December 2022 | Verdi+

Current inspirations. An old school linkblog.

Books

Novelist as a Vocation – Haruki Murakami
- I’m a sucker for writers talking about writing.
Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin
- Got me to call an old friend that I hadn’t spoken to in too long.
Tell The Machine Goodnight – Katie Williams
- Speculative design as novel.

These three are really making me want to make a film.

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – Chantal Akerman
- The new number 1 on the British Film Institute’s 2022 Greatest Films of All Time list.
- This film was equally frustrating, boring, and mesmerizing. It was totally worth sticking with it for 3 hours and 21 minutes but I probably don’t need to watch it again.
The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg
- I love to see what inspires others. Judd Hirsch could win an Oscar for his scene – I want to watch it on repeat.
Leonor Will Never Die – Martika Ramirez Escobar
- This belongs to my favorite movie genre – what-is-even-real-meta-weirdness (future zine topic).
- I never been to, seen or read anything from the Philippines so it was fascinating just on that level.

1899 (on Netflix)
- From the creators of Dark. I long to make puzzles like this.
The Peripheral (on Prime Video)
- Based on the book by William Gibson. They changed a lot of things for the show and I think it works.

Nathalie Lawhead wrote about GDevelop – an open source, no-code game making app.
Jag Talon made a HyperCard zine about using old tech.
Play The Oregon Trail on an old Mac.

This is what’s keeping me going