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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 3.16 109 3 X 2 Artists as critics 1 1 2 2 3 MY WATCHLIST Old Yeller "One of my earliest memories is of watching Old Yeller with my grandparents on weekend mornings. It may very well be what brought my consciousness online, into the stream of experience I've been riding to this very moment. A classic rite-of-passage narrative touching on family, intimacy and friendship. Also, dogs." Too Hot to Handle, Too Cold to Hold "Any number of monumental skate flms from the early 2000s could otherwise populate this list if not for my brother Will Hartsock's feat with Too Hot to Handle, Too Cold to Hold. The skating itself is timeless, but the achievement of production value and sheer beauty, in an offering so close to home, proved as pivotal as any other contender on this list." The Last Waltz "I was blindsided by the collaborative dynamic of these larger-than-life characters. Pairing the convenience of emotional parallel with Martin Scorsese's cinematic interpretation of a concert by the Band offered a fresh angle on the experience of live music." Design Trilogy: Helvetica, Objectifed, Urbanized "Gary Hustwit's trilogy seamlessly deconstructs the metaphysics of design and the many ways in which we unassumingly interface with it." Samsara "An hour and a half of flm completely absent of dialogue and not a moment of yearning for it. This flm reaffrmed my love for travel photography and inspired a deep obsession with aerial composition." Tommy Johns is the curator at the brand-development company 750four Productions and proprietor at Louis's the Ton public house in Butchertown. Here are the fve (OK, seven) flms that have had the greatest impact on him and his work. Mike Brooks co- founded Theatre [502] and is fnance director at StageOne Family Theatre. StageOne will perform Harold and the Purple Crayon (with a score from Ben Sollee) March 21-April 15. Keith Waits, Louisville Visual Art's facility and exhibits manager, interviews artists on a weekly ARTxFM show called PUBLIC. "I'd give him a chapter. Making the distinction between philosophy and religion is a smart sell right up front, whether you're talking to a dude of another (or no) religion." "As an opening, this could not be more accessible. The down- to-earth, no-nonsense tone promises a pragmatic discussion of spirituality and religion at a time when those subjects are fraught with social and political baggage. I'm intrigued." Read the frst page of Buddhism for Dudes, by Louisvillian Gerry Stribling. Would you continue reading? (First sentence: "There is a healthy, reasonable way of living, a simple philosophy that people mistake for a religion, which is a recipe for both world peace and personal sanity.") Watch the music video for "Handsome Boy," by local entertainer Howell Dawdy. (Sample lyric: "I woke up on a new planet / Where opinions of beauty have a lower standard / And as a result I'm considered quite handsome / So now I'm a model — famous, rich and pampered.") Thoughts? "Man, that is amazing. I'd love to be able to contextualize it with more of his work, but I think Dean and Gene Ween (of the band Ween) would give that 17 noodly appendages up. Better lighting could even earn it an unprecedented 18th noodle." "The witty lyrics are matched by a fairly densely layered but playful visual aesthetic that balances the comic narcissism. The character reminds me a bit of Zach Galifanakis." What do you think of this mural on the downtown Marriott? "I think it's weird that I've never seen that; I work downtown and that thing looks huge. The sentiment feels like hotel- room art — sort of vaguely appealing if not particular to any place or way of thinking — but I think it's awesome that they did something with the space and presumably got a Louisvillian to do so (Yep, Bryan Patrick Todd — Ed.). Nice one, Marriott." "You certainly can't argue with the upbeat spirit of the message, and such broadsides recognizing the creative heart of Louisville are always welcome."