A short (very short) suggested list of film and literature (from my first semester studio teacher)

Art

‘Air Guitar’ Dave Hickey

‘Why Art Cannot be Taught’ James Elkins

‘Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees’ Robert Irwin

“Understanding Comics” Scott McCloud

Errol Morris – blog

‘Everything Bad is Good for You’ Steven Johnson

Culture / Science / History

TED talks online

‘An Anthropologist on Mars’ Oliver Sacks

‘The Man Who Tasted Shapes’ Cytowic

‘The Pinball Effect’ James Burke

“Shadow Cities” Robert Nuewirth

Fiction

“Oryx and Crake” Margaret Atwood

“The Amazing Adventures of Kavaleir and Clay” Michael Chabon

Anything by Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood etc.)


Film - by no means a comprehensive list

These films and all associated content are in no way endorsed by nor reflect the opinions of the recommender.

Documentaries;

Vernon. Florida, First Person, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, The Thin Blue Line,
– anything by Errol Morris

Incident at Loch Ness

Buena Vista Social Club

The Devil and Daniel Johnson

Grizzly Man

Fishing with John

Grey Gardens – anything by the Maysles

Stevie


Narratives;

The Five Obstructions 21 Grams

Nobody knows Adaptation

Pulp Fiction Memento

My Own Private Idaho Gummo

The Motorcycle Diaries Julian Donkey Boy

Hard Boiled Synecdoche, New York

SinCity

Code 46

The Brothers Quay Collection

The Holy Girl

Talk To Her

Lost In Translation

Dogville

In the Mood for Love

Chunking Express

Election

The Piano Teacher

Elephant

Russian Ark

The Professional

2046

The City of Lost Children

Titus