Jake Vander Ark
| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Spring Lake, MI, United States |
| Introduction | “Keep your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds.” Sometimes tacky quotes say it best. I’m a novelist, film geek, and libertarian activist. When it comes to politics, my feet are planted firmly in the dirt; I’m stubborn, logical, and sometimes brutal. But when it comes to writing fiction... I aim for the stars. I hope my trio of blogs capture this fascinating contradiction, and I look forward to reading your thoughts! |
| Interests | Filmmaking, TV, Poker, Philosophy, Libertarian Politics, Theology, Writing, Skiing, Word Games, Art, Theater |
| Favorite Movies | Apocalypse Now, Rosemary's Baby, Star Wars, Magnolia, Fanny and Alexander, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Pulp Fiction, Singin' in the Rain, Heat, Kill Bill, Moulin Rouge!, Wings of Desire, All That Jazz, Vertigo, Sunset Blvd., The Exorcist, Cinema Paradiso, Indiana Jones, Adaptation., Requiem for a Dream, Wild Strawberries, Traffic, Barry Lyndon, City of God, Breaking the Waves, Labyrinth, Punch-Drunk Love, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Closer, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The New World, The Godfather, Mulholland Drive, The Apartment, Alien, The Graduate, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Celebration, Jurassic Park, Brazil, Back to the Future, The Third Man, The Dark Knight, Brick, Rear Window, Unforgiven, The Virgin Suicides, There Will Be Blood, Notorious, Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, Wall*E, Winter Light |
| Favorite Music | Red Hot Chili Peppers, Damien Rice, The Verve Pipe, Lady Gaga, The Beatles, John Williams, Oasis, Panic! At the Disco |
| Favorite Books | Heart of Darkness, Pet Sematary, Lolita, The Virgin Suicides, On Writing, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, The Inferno, Jurassic Park, Story, The Time Traveler's Wife, Rosemary's Baby |