Melissa Silvestri
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Archivist |
| Location | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Introduction | I am a big film nerd. My tastes run towards science fiction, action, horror, noir, B-movie goodness, stories about old people having adventures or falling in love, spy movies, arthouse movies, documentaries, and anthology films. I am a native New Yorker, and work in the archival field, and have an MLS in Archives. I love studying history, and enjoy writing about the arts. |
| Interests | Watching movies, reading books, taking dance and martial arts classes, and making scrapbooks. |
| Favorite movies | La Femme Nikita, Unleashed, The Monster Squad, Mother and Child, Serenity, Ronin, The Professional, Rapid Fire, Happy Accidents, Unhook the Stars, Double Dare (documentary about stuntwomen), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Big, Neo Ned, Nine Lives, Cairo Time, Attack the Block, Frankie and Johnny, The Debt, Zombieland, just to give an idea of what my film tastes are. |
| Favorite music | Etta James, Prince, Maxwell, Stephanie Mills, David Bowie, Mint Condition, Bruce Springsteen, old New Jack Swing hits, Teena Marie, Ciara, Janet Jackson, R&B music from the 70's-'90's, Alice Smith, Fiona Apple, Bonnie Raitt, Allman Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, and other assorted stuff. |
| Favorite books | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume, The Best American anthologies (Sports Writing, Mysteries, Short Fiction, etc.), Southland by Nina Revoyr, Cavedweller by Dorothy Ellison, The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, Fat City by Leonard Gardner, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick. I usually like reading short stories, articles in blogs and The New Yorker. I am still an avid reader, but not as much of novels anymore. |