Noam Friedlander
My blogs
| Introduction | Noam Friedlander is an author, script writer, TV reviewer, columnist, sub editor and feature writer. She has written 13 non-fiction books on subjects ranging from sport, religion, entertainment and children’s names as well as having over a decade of experience as a journalist for various broadsheets and magazines. Since May 2006, Noam has also been working as a script writer, journalist and consultant for various TV shows. |
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| Interests | QPR, TV, Scripts, Films, Life, The Tube, Nazi Dogs, Dead Rabbis, Pop Culture, Art, Theatre, Plays, Gays, Straights, Currencies, LA, New York, London, Rome, Corsica, Ajaccio, Football, Tennis, (playing and watching), Pyrotechnics, Matches, Flames, Candles, (that smell), Perfume, Fragrances, Creating fragrances, Discussing new ranges of perfumes with old ladies in special perfume shops, Yogi Tea, (Vanilla Hazelnut flavour in particular), Avoiding making tea, Drinking tea, Cooking, (only recently), Butternut squash, Baking, Roasting, Grilling, Experimenting with food, Stationary, Nice pens, Ipods, Mac books, Retro TV shows, US TV shows, Writing scripts, Avoiding RSI, Facebook (this aids RSI), Emails, Writing reviews, Interviews, Features, Flying to America, Sticks of cheap incense, (back to smells again), Shops that are cheap as chips, (Hates: David Dickinson), Sci-fi, Horror, Drama, Teen, Geeks, And freaks, Discovering new talent, Discovering new places, Buildings, Picturesque views, Avoidance, Making friends, Losing friends, Finding friends, Keeping up with friends (back to email again), Text messages, Phone calls, Leaving messages, Dogs, Cats, Big dogs, Fat cats, Fat cats with bad clothes, Big friendly dogs, Soppy dogs, Fat friendly cats, YouTube, Photography, Pictures of friends, Pictures of other people's friends, Avoiding being photographed, (hate it), Fragrant oils, Collecting rose smells |
| Favorite Movies | Favourite film, To Be Or Not To Be, (1942 version, Jack Benny NOT Mel Brooks), I'll also watch Woody Allen ('Sleeper' was my favourite film when I was eight, but then I loved 'Fame' as well), Nostaligic 80s Brat Pack films (cue St Elmo's Fire music), then there's the horror genre, never to be ignored, the Coen brothers, the list goes on, In no particular order as they come to me I've got more films: Star Wars, (VI-VIII), Rear Window, The Usual Suspects, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Citizen Kane, any thing by Hitchcock, obviously, North By Northwest, Fight Club, Vertigo, Batman Begins, Notorious, Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films, Old Boy, Princess Bride, Back To The Future, Gladiator, Philadelphia Story (anything with Cary Grant), Brief Encounter, Twelve Monkeys, The Terminator, All About Eve, An American In Paris, Blade Runner (again, I'll watch Harrison Ford in most things, ooh and Rutger Hauer), The Invisible Man (Claude Rains), Rear Window, Rebecca, The Third Man (Carol Reed, oh yes), The Wizard of Oz, Freaks, Cable Guy, The Shining, Gladiator, What Ever happened to Baby Jane, Black Narcissus (Powell and Pressberger), Swingers, I Married A Witch, Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Blood Diamond, The Lady Eve, The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith, Strangers On A Train), Total Recall, Schindler's List, Kissed, Cocktail, Top Gun, Withnail And I, Wings Of Desire, The AristoCRATS, Airplane, Garden State, Tokyo Monogatari, Battle Royale and still more... see music |
| Favorite Music | o... back to my film list: The Railway Children (hankies at the ready), M, The Lord Of The Rings (I guess but I still like the Harry Potters despite the lack of intellectual cache they offer), Gigi, An American In Paris, Rebecca, I Married A Witch, Last King Of Scotland, The Constant Gardener, Matador, La Mala Educacion, Todo Sobre Mi Madre (any Almodovar actually), 21 Grams, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rope, have I already admitted to Cocktail and Karate Kid? No. Right. I think that's enough for the moment |
| Favorite Books | Lots, thanks |
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