Cuarón | Netflix, Steven Spielberg on the Importance of Studying Classic Films | AFI
Articles: Quentin Tarantino: Q&A with Sam Raimi (Esquire),The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References (Vulture), Encore: Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson On Sicario's Propulsive Sound (Deadline), A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A Life at the Pictures: A Conversation with Lynne Ramsay (Criterion), ‘The Kiss’ by Gustav Klimt, ‘Our eighth-grade graduation dance was really far out’ by Bill Owens, Sofia Coppola on the Photographs that Inspired Her Films (Aperture)
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Abroad Again by Jeremy Blake
Sun Awakening by Futuremono
July by John Patitucci
PELAGIC by Density & Time
Calm by Silent Partner
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