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Below is a list of movies that have influenced my personal philosophy through the power of their story telling.

1. Fight Club 

“You’re not your job.  You’re not how much money you have in the bank.  You’re not the car you drive.  You’re not the contents of your wallet.  You’re not your fucking khakis.  You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. ”

Based in the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club really spoke to how my friends and I were feeling at the time about the world.

2. The Matrix 

The Matrix offered us a glimpse into a future we are still becoming.

3. The Battleship Potemkin 

4. Trainspotting 

This movie got me excited about watching movies that came from other countries.

5. ∏ 

This black and white film by Darren Aronofsky about the insane world of mathematicians blew my away while introducing the world to this amazing director.

6. The Harder They Come 

This is one of the first movies about Jamaica by Jamaicans highlights the pitfalls of stardom.

7. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control 

8. Amores Perros 

9. Salt of the Earth 

Blacklisted for labor and immigrant issues.

10. Pulp Fiction 

And of course…

influences.

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in no particular order…

music::common… rza… beck… madvillian… cafe tacuba… nirvana… nin… the cure… mos def… talib kweli… dangermouse… the strokes… caifanes… manu chao… bright eyes… zack de la rocha… marz volta… outkast… john lennon… bob dylan… john coltrane… john cage… air… portishead… saul williams… the clash… the sexpistols… typical cats… weezer… green day… porter… the streets… blur/gorillaz… eyedea… atmosphere… iggy pop… lou reed… dead can dance… woodie guthrie… mudhoney

movies::trainspotting… amores perros… bowling for columbine… waking life… the princess and the warrior… fast cheap and out of control… the harder they come… zurdo… men with guns… matrix… fight club… slam… night and fog… taxi driver… deadman… ghost dog… do the right thing… granito de arena… grain of salt… hero… pi… requiem for a dream… clockwork orange… nicotina… dr. strangelove… donnie darko… i “heart” huckabees

books::fight club… the antichrist… metamorphises… boy genius… book of lies… the stranger… the alchemist… brave new world… bomb the suburbs… fat city… illusions… the teachings of don juan… laberinto de soledad… 20 poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada… malcolm x speaks… live from death row… kill kill faster faster… slaughter house V… breakfast of champions… sula… junky… howl and other poems… said the shot gun to the head…animal farm