9/13/2008

About the Blog and its Blogiste

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.
- Andrew Warhola

The better we can understand cinema, the better off we will be as a culture.
- Charlie Keil

Welcome to Shangri-La, where the movies run everything. My name is Jenna Rocca and I live in the Great White North: Toronto, Ontario. Here I write about whatever is deemed important by my standards, and most of the time that's movies. I've been obsessed with movies as early as I could say "Tom Hanks." The first film I remember seeing was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? on Saturday Night at the Movies with Elwy Yost. This blog is merely a continuation of the narrative that was initiated when I began watching movies. Read about the structure and history of the blog here.

Another work of mine is Shedding Sequins, an experiment in visuality, in other words, my tublelog full of pictures and cool stuff. You just have to see it to believe it.

Other places I'm at:
 I also have a writing stint at Canadian Beauty which is currently on hiatus due to my studies. There are a lot of great cosmetics reviews there and it's generally an awesome site even without me.

Email is always welcomed so do not hesitate to contact me with your questions, complaints, compliments or queries:
blasphemateur(at)gmail.com

Here's some more trivia about me:

Former Nicknames: Broadway, Jeanne (French pronunciation, two syllables), Marchesa (Italian pronunciation, "ch" pronounced "k").

A Selection of Heroes (in no particular order): Oscar Wilde, Sandra Bernhard, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Marchesa Luisa Casati, Lucille Ball. I'm also a recovering Madonna addict. We had a bit of a tiff.

Highest Level of Education: Honours B.A., Specialist in Cinema Studies, Minors in Italian Studies and Writing, Rhetoric and Critical Analysis. That means being critical of everybody and everything, ha!

Strange Paranoia: going insane and pouring my beverage into my laptop.

If I were a(n) ________ I would be a(n) ________:

Animal: Black Jaguar
Beverage: Coffee
Colour: Gold
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Art Movement: Pop
Article of Clothing: Garter Belt
Film Genre: Musical
Piece of Jewelry: Bangle

Favorite:

Colour: Blue - but I ideally like all colours when in various combinations.
Movie: Can't pick one. Why did I put this question? Read this regarding the issue.
Architect: Charles Rennie Macintosh (he's Scottish, as well as my dead celebrity brother-in-law)
Painters (top 10, in order of preference):

1 - Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres
2 - Salvador Dali - the father of Postmodern Art
3 - Warhol - the God
4 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
5 - Édouard Manet - the father of Modern Art
6 - John William Waterhouse
7 - Edgar Degas - totally the smartest Impressionist
8 - Gustav Klimt
9 - Michelangelo Caravaggio - the best Religious painter
10 - Raphael

Consolation Prize:

Sir Frederic Lord Leighton

Philosopher: Ayn Rand (but Andy Warhol is a close second)
Beatle: John

Cities (top 5):

1 - New York
2 - Los Angeles
3 - London, England
4 - Toronto

Textile: Satin, as in sheets.
Hard Surface: Porcelain

Cuisines (top 5):

1 - North American/Jewish (you know hot dogs, latkes, poutine and such)
2 - Italian
3 - Indian
4 - Chinese
5 - Ethiopian

Animals: Octopus, Snakes, Cats, Owls, Elephant.
Beer: Guinness
Wine: Merlot
Time of Day: 11 pm and after, duh.

on 9/13/2008

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