Paul Bachleitner
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer, radio host, development officer |
| Location | Minneapolis, MN, United States |
| Introduction | Creative writing and films are two of Paul's strongest passions. His fiction work has received national distinction. He is currently a film reviewer, reporter, and weekly news host for KFAI radio and is also a freelance film correspondent to Pulse magazine. His daytime employment is devoted to philanthropy as a development associate for The Minneapolis Foundation. |
| Interests | Some fun activities are: writing, films, books, tennis, biking, fitness, hiking, traveling, one-on-one discussions, contemplation, reflection, and conjecture |
| Favorite movies | Of 2007: 1) No Country for Old Men 2) There Will Be Blood 3) Michael Clayton 4) Into the Wild 5) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 6) Juno Other Favorites: The Godfather I & II Pulp Fiction Memento Children of Men Chinatown In the Bedroom Ordinary People, The Remains fo the Day, The Usual Suspects, The Before Sunrise and Before Sunset Lawrence of Arabia Dr. Zhivago The Lord of the Rings trilogy Star Wars trilogy (IV, V, VI) Shawshank Redemption In the Name of the Father Third Man, The Philadelphia Story, The Silence of the Lambs, The Fight Club Seven Game, The Goodfellas Amadeus Grifters LA Confidential Bridge on the River Kwai, The Amores Perros Sin City Badlands Boys Don't Cry Network Annie Hall Dog Day Afternoon, Chariots of Fire Man for All Seasons, A Breakfast at Tiffany's Rope |
| Favorite music | Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, U2, Cheb Mami, Seal, Sade, The Cardigans, Mazzy Star |
| Favorite books | Of the Moment: -Saturday (Ian McEwan) -The Last Report on the Miracles of Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich) Others: Don Quixote, almost anything by Cormac McCarthy including The Border Trilogy and Blood Meridian, almost anything by Graham Greene including The Power and the Glory and The Heart of the Matter, The Zahir by Paolo Coehlo, almost anything by James Baldwin including: Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone and Giovanni's Room, almost anything by Toni Morrison including: Jazz and Song of Solomon, much of Gabriel Garcia Marquez including Love in the Time of Cholera, almost anything by Hemmingway including For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms, anything by Annie Proulx including The Shipping News and Close Range: Wyoming Stories, White Teeth, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Invisible Man, Flannery O'Connor's "Wise Blood" and her short stories, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, House of Sand and Fog, The Left Hand of Darkness |