Allen Hengst
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Circulation Manager (retired Sept. 2014) |
| Location | Washington, DC, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | "Enoch made them, and Enoch shall break them." |
| Interests | Subverting the dominant paradigm |
| Favorite Movies | Perfect Days (2023), The Zone of Interest (2023), Barbie (2023), Oppenheimer (2023), Eo (2022), Moonage Daydream (2022), Blonde (2022), Elvis (2022), BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022), Memoria (2021), Don't Look Up! (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Pig (2021), Apples (2020), Joker (2019), Bombshell (2019), Dark Waters (2019), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Woman at War (2018), First Reformed (2017), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Paterson (2016), INLAND EMPIRE (2006), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Lost Highway (1997), JFK (1991), Mystery Train (1989), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Ishtar (1987), Blood Simple (1984), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Valdez Is Coming (1971), Hour of the Wolf (1968), The Trial (1962), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Patterns (1956), Gun Crazy (1950), Jigsaw (1949), The Window (1949), Too Late for Tears (1949), and Leave Her to Heaven (1945) |
| Favorite Music | Sacred Harp, Immortal Technique, David Bowie |
| Favorite Books | The Passenger / Cormac McCarthy (2022), The Twilight World / Werner Herzog (2022), Finding the Mother Tree / Suzanne Simard (2021), The Overstory / Richard Powers (2018), Lincoln in the Bardo / George Saunders (2017), The Devil's Chessboard / David Talbot (2016), A Manual for Cleaning Women / Lucia Berlin (2015), How the Dead Dream / Lydia Millet (2008), Let Me Stand Alone / Rachel Corrie (2008), Oryx and Crake / Margaret Atwood (2003), The Crossing / Cormac McCarthy (1994), Crossfire / Jim Marrs (1989), The Power of the Dog / Thomas Savage (1967), The Third Policeman / Brian O'Nolan (1967), Against Interpretation / Susan Sontag (1966), The Voyeur / Alain Robbe-Grillet (1958), The Trilogy / Samuel Beckett (1956), Independent People / Halldór Laxness (1946), A Farewell to Arms / Ernest Hemingway (1929), Ulysses / James Joyce (1922), Metamorphosis / Franz Kafka (1915), Walden / Henry David Thoreau (1854), Wuthering Heights / Emily Brontë (1847), Pippa Passes / Robert Browning (1841), Milton / William Blake (1810), and Beowulf (1000 AD) |