63-487: Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film Brick (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $ 4 million on a $ 450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller Looper (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed
126-406: A company that will generate original content for film and TV shows. The venture is fully capitalized by global media company Valence Media . T-Street launched with a first look deal with Valence Media's Media Rights Capital for film and television projects. Valence Media holds a substantial minority equity stake in the company. Johnson and Bergman intend to make their own original creations through
189-575: A deal with Warner Bros. to produce two films under his studio T-Street. Johnson is a folk singer and banjo player. His brother is music producer Aaron Johnson . His cousin Nathan Johnson composed the scores for Brick , The Brothers Bloom , Looper , Knives Out and Glass Onion . Rian and Nathan make up a folk duo called the Preserves. Johnson has been married to film writer, historian, and podcaster Karina Longworth since 2018. They met when she
252-597: A difficult situation and making choices out of desperation or nihilistic moral systems . Visual elements included low-key lighting , striking use of light and shadow , and unusual camera placement. Sound effects helped create the noir mood of paranoia and nostalgia. Few major films in the classic film noir genre have been made since the early 1960s. These films usually incorporated both thematic and visual elements reminiscent of film noir . Both classic and neo-noir films are often produced as independent features . After 1970, film critics took note of "neo-noir" films as
315-560: A package of musical gear from the Fender Corporation and recording time with Jack Ponti and Kevin "The Caveman" Shirley . The contest was sponsored by Caroline Distribution, EMI Label Services, Fender , and Fender Music Foundation. Aside from the Band Battle contest, many participating record stores had a line-up of live talent performing throughout the day. In 2010, about 1,400 independent record stores participated, about 1,000 from
378-423: A second episode of the show, " Fifty-One ", which aired on August 5, 2012, and earned him a Directors Guild of America Award . He directed a third episode, " Ozymandias ", which received high praise from critics, frequently cited as being 'one of the best television episodes' to air. Johnson has made a number of short films, some of which are available on his website. His short film from high school titled Ninja Ko
441-606: A separate genre. Noir and post-noir terminology (such as " hard-boiled ", "neo-classic" and the like) are often rejected by both critics and practitioners. Robert Arnett stated, "Neo-noir has become so amorphous as a genre/movement, any film featuring a detective or crime qualifies." Screenwriter and director Larry Gross identifies Jean-Luc Godard 's Alphaville , alongside John Boorman 's Point Blank (1967) and Robert Altman 's The Long Goodbye (1973), based on Raymond Chandler 's 1953 novel, as neo-noir films. Gross believes that they deviate from classic noir in having more of
504-471: A shadowy cinematographic style. Neo-noir has a similar style but with updated themes, content, style, and visual elements. The neologism neo-noir, using the Greek prefix for the word new , is defined by Mark Conard as "any film coming after the classic noir period that contains noir themes and noir sensibility". Another definition describes it as later noir that often synthesizes diverse genres while foregrounding
567-461: A sociological than a psychological focus. Neo noir features characters who commit violent crimes, but without the motivations and narrative patterns found in film noir . Neo noir assumed global character and impact when filmmakers began drawing elements from films in the global market. For instance, Quentin Tarantino 's works have been influenced by Ringo Lam 's 1987 classic City on Fire . This
630-693: A special live appearance. The first organized involvement by UK stores included Piccadilly Records ( Manchester ), Jumbo Records ( Leeds ), Resident ( Brighton ), Sister Ray ( London ), Rough Trade (London), Rapture ( Witney ), Spillers ( Cardiff, Wales ), and Avalanche Records ( Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland ). The second annual Record Store Day was celebrated on Saturday, April 18, 2009, with about 85 special releases and about 500 artist appearances, including those by Slayer , Tom Waits , Bob Dylan , Leonard Cohen , Iron & Wine , The Stooges , MC5 , Wilco , Disturbed , Killswitch Engage , Erykah Badu , Talib Kweli , The Eagles of Death Metal . Wilco made
693-564: A surprise appearance on Record Store Day @ the Disc Exchange in Knoxville, Tennessee. Eagles of Death Metal made an appearance at Rhino Records . Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced that the City of New York officially recognized Record Store Day as a citywide event and the judges on American Idol talked about their favorite records in honor of Record Store Day in the episode of American Idol prior to
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#1732851773495756-643: A website, social media accounts and other means of promulgating its views about the value of independent record stores. Record Store Day is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Department of Record Stores, along with the Coalition of Independent Music Stores and the Alliance of Independent Media Stores. Universal Music 's sales manager, Marc Fayd’Herbe, has described Record Store Day as "the single best thing that has ever happened" for independent record shops. The 2013 event
819-497: Is a con-man story released in theaters in May 2009 to moderately positive critical reviews. On Metacritic , the film was assigned a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 26 reviews from mainstream critics. In March 2010, Johnson announced that he was directing an episode of the TV series Breaking Bad for its third season. The episode, " Fly ", aired on May 23, 2010. Johnson directed
882-453: Is a crime drama released in 2005 and made for just under $ 500,000. Johnson has often said that he looked to the novels of Dashiell Hammett as inspiration for the film's unique use of language. While the film is classified as a film noir , Johnson claims that no references were made to film noir during production, so as to focus the production away from reproducing a genre piece. Brick was released on DVD by Focus Features . Johnson directed
945-508: Is available as an easter egg on the Brick DVD. The Brothers Bloom DVD features a short, Buster Keaton -esque silent film he made in college. After working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Brick , the two shot a short film in Paris, France titled Escargots . In 2002, he directed a short film titled The Psychology of Dream Analysis , which is available to view on his Vimeo account. Johnson directed
1008-409: Is considered to be one of the defining authors of hard-boiled fiction. Both novels were adapted as crime films, the former more than once. Cain is quoted as saying, "I belong to no school, hard-boiled or otherwise, and I believe these so-called schools exist mainly in the imagination of critics, and have little correspondence in reality anywhere else." Neo-noir film directors refer to 'classic noir' in
1071-525: The Doctor Who serials The Tomb of the Cybermen and City of Death with newly commissioned gatefold artwork. The ambassadors for the event were Run The Jewels . Record Store Day 2019 took place on April 13. Pearl Jam served as ambassadors and their album MTV Unplugged saw a limited release for the celebration. Special releases included the first reissue of Gorillaz ' fourth album The Fall for
1134-549: The Bataclan in Paris, with all money raised going to victims of the terrorist attack at the venue the previous November. The band also reissued their first two albums, Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning , to coincide with the event. Exclusive releases included albums by David Bowie , Bob Dylan , Johnny Cash , Madonna , Gerard Way , Patti Smith , Deftones , Frank Zappa , and
1197-616: The 2012 Palo Alto International Film Festival . Looper was a surprise success at the box office. On June 20, 2014, news broke that Johnson would write and direct the eighth installment in the Star Wars film series. Johnson confirmed the report that following month and the film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi , was released on December 15, 2017, to positive reviews from critics and audiences. After Colin Trevorrow departed Episode IX , Johnson turned down an offer from Lucasfilm to write and direct
1260-505: The 2013 edition, held on April 20, Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz was awarded a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres , for his work on Record Store Day, by the French government. The official ambassador was Jack White of White Stripes fame and founder of Third Man Records . The White Stripes album Elephant was reissued in a limited edition 10th anniversary double LP, consisting of one black-and-red colored disc and one white disc,
1323-525: The Doors . Singer Prince made what was to be one of his final public sightings at Electric Fetus , in Minneapolis , for Record Store Day. An image was taken by a shopper of Prince at the counter purchasing the last CDs he would ever buy. He died five days later at his studio/home of an accidental fentanyl overdose. The police investigation team took extensive photographs of his estate the day he died, including
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#17328517734951386-588: The Mountain Goats' 2009 album The Life of the World to Come . The film consists of a single shot, depicting Darnielle performing the entire album on guitar and piano with minimal accompaniment. This film was screened in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon upon its completion, and was released as a limited edition DVD on Record Store Day (April 17, 2010). Johnson's second film, The Brothers Bloom ,
1449-532: The UK included Neal Hefti and Phil Collins ; and in the US, Echosmith , The White Stripes , Twenty One Pilots , The Bee Gees , Foo Fighters , Buzzcocks , Taylor Swift and In This Moment . Record Store Day 2016 took place on April 16, 2016. Having kicked off the first Record Store Day with an in-store appearance, Metallica served as ambassador for the first time this year, marking the occasion with an album recorded live at
1512-407: The US. Record stores saw a 41% increase in sales over the previous year's celebration, and a 109% increase over the previous Saturday's sales. That year the event was referenced on Saturday Night Live . During the year, the first Black Friday Record Store Day was also held, on November 26, 2010. The fourth annual record store day took place on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The official ambassador for
1575-435: The band's signature tri-color scheme. Boards of Canada used RSD 2013 to launch a viral marketing campaign for their much anticipated album, Tomorrow's Harvest , when a new vinyl record by the band was placed in a New York City record store for purchase. The record allegedly sold on eBay for $ 5,700 but the buyer ended up being a fraud. It was later sold in a closed auction for an undisclosed sum. Record Store Day 2014
1638-623: The book is supposed to have “glimmers of the Doors ’ mysticism, Bob Dylan ’s street-corner truth-telling and Patti Smith ’s punk rhapsodies.” Record Store Day 2020 was scheduled to take place on April 18, but was postponed to June 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On April 29, it was announced that Record Store Day would be postponed again, and spread across three dates called RSD Drops: August 29, September 26, and October 24. A fourth date, RSD Black Friday, occurred on November 27. Planned releases include
1701-548: The company, and produce others. Due to the success of Knives Out , Lionsgate announced that a sequel was officially approved in February 2020, with Johnson set to return to write and direct the film. In July 2020, Johnson directed a commercial for the augmented mobile video game Pokémon Go . In March 2021, it was announced that Johnson was writing/directing a ten-episode mystery drama television series for Peacock titled Poker Face , starring Natasha Lyonne , which premiered on
1764-531: The concept for Record Store Day was created during a brainstorming session at a meeting of independent record store owners in Baltimore , Maryland. Record Store Day was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Brian Poehner and Don Van Cleave, and is now celebrated at stores around the world, with hundreds of recording and other artists participating in the day by making special appearances, performances, meet and greets with their fans,
1827-536: The dBs , The Raveonettes , TV on the Radio , Frightened Rabbit , Deftones , Chuck D , the Beach Boys ' Al Jardine, Lonely Island , and Josh Groban . Most of the releases for the year were limited between 300 and 7,000 copies worldwide. According to Billboard magazine, the 182,000 bump in unit sales in the week that Record Store Day was held was directly attributed to the success of the event itself. The official film of
1890-738: The day. Anything Anything with Rich Russo released a vinyl album of local bands performing on his radio show and organized a bus tour visiting New York and New Jersey record stores. Several artists made in-store appearances to mark the event: The Smashing Pumpkins promoted their new album with a Record Store Day concert at Amoeba in Hollywood , CA. Other artists to announce special appearances included Frank Black , Exene Cervenka , Angie Stone , Jason Derulo , Alice in Chains , Mastodon , Josh Ritter , HIM , Slash , Sick Puppies , Care Bears on Fire , and Emmylou Harris . Young artists showcased their talent at
1953-478: The episode "Manifest Destiny" of the TV series Terriers . Johnson's third film, Looper , began shooting in Louisiana on January 24, 2011 and was released on September 28, 2012, by TriStar Pictures and FilmDistrict . Set in the near future, it has been described as dark science fiction, and involves hitmen whose victims are sent from the future. The film opened the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and
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2016-406: The event was Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops? by Graham Jones. KCRW's Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo also released their self-published book, "Record Store Days", about independent record stores, with artist quotes provided by www.recordstoreday.com used throughout the book, and a chapter devoted to Record Store Day. NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and New York City once again honored
2079-555: The event was Iggy Pop . Over 400 different releases were made for the day. To coincide with Record Store Day 2012, the UK's Official Charts Company launched the Official Record Store Chart , a weekly music chart based solely on sales from independent record shops. The chart was first issued on April 20, 2012, the eve of Record Store Day 2012. The CBC Radio show Day 6 hosted a panel discussing techniques and successes in tracking down obscure vinyl recordings. Ahead of
2142-572: The event was Ozzy Osbourne . Over six hundred artists celebrated the event with in-store appearances, making it the world's largest music event of its kind. Artists who made in-store appearances included Beastie Boys , the Foo Fighters , Duran Duran , My Chemical Romance , Wiz Khalifa , Todd Rundgren , Anvil , Del McCoury and the New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Regina Spektor , Jack White and Jerry Lee Lewis ,
2205-816: The event was "Sound It Out", a feature-length documentary directed by Jeanie Finlay , documenting the Sound It Out Records shop in Stockton-on-Tees, the last record shop in Teesside. The film premiered to critical acclaim at SxSW and had its joint premiere at SheffDocFest and the Edinburgh International Film Festival. During the year, the second Black Friday Record Store Day was also held, on November 25, 2011. Additionally, this Record Store Day featured an exclusive 12" vinyl reissue of New Order 's 1981 debut single "Ceremony" that included not only
2268-485: The event. 95% of the special releases made for Record Store Day were for the US; however, the event began to grow internationally with over 1,000 record stores in the US, the UK, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Germany all participating. The third annual Record Store Day took place on Saturday, April 17, 2010. The official ambassador for the event was Joshua Homme . The official book of
2331-483: The exclusive release of Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions by Taylor Swift in vinyl format. It became the first Record Store Day vinyl ever to debut inside Billboard 200 top 10, at three. RSD Black Friday occurred on November 24, 2023. Notable RSD Exclusive: Olivia Rodrigo 's GUTS: the secret tracks and RSD First: Noah Kahan 's Cape Elizabeth EP. Record Store Day took place on April 20, 2024. Paramore and Kate Bush were announced as ambassadors for
2394-847: The first time since 2011 on translucent forest green vinyl; a picture disc of Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack ; KT Tunstall 's Extra Wax ; a picture disc of songs from films by Peter Gabriel ; "Chasing You", the first single from J. J. Cale 's posthumous album Stay Around ; Live! Woodstock '94 , the 25th anniversary of the Green Day performance; Live at the Borderline 1991 by R.E.M. ; and Imagine (Raw Studio Mixes) by John Lennon ; among other titles. Record Store Day 2019 exclusives included reissues of Death Grips’ Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix) ; Robyn's Body Talk ; Aretha Franklin's The Atlantic Singles 1967 ; and other titles. Record Store Day Black Friday
2457-518: The first year, including releases by Death Cab For Cutie , R.E.M. , Stephen Malkmus , Vampire Weekend , The Teenagers , Black Kids , and Jason Mraz . Approximately 300 stores launched Record Store Day in the United States. English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg met Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz in an airport and agreed to help kick off Record Store Day in the United Kingdom with
2520-419: The follow-up to The Last Jedi . On November 9, 2017, it was announced that Johnson would write a new trilogy of Star Wars films, separate from the main story arc of previous films in the franchise, and would direct the first installment of his trilogy. Following The Last Jedi , Johnson directed the murder mystery film Knives Out , starring Daniel Craig , Ana de Armas and Christopher Plummer . He penned
2583-420: The holding of fundraisers for community non-profits, and the issuing of special vinyl and CD releases along with other promotional offerings to mark the occasion. Each store holds its own event for the day, to celebrate its place in its community. Although Record Store Day only occurs once a year, the organisation provides promotions, marketing, and other opportunities for stores throughout the year, maintaining
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2646-633: The limited releases being re-sold online within hours at inflated prices. Some shops during the COVID-19 pandemic pushed for a reformat of the event, even suggesting that the initiative risked damaging their businesses due to supply chain issues. Starting in 2009, Record Store Day has announced a powerful group or person to carry the honorific title. Metallica opened the event at Rasputin Music in Mountain View, California , on April 19, 2008. There were approximately 10 special Record Store Day releases in
2709-566: The national "Record Store Day: High School Battle of the Bands" contest, in which participating independent record stores each selected and entered a track recorded by a local high school band. A panel of record executives and members from the Fender Corporation judged the entrants. Nine national semi-finalists were chosen to appear on a limited edition, compilation vinyl LP of their winning songs. The grand prize winning band, SANUK, nominated by Indianapolis, Indiana record store Indy CD & Vinyl, received
2772-598: The scaffolding of film noir . " Film noir " was coined by critic Nino Frank in 1946 and popularized by French critics Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton in 1955. The term revived in general use beginning in the 1980s, with a revival of the style. The classic film noir era is usually dated from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. The films were often adaptations of American crime novels, which were also described as " hardboiled ". Some authors resisted these terms. For example, James M. Cain , author of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) and Double Indemnity (1944),
2835-400: The script and co-produced with longtime producing partner Ram Bergman . Knives Out was released on November 27, 2019, and was a major success with critics, as well as audiences, grossing over $ 300 million at the box office worldwide. It earned Johnson his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Screenplay . In September 2019, Johnson and producer Ram Bergman launched T-Street ,
2898-535: The service on January 26, 2023. That same month, it was reported that Netflix had obtained the rights to two sequels to Knives Out for around $ 450 million. Filming on the first Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion , began on June 28, 2021. After premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival , the film received a one-week theatrical release across the United States and in other international markets from November 23 to 29, 2022, before streaming on Netflix beginning on December 23. In March 2024, Johnson signed
2961-445: The song and its B side, "In a Lonely Place", but also the original 1980 demo recordings of those tracks by New Order's previous incarnation, Joy Division . This particular release was significant as it marked the first official release of the full Joy Division recording of "In a Lonely Place ", which had been recovered earlier that year. The fifth annual Record Store Day took place on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The official ambassador for
3024-399: The space opera Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), which grossed over $ 1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with Knives Out (2019) and its sequel Glass Onion (2022), both of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay , respectively. Additionally, Johnson is also known for directing three highly acclaimed episodes for
3087-966: The special 50th anniversary release of Paul McCartney 's debut solo album McCartney in a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing. Record Store Day 2021 took place, as RSD Drops, across two dates: June 12 and July 17, with Fred Armisen as the Ambassador. A 'Black Friday' Fall edition of Record Store Day 2021 took place on November 26, 2021. Record Store Day announced Taylor Swift as its first-ever global ambassador, for its 15th anniversary celebrations, and took place on April 23, 2022. An RSD Drops date also took place on June 18, 2022, to release items that were either delayed in production or could not be made in time for Record Store Day in April. RSD Black Friday occurred on November 25, 2022. Record Store Day 2023 took place on 22 April. It featured Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires as ambassadors and included
3150-504: The stack of CDs purchased at Electric Fetus. Record Store Day 2017 took place on Saturday, April 22, 2017. The ambassador for the event was St. Vincent , making her the Day's first female ambassador. It was the tenth celebration of independent record stores. In a rare occurrence, the special releases in the United States included a classical title: a 1967 recording of Shostakovich 's Cello Concerto No. 2 published by Warner Classics, pressed in
3213-492: The style of a Soviet Roentgenizdat . Live from Los Angeles by Brandy Clark was one of this year's releases. Record Store Day 2018 took place on Saturday, April 21, 2018. To celebrate, The Alarm visited stores in London, New York, and Los Angeles throughout the day. Special releases included albums by Prince , Ella Fitzgerald , and Bruce Springsteen , among others. The BBC released two full-cast television soundtracks of
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#17328517734953276-489: The television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), namely " Ozymandias ", " Fly ", and " Fifty-One "; for the latter, he received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series in 2013. He also created a murder mystery series titled Poker Face for Peacock with Natasha Lyonne . Johnson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. Johnson
3339-431: The use of Dutch angles , interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing ; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong , and thematic motifs including revenge , paranoia , and alienation . Typically American crime dramas or psychological thrillers , films noir had common themes and plot devices, and many distinctive visual elements. Characters were often conflicted antiheroes , trapped in
3402-474: The video for the Mountain Goats ' song "Woke Up New" in 2006. He is a professed fan of the band and was asked to direct the video when bandleader John Darnielle noticed a reference to them in the credits for Brick . A song is credited to "The Hospital Bombers Experience", which is a reference to the Mountain Goats song titled "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton". Johnson also directed a live performance film of
3465-439: The vinyl LP format since the introduction of SoundScan. In the UK, the event has been criticised for catering to record collectors , rather than casual music fans, and delaying the release of non-affiliated records by monopolising the capacity of record pressing plants. Major labels have been accused of hijacking the event, and the policy of shops being obliged to buy on a no-return basis has been criticised, along with many of
3528-496: The world. A number of records are pressed specifically for Record Store Day, with a list of releases for each country, and are only distributed to shops participating in the event. Record Store Day is headquartered in the United States, where it began. Official organizers operate in the UK, Ireland, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Australia. Originally pitched as an idea to create an event similar to Free Comic Book Day by Bull Moose Music 's Chris Brown and Criminal Records' Eric Levin,
3591-710: Was born on December 17, 1973, in Silver Spring, Maryland . He grew up in Denver , Colorado, until sixth grade, when he moved to San Clemente, California . He attended San Clemente High School (graduating in 1992), where Brick was predominantly filmed. He attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1996. Johnson's second short film, Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! , loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe 's " The Tell-Tale Heart ",
3654-522: Was credited with the highest U.S. vinyl sales, and the 2014 edition resulted in independent retailers recording the highest percentage of physical album sales, since the SoundScan system was introduced in 1991. In their 2015 Libera awards, the American Association of Independent Music awarded Record Store Day its "Marketplace Ally" award. Record Store Day 2016 produced the biggest week of sales for
3717-463: Was held on April 19, 2014. The ambassador for this year was Chuck D . Exclusive releases in the UK included Little Richard and Coldplay , and in the US, Chvrches , Soundgarden , Joan Jett , The Yardbirds , Tears for Fears , Death Grips , Cage the Elephant , and Dream Theater . Record Store Day 2015 was held on April 18, 2015. The ambassador for this event was Dave Grohl . Exclusive releases in
3780-480: Was included as an easter egg on the Looper Blu-ray. Johnson has said he was inspired to become a film director after seeing Woody Allen's 1977 film, Annie Hall . "It moved me in a way that very few other films have moved me. That's something that, I pray to God, if I am able to keep making movies, I can only hope, twenty years down the line maybe, I'll be able to approach." Johnson's debut film, Brick ,
3843-497: Was on November 29. San Diego ’s Blind Owl Records announced a poetry reading at the Vinyl Junkies Record Shack alongside the celebration of Record Store Day. Blind Owl Records’ believed that records and books fall into the same category of an object that you hold in your hand and appreciate; poetry sounds like music and music sounds like poetry. The book read was Saturday Night Sage by North Park writer Noah Lekas ,
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#17328517734953906-574: Was particularly the case for the noir-inflected Reservoir Dogs , which was instrumental in establishing Tarantino in October 1992. Record Store Day Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 to "celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store". Held on one Saturday (typically the third) every April and every Black Friday in November, the day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores around
3969-744: Was working as a film critic. Documentary films Music videos Commercials Acting roles Technical credits Neo-noir Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice , Brian De Palma 's Blow Out , and Martin Scorsese 's After Hours . The French term film noir translates literally to English as "black film", indicating sinister stories often presented in
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