Wilco

“Being There. We named a record after this movie. I always thought that the character of Chauncey Gardiner represented to me the way a lot of rock music is perceived in the world, like simple aphorisms that are expanded upon and intellectualized when it's something much more earthy and connected to simplicity than people want to allow it to be. So that record, that means a lot to me.”

“Leon Russell. That's not such a bad idea. In my early teens I wanted to be this person. This is a brilliant movie that I did not know about until Patrick here told me about it, and I'm extremely psyched to see this again and again.”

“This is, it's, not only is this one of my favorite films, I mean this, I saw this when I was about 13 or 14 and I've heard that, I've heard Francis Ford Coppola talk about this film, like his intention was to make an art film for teenagers and I was right at the right age for it when it came out and it just really affected me on all levels, including the music. The soundtrack is some of my favorite music of all time, soundtrack album by Stewart Copeland.”

“I actually haven't seen this yet, but I'm a huge Laurie Anderson fan, basically anything she does, and Nels Cline said it's an incredible movie. It's one of my wife's favorite movies of all time, and we love it.”

“This is a really great film, Parallax View. This has some amazing Pacific Northwest locales with Warren Beatty and political intrigue and assassination. Definitely great film.”

“My Winnipeg and Rolling Thunder Revue, they're both kind of blurry versions of reality. I tend to have a tough time with fiction, and I like a lot of documentary movies, and I like a lot of non-fiction books. Over the years I found the world to be weirder and more unpredictable than fiction is, and both of these movies blur the lines between documentary storytelling and completely made up, which I find exciting.”

“My Winnipeg and Rolling Thunder Revue, they're both kind of blurry versions of reality. I tend to have a tough time with fiction, and I like a lot of documentary movies, and I like a lot of non-fiction books. Over the years I found the world to be weirder and more unpredictable than fiction is, and both of these movies blur the lines between documentary storytelling and completely made up, which I find exciting.”

“Melville. I've not seen this one. This man's movies are personal favorites. I think some of the greatest film noir ever made, and I can't wait to see this. I love the look and the gritty feel of Melville's films, and even a film like Le Doulos, which doesn't actually make complete sense, is completely captivating to me.”

“But John and I grabbed the box set, The BBS Story: America Lost and Found. This film, The King of Marvin Gardens, is a real favorite of mine. It's beautifully photographed, I'm pretty sure it's László Kovács that was the cinematographer, and just it's absolutely gorgeous to look at. It's a very lonely film, very kind of slightly surrealistic, takes place in Atlantic City in the early '70s as Atlantic City is kind of in a state of decay, and it's just it's just fascinating. There's a scene in the middle of the movie that takes place in the abandoned convention center in Atlantic City that is one of my favorite scenes in all of film. So excited about this.”

“There's a William Klein box set which I'm primarily wanting to pick up for the movie Mr. Freedom. My friend Jim O'Rourke exposed me to that movie as one of the just the wildest, most free-spirited pieces of film I'd ever seen. It was just a gorgeous color, just a crazy movie. Serge Gainsbourg works in it, and just completely unpredictable, wild movie, and I love the way it looks, and I'm excited to see what else is on here.”