MOVIES

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) – Robert Wiene
The Sheik (1921) – George Melford
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – Victor Sjöström
Sherlock Jr. (1924) – Buster Keaton
Metropolis (1927) – Fritz Lang
The Cocoanuts (1929) – Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
The Big Broadcast (1932) – Frank Tuttle, Norman Taurog
The Grand Hotel (1932) – Edmund Goulding
Scarface (1932) – Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Dinner at Eight (1933) – George Cukor
Duck Soup (1933) – Leo McCarey
It Happened One Night (1934) – Frank Capra
Twentieth Century (1934) – Howard Hawks
The Thin Man Series (1934-1947) – Various directors
The 39 Steps (1935) – Alfred Hitchcock
Top Hat (1935) – Mark Sandrich
My Man Godfrey (1936) – Gregory La Cava
Easy Living (1937) – Mitchell Leisen
Café Metropole (1937) – Edward H. Griffith
Nothing Sacred (1937) – William A. Wellman
The Baroness and the Butler (1938) – Walter Lang
Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Howard Hawks
The Lady Vanishes (1938) – Alfred Hitchcock
Merrily We Live (1938) – Norman Z. McLeod
Ninotchka (1939) – Ernst Lubitsch
Only Angels Have Wings (1939) – Howard Hawks
Philadelphia Story (1940) – George Cukor
Too Many Husbands (1940) – Wesley Ruggles
His Girl Friday (1940) – Howard Hawks
My Little Chickadee (1940) – Edward F. Cline
The Lady Eve (1941) – Preston Sturges
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) – Alfred Hitchcock
Casablanca (1942) – Michael Curtiz
A Night to Remember (1942) – Brian Desmond Hurst
To Be or Not To Be (1942) – Ernst Lubitsch
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) – Maya Deren
The More the Merrier (1943) – George Stevens
To Have and Have Not (1944) – Howard Hawks
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) – Frank Capra
And Then There Were None (1945) – René Clair
Gilda (1946) – Charles Vidor
The Big Sleep (1946) – Howard Hawks
Charade (1963) – Stanley Donen
To Catch a Thief (1955) – Alfred Hitchcock
Perry Mason (TV) (1957) – Various directors
Some Like It Hot (1959) – Billy Wilder
La Dolce Vita (1960) – Federico Fellini
Une Femme est Une Femme (1961) – Jean-Luc Godard
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Stanley Kubrick
The Yellow Submarine (1968) – George Dunning
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) – Sergei Parajanov
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV) (1969) – Various directors
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971) – Mel Stuart
The Long Goodbye (1973) – Robert Altman
Amarcord (1973) – Federico Fellini
Fantastic Planet (1973) – René Laloux
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Jim Sharman
Eraserhead (1977) – David Lynch
Star Wars (1977) – George Lucas
The Jerk (1979) – Carl Reiner
My Dinner With Andre (1981) – Louis Malle
Blade Runner (1982) – Ridley Scott
Tron (1982) – Steven Lisberger
Burden of Dreams (1982) – Les Blank
Sans Soleil (1983) – Chris Marker
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) – Hayao Miyazaki
Repo Man (1984) – Alex Cox
Stranger than Paradise (1984) – Jim Jarmusch
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – Rob Reiner
Brazil (1985) – Terry Gilliam
A Room With a View (1985) – James Ivory
Street of Crocodiles (1986) – The Brothers Quay
Blue Velvet (1986) – David Lynch
Down By Law (1986) – Jim Jarmusch
Wings of Desire (1987) – Wim Wenders
The Princess Bride (1987) – Rob Reiner
Withnail and I (1987) – Bruce Robinson
Alice (1988) – Jan Švankmajer
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – Hayao Miyazaki
Run Lola Run (1998) – Tom Tykwer
Sweetie (1989) – Jane Campion
Twin Peaks (TV) (1990) – David Lynch
Delicatessen (1991) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Naked Lunch (1991) – David Cronenberg
Being John Malkovich (1999) – Spike Jonze
The Matrix (1999) – The Wachowskis
Uzumaki (2000) – Higuchinsky
Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – Wes Anderson
Amélie (2001) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Spirited Away (2001) – Hayao Miyazaki
Donnie Darko (2001) – Richard Kelly
Director Series Music Videos (2003) – Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze
The Life Aquatic (2004) – Wes Anderson
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2005) – Michel Gondry
The Fall (2006) – Tarsem Singh
Sherlock (TV) (2010) – Various directors
Adventure Time (TV) (2010) – Pendleton Ward
What We Do In the Shadows (2014) – Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

ARTISTS
(not including my circles)

Balthus (1908 – 2001)
Louise Bourgeois (1911 – 2010)
Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973)
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
Joseph Beuys (1921 – 1986)
Lee Bontecou (1931–2022)
Claude Cahun (1894–1954)
Sophie Calle (born 1953)
Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
Mel Chin (born 1951)
Marcus Coates (born 1973)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
Joseph Cornell (1903–1972)
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Char Davies (born 1954)
Henry Darger (1892–1973)
Marcel Duchamp (1887 – 1968)
Marcel Dzama (born 1974)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972)
Max Ernst (1891–1976)
Erté (1892–1990)
Leonor Fini (1907–1996)
Robert Frank (1924–2019)
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965)
Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926)
Edward Gorey (1925–2000)
Warwick Goble (1862–1943)
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
Ann Hamilton (born 1956)
Auriea Harvey (born 1971)
Hannah Höch (1889–1978)
Iris van Herpen (born 1984)
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954)
René Lalique (1860–1945)
René Magritte (1898–1967)
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978)
Mary Mattingly (born 1978)
Winsor McCay (1866–1934)
Lee Miller (1907–1977)
Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Annette Messager (born 1943)
Kay Nielsen (1886–1957)
Shirin Neshat (born 1957)
David OReilly (born 1985)
Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972)
Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)
Diane Arbus (1923–1971)
Remedios Varo (1908–1963)
John Tenniel (1820–1914)
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
Ai Weiwei (born August 28, 1957)
Sulamith Wulfing (1901–1989)
Virginia Francis Sterrett (1900–1930)

MUSICIANS

Animal Collective (formed 2000)
Anita O’Day (1919–2006)
Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
Beastie Boys (formed 1981)
The Beatles (formed 1960; disbanded 1970)
Billie Eilish (born 2001)
Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
Bing Crosby (1903–1977)
Bjork (born 1965)
Bob Dylan (born 1941)
Bright Eyes (formed 1995)
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994)
Calexico (formed 1996)
Can (formed 1968; disbanded 1979, reunited in the 1980s)
Cat Power (born Chan Marshall, 1972)
Cat Stevens (born Yusuf Islam, 1948)
Crass (formed 1977; disbanded 1984)
Cyndi Lauper (born June 22, 1953)
The Breeders (formed 1989)
The Cure (formed 1976)
Daft Punk (formed 1993; disbanded 2021)
Dead Can Dance (formed 1981)
Dead Prez (formed 1996)
Donovan (born 1946)
Dos (formed 1993)
Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
Elliott Smith (1969–2003)
fIREHOSE (1986 – 1994)
The Flying Lizards (formed 1979; disbanded 1984)
Fugees (1992 – 1997, refo rmed in 2004)
Galaxie 500 (formed 1987; disbanded 1991)
Gene Krupa (1909–1973)
The Gorillaz (formed 1998)
IAM (formed 1989)
Kate Bush (born 1958)
Lauren Hill (born Lauryn Hill, 1975)
Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947)
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)
Madness (formed 1976)
Minutemen (formed 1980; disbanded 1985)
Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973)
Neutral Milk Hotel (formed 1989; disbanded 1999)
New Order (formed 1980)
Nick Cave (born 1957)
Nick Drake (1948–1974)
Nico (1938–1988)
Nirvana (formed 1987; disbanded 1994)
Pattie Smith (born Patti Smith, 1946)
Pixies (formed 1986; disbanded in the early ’90s, reformed in 2004)
The Pogues (formed 1982)
The Postal Service (formed 2001; disbanded in the mid-2000s)
Prince (1958–2016)
Quasi (formed 1993)
Radiohead (formed 1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (formed 1983)
Reggie Watts (born 1972)
The Roots (formed 1987)
Squirrel Nut Zippers (formed 1993)
The Specials (formed 1977)
Team Dresch (formed 1994)
They Might Be Giants (formed 1982)
This Mortal Coil (formed in the early ’80s; disbanded in the mid-’80s)
Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956)
Tom Waits (born 1949)
Throwing Muses (formed 1981)
The Velvet Underground (1964–1973)
Violent Femmes (formed in 1981)
X (formed in 1977)
Yazoo / Yaz (formed in the early ’80s; disbanded in the mid-’80s)

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