How Watching Movies Helped Me Write a Book About Music
What I wanted to say about Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” has everything to do with the movies and TV series I love.
I watched well over fifty films during the four-month period I was given to write my first book. Almost every night I would get into bed, build a comfortable wall around me using several pillows, and tune into some streaming service. This probably wasn’t what I should have been doing, how I should’ve been spending my nights—and on more occasions that I’d like to admit, my days—when I had a 30,000-word book to write. But I love movies. I’ve always loved movies. This is a ritual I’ve been practicing since my high school days; I would have an essay to write but it wouldn’t matter because there was so much to see.
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I'm a film & TV writer living in Brooklyn. I also like sweaters and baths.
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