John Cannatella
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer, Director |
| Location | New York, New York, United States |
| Introduction | I like to think, if I am able to, outside the sphere of our institutional conventions. Of course our culture dissuades such solitary pursuits with its barrage of disruptive and intrusive nonsense. We should not be engaged in reflection or introspection because no one makes money from it and that is our greatest value to our society ... as consumers. We are induced with suggestive images and flashing lights, to watch, covet, and buy. I will on occasion sound the alarm of indignation for the benefit of my more innocent brethren, but mostly I just want to pull the plug and shut the damn system off so I can hear myself think! Oh, yes ... and I tend to get preachy. My children can give you the skinny on that. I have a daughter and a son, both adults, and the best friends anyone could have. I have the memories of my late wife and I share the love and warmth of her incredible family. I consider myself to be the most fortunate of men and my friends and family, past and present, are true blessings in an astonishing journey that always feels as if it is just beginning. |
| Interests | Theatre, Film, Literature, Psychology, Paranormal Phenomena, Baseball |
| Favorite movies | Lawrence of Arabia, Before The Rain, 8 1/2, Citizen Kane, Ikiru, Shane, Yojimbo, His Girl Friday |
| Favorite music | Everything Mozart, anything Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Shubert, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Vivaldi, Beatles, Satchmo, Ella, Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Bernstein (Leonard & Elmer) |
| Favorite books | Look Homeward Angel (or anything by Wolfe), Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend (or anything by Dickens), The Once and Future King, Crime and Punishment, Pride and Predudice, The Sound and the Fury, the Sherlock Holmes series. |
The love potion you made tastes terrible. How will you drink it?
Don't need it. Love is a blessing I do not wish to force.