Michael Bartlett

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Michael Bartlett
37 / Male
London, UK
Last Login: 4/3/2009

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Interests

General
Film, painting, the occult - you know, the usual.
Music
I'm going back in time these days - find myself listening more and more to The Stranglers (first band I ever played on my little toy record player), The Stones, The Who, Acca Dacca (have now visited Bon Scott's grave in Fremantle) and of course the delights of '80s synth pop, particularly Human League.
Movies
A wide range but here's some faves: Anything by Ozu, Antonioni, Hitchcock, Dreyer, Rossellini, Tarkovsky, Bergman, Feuillade, Cronenberg, Kiarostami, Bunuel, and Michael Powell. Also, Blade Runner, Sergio Leone's Westerns, John Carpenter's The Fog and The Thing, Jacques Tourneur's horror movies, The Wicker Man, Woody Allen - all these got me into movies in the first place. Finally, I've got to mention Spirit of the Beehive, Fritz Lang's M, Walerian Borowcyzk, Forbidden Planet, Anthony Mann's westerns with James Stewart, Tabu, 2001, Salo, L'armee des ombres and Jia Zhangke. Guilty pleasure: Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet
Television
Dr Who (old and new), old-style interviews (Face To Face), The Prisoner, Columbo, Dennis Potter and Alan Bleasdale, Ghost Stories at Christmas, Peter Watkins docs, anything by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin
Books
Currently reading Philip K Dick. Have just finished Third Edition of Strange Attractor, a journal on unpopular culture - the weird, forgotten, off-the-beaten track. Favourite authors - Ballard, Dickens, Angela Carter, Jose Saramago (the best modern writer), Mervyn Peake, Arthur Machen. Shakespeare and Dante's Divine Comedy reign supreme, though.
Heroes
From childhood - Tom Baker, Clint Eastwood. Others - Edgar Allan Poe, David Cronenberg, Donald Crowhurst, Joseph Wright.

Details

Status: Single
Orientation: Straight
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Smoke: No

Latest Blog Entries

Nov 21, 2008 9:11 PM London Film Festival
Apr 28, 2008 11:17 PM A Handful of Heresies
Feb 26, 2008 12:43 AM The Story’s The Thing - Satantango
Jan 15, 2008 8:22 AM Bloody lists! But if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!
Dec 6, 2007 1:35 AM Back In The UK - The Final Cut

Blurbs

About me:

Hi, I'm Mike from West London (originally from Notts). Currently working as a subtitler of movies and TV progs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. I also write film criticism - you can find my reviews and features at www.close-upfilm.com and my articles on British documentaries (Words For Battle, the 80 Days and Western Approaches) at the rather wonderful BFI Screenonline site. I can also provide a Tarot reading if you're very nice.