Steve B.
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | retired |
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | Photographer, writer of prose and poetry, M.A.in philosophy, ex-mill- worker, husband and father, lover of nature, foe of fundamentalism, gardener, existentialist, man without religious beliefs but with bad back and emphysema, and thankful without knowing whom to thank, if anyone. |
| Interests | Being in the mountains, nature photography, loving my wife, children, and friends, studying the formation of the New Testament & the "Search for the Historical Jesus, " singing, writing my criticism of Christian fundamentalism. www.EarthScapePhoto.com |
| Favorite Movies | I once sat down to write a list of my ten favorite films. A hundred or so films later, I realized that picking ten might be impossible. Here's a bunch: Silent films: Modern Times (Chaplin), The General (Buster Keaton). From my childhood: Hans Christian Anderson, Bambi, Snow White, Shane. Science fiction: The Incredible Shrinking Man, the original War of the Worlds and original The Time Machine, Aliens. Drama: Stalag 17 with William Holden, The African Queen, The Great Escape, 400 Blows (Truffaut), Bridge on the River Kwai, Dr. Zhivago, The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir); Casablanca, Black Orpheus, Charlie, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Network, Crash, Capote, The English Patient, Philadelphia, Phenomenon, Cinema Paradiso, Babette's Feast, Il Postino, Cider House Rules. Comedy: Dr. Strangelove, the original The Producers, Annie Hall. Here are web addresses of long lists of all my favorite films, as best I can recall them so far: The URL's are these: for Favorites 1, http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=44018515 Favorites II: http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=43985663 For all 462 favorite films: http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=20840830 |
| Favorite Music | Luis Bonfa's guitar work on the Black Orpheus soundtrack; Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings"; Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana"; Oscar Peterson Trio; Many of the songs sung by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins; more to come. |