In 1967, my parents resettled in the Florida panhandle town of Panama City. Here I swam in the Gulf of Mexico, attended high school, played suburban malcontent, and occasionally thought about the future. Films are a geography, a stylized construction of place . I have not slowed in my enthusiasm for film, but it has been a while since I sought out films like Godzilla versus the Smog Monster. Here is my personal list of crucial films and sleepers.
Literature is an indespensible complement to the academic paper.
Herman Melville Practice of the wild.