Erich Kuersten

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Academic Advisor, freelance writer/editor/filmmaker
Location	Brooklyn, NY, NY, United States
Links	Audio Clip
Introduction	Gonzo-theorist, film and music critic, editor of The Acidemic Journal of Film and Media, with work appearing in: Bright Lights Film Journal, Popmatters, Slashfood, McSweeney's, and the Daily Om. Also (in print): The Decadent Handbook, Scarlet Street, and Midnight Marquee. Films include the award-skipping Queen of Disks, The Lacan Hour, Drunkards of Borneo and the "Shortcuts to Enlightenment" series - Write him: Erichkuersten@gmail.com
Interests	Counterculture, Psychedelia, cinema, classic movies, pre-code, Lacan, Freud, Jungian archetypal psychology, hokum blues, spirituality, UFOs, supernatural, 1970s culture, Alcoholics Anonymous, Paris 68, Science fiction, old radio shows, claymation.
Favorite Movies	Over the Edge, The Big Sleep (1941), The Thing (1951), International House (1933), Heavenly Creatures, Night of the Iguana, Dracula (1931), Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Mulholland Dr., Persona, Shanghai Express, Pierrot Le Fou, There Will Be Blood, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Klondike Annie, All that Jazz, One-Way Ticket, Gimme Shelter, Baby Face, Macbeth (1948), Ghosts of Mars, The Undead (Corman, 1957), Touch of Evil, The Hurt Locker, This Gun for Hire, Kiss Me Deadly, The Black Swan, Dogville, the Shining, Sweet Smell of Success, Never give a Sucker an Even Break
Favorite Music	Velvet Underground, Stars of the Lid, T. Rex, Rolling Stones, Lana Del Rey, Charles Mingus, Blind Blake, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Marlene Dietrich, Elk City, Will Greene, Ennio Morricone, Neil Diamond, PJ Harvey, Kurt Vile
Favorite Books	Authors: Robin Wood, Manny Farber, Michael Atkinson, Kim Newman, Camille Paglia, Joseph Campbell, Molly Haskell, Pauline Kael, James Agee, Slavoj Zizek, Carl Jung, Terence McKenna, Daniel Pinchbeck, Shelly Jackson, Samantha Hunt, Sarah Manguso, Kim Morgan, David Thomson, Cahiers du Cinema