Although we agree on a lot of film titles, there will be one sole writer on this blog: me, Matt Keppel. I'm the lyricist, singer, and co-songwriter of Microfilm.
Film has always been a big inspiration for many of the songs we write. Directors like Fassbinder, Pakula, Friedkin, Argento and cult classics like Taxi Zum Klo and A Certain Sacrifice have become themes and subjects of our songs. Even actresses have become the muse for our tracks; ask Tilda Swinton. I mean the word 'film' is the half of the name of our band if you need any more proof.
Sometimes direct dialogue samples inspire a track, or the subject matter has a cinematic edge, like Airlock: Open, where the lyrics reflect a familiar tale of where outer space ennui meets madness, in films like Moon or Solaris.
As you can see, film permeates what we do as a band with Microfilm, and what I do as a lyricist within this band.
The focus of this blog will start with '70s paranoid thrillers like Alan J. Pakula's Klute and The Parallax View and Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor, and then branch out into other genres and titles that we like.
Welcome. Turn that TV set on.
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