The Wall
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- Sep
Bought the Alan Parker film "Pink Floyd The Wall" on dvd this weekend. Seeing it again for the first time since I was 16 made me realise what a big influence this movie has been on me and my urge to create narratives through drawning and photography...
Anyone else can pinpoint a work of art/movie/song that pushed you towards the creative path you're walking now? Amen.
- ********0
Institute Benjamenta by The Brothers Quay.
Ended up being a bit of a crap film (bad 3rd act). But to date the most enchanting thing i've ever seen. Saw it when i was 15, opened my eyes to the fact that images can do much more than convey simple narrative.
And yes i'm aware that its a contradiction to say this film goes against traditional narrative ideas, and then slate the fact it had a crap 3rd act. Point is - it had this stupid contrived ending that tried to bring order to the whole thing. Unnecessarily, cos it took away from the magic of it. Still, we're talkin about influential - not favourite.
- Dr_Jay0
The Spike Lee film "Do The Right Thing" made me want to create art...
I was a high school student. I thought I wanted to be an engineer. After seeing this film, I decided I wanted to be an artist. Thank you Spike.
- ********0
Star Wars. And porn movies. Andrew Blake's ones especially.
- GreedoLives0
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue10…
this thing completely blew my mind when i saw it; it was both scary and riveting and unlike anything i'd ever seen.
that and yellow submarine.
- brooke0
"Titanic."
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No, really. The movie was lame, but the part when Jack draws Rose on the couch overwhelmed me, in a good way, at the time. I was in high school then, working at a movie theatre.
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Actually, a pretty big influence was my ex-boyfriend, Carlos. He opened my eyes to everything while we were in college. I suppose I owe him a lot for all he showed me. He saw my potential, more than anybody, and pointed me in the direction of success.
- brooke0
Oh, my mum's been a big hit in my life as well, career-wise & basically every way-wise.
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Does anybody hear what I'm saying?
- Sep0
I think it's nice some people in your environment stimulated and inspired you, Brooke. As for me, my parents wouldn't let me see "The Wall" at first, because they felt it was disturbing and "dangerous". Had to break loose and figure it out for myself really.
- Mimio0
For me its Michael Whelan, the artist who did the covers to all the Isaac Asimov and H.P. Lovecraft novels.
- Mimio0
...& Star Wars, which I'm sure influenced us all to some degree.
- jevad0
the breakfast club....war games...raiders of the lost ark...they all left their subtle impressions....
- gfro0
Andy Jenkins illustrations and Spike Jonze's photography in Freestylin' magazine in the mid-late 80's.
- jevad0
freestylin! bloody hell...
- dave_bxcr0
Books like these wanted me to draw stuff aswell.
such cool stuff
- nicko0
Wierd Science... he he
- elwolverton0
Nightmare Before Christmas...Jurassic Park...Fantasia.
- radar0
it all started with G.I Joe
- CyBrainX0
Salvador Dalí and The Beatles
- peteski0
seriously, thanks for asking - it got me thinking ...
aurora HO racing (as if )
http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/and an al hirschfeld like line drawing of clark gable that was in the house. he looked like a real greaser in it. I must've redrawn it a hundred times by the age of six.
didn't hurt that dad was an machine designing draftsman
- Sep0
No thanks Peteski. It's a nice tread to read.
- Gorbie0
i got a Bon Jovi album when I was little.
I told my mom that I thought the cover looked terrible – and that I could do a much better job.
She said to me,
"You know, Gorbie... there are people that get paid to do that all day long."