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nprfreshair: Kevin Spacey on David Fincher’s reputation for many takes: Part of what I feel when he’s doing that — and I like working this way — is that, you know, he’s pushing you in a certain direction. He’s having you go in a different direction this way; he’s having you try a new meaning, a new approach to a line of dialogue in this way; and, frankly, the other truth is actors bring a lot of complicated accessories to the set. And some of those accessories are gestures, and some of those accessories are, ‘Oh, I found a kind of cute way of saying a line,’ or ‘I like the way my voice does this,’ or ‘I’m going to use this Coke can to do this.’ And I think sometimes, with David, it feels like [what] he’s looking for is the cleanest, streamlined version of the idea that the character’s trying to express. … And he’s just simply, at a certain point, beating the acting out of you. And I’m quite grateful for that. (Above, the opening scene from Fincher’s ‘The Social Network,’ which reportedly took 99 takes. Image via Dell Smith)

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Kevin Spacey on David Fincher’s reputation for many takes:

Part of what I feel when he’s doing that — and I like working this way — is that, you know, he’s pushing you in a certain direction. He’s having you go in a different direction this way; he’s having you try a new meaning, a new approach to a line of dialogue in this way; and, frankly, the other truth is actors bring a lot of complicated accessories to the set. And some of those accessories are gestures, and some of those accessories are, ‘Oh, I found a kind of cute way of saying a line,’ or ‘I like the way my voice does this,’ or ‘I’m going to use this Coke can to do this.’ And I think sometimes, with David, it feels like [what] he’s looking for is the cleanest, streamlined version of the idea that the character’s trying to express. … And he’s just simply, at a certain point, beating the acting out of you. And I’m quite grateful for that.

(Above, the opening scene from Fincher’s ‘The Social Network,’ which reportedly took 99 takes. Image via Dell Smith)

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Influential?

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So after succumbing to curiosity, I finally took that “Influential Albums” quiz and apparently, according to someone, I have a terrible record collection. I only own 12 of the 100 albums on their list. Guess I should turn in my Music Journalist badge and go back to playwriting.

Of course, these types of lists are always somewhat arbitrary (influential on whom? according to whom?). So as an intellectual exercise (and also, let’s face it, to make myself feel better), I went through my iTunes and listed out the 100 albums I consider to be the most influential and that I also happen to own.

I highly recommend this exercise to anyone with a large record collection. It’s much more satisfying than trying to measure your taste against someone else’s. Especially when that someone else is trying to pass off their list as some kind of objective uber-summary of the last 50-odd years of popular music.

  1. Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill”
  2. Arctic Monkeys, “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
  3. Atmosphere, “God Loves Ugly”
  4. Badly Drawn Boy, “The Hour of Bewilderbeast”
  5. The Beastie Boys, “Paul’s Boutique”
  6. The Beatles, “Revolver”
  7. The Beatles, “Sgt. Pepper”
  8. Beck, “Odelay”
  9. Belle & Sebastian, “If You’re Feeling Sinister”
  10. Bill Withers, “Still Bill”
  11. Billie Holiday, “Lady Sings the Blues”
  12. Billy Joel, “52nd Street”
  13. The Black Crowes, “Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”
  14. Boards of Canada, “Music Has the Right to Children”
  15. Bob Marley & the Wailers, “Exodus”
  16. Bon Iver, “For Emma, Forever Ago”
  17. Boston, “Boston”
  18. Brian Eno & David Byrne, “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”
  19. Bruce Springsteen, “Born to Run”
  20. Burial, “Burial”
  21. Carole King, “Tapestry”
  22. The Cars, “The Cars”
  23. Chicago, “Chicago Transit Authority”
  24. Cibo Matto, “Stereo Type A”
  25. The Clash, “London Calling”
  26. Cornershop, “When I Was Born for the 7th Time”
  27. Counting Crows, “August and Everything After”
  28. Cowboy Junkies, “The Trinity Sessions”
  29. Dave Brubeck Quartet, “Time Out”
  30. David Bowie, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars”
  31. De La Soul, “Three Feet High and Rising”
  32. Death Cab for Cutie, “Transantlanticism”
  33. Def Leppard, “Pyromania”
  34. Digable Planets, “Reachin (A New Refutation of Time and Space)”
  35. DJ Shadow, “Endtroducing…”
  36. The Doors, “Morrison Hotel”
  37. Doves, “Lost Souls”
  38. The Eagles, “Hotel California”
  39. Elvis Costello, “This Year’s Model”
  40. Fatboy Slim, “You’ve Come a Long Way Baby”
  41. Fiona Apple, “Tidal”
  42. Fleetwood Mac, “Rumors”
  43. Flying Lotus, “Los Angeles”
  44. Genesis, “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”
  45. Green Day, “Dookie”
  46. Guns N’ Roses, “Appetite for Destruction”
  47. Herbie Hancock, “Head Hunters”
  48. James Brown, “The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics”*
  49. John Coltrane, “A Love Supreme”
  50. John Hiatt, “Bring the Family”
  51. Joni Mitchell, “Blue”
  52. Kanye West, “Late Registration”
  53. LCD Soundsystem, “Sound of Silver”
  54. Led Zeppelin, “IV”
  55. M.I.A., “Arular”
  56. Michael Jackson, “Thriller”
  57. Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue”
  58. Moby, “Play”
  59. Neil Young, “After the Gold Rush”
  60. Nine Inch Nails, “Pretty Hate Machine”
  61. Nirvana, “Bleach”
  62. Paul Simon, “Graceland”
  63. Pavement, “Slanted and Enchanted”
  64. Peter Gabriel, “Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)”
  65. Pink Floyd, “Dark Side of the Moon”
  66. The Police, “Outlandos d’Amour”
  67. Portishead, “Portishead”
  68. The Postal Service, “Give Up”
  69. Pretenders, “Pretenders”
  70. Queen, “A Night at the Opera”
  71. R.E.M., “Murmur”
  72. Radiohead, “The Bends”
  73. The Rolling Stones, “Exile on Main Street”
  74. Sarah McLachlan, “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
  75. Sasha, “Airdrawndagger”
  76. Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
  77. The Smiths, “Hatful of Hollow”
  78. Soul Coughing, “Ruby Vroom”
  79. Spoon, “Kill the Moonlight”
  80. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, “Getz/Gilberto”
  81. Steely Dan, “Aja”
  82. Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like an Eagle”
  83. Stevie Wonder, “Innervisions”
  84. The Stone Roses, “The Stone Roses”
  85. Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”
  86. Suzanne Vega, “Solitude Standing”
  87. Talking Heads, “Remain in Light”
  88. Thievery Corporation, “The Mirror Conspiracy”
  89. Todd Rundgren, “Something/Anything?”
  90. Tom Petty, “Damn the Torpedoes”
  91. U2, “The Joshua Tree”
  92. Underworld, “Dubnobasswithmyheadman”
  93. Van Halen, “Van Halen”
  94. The Velvet Underground, “The Velvet Underground”
  95. Violent Femmes, “Violent Femmes”
  96. Warren Zevon, “Excitable Boy”
  97. The White Stripes, “White Blood Cells”
  98. The Who, “Who’s Next”
  99. Wilco, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
  100. XTC, “Skylarking”