Alexa here. There's nothing I love more than reading a fan memoir, or more adequately put, a life story as told through beloved music or film. Some of Pauline Kael's reviews read that way to me. I also enjoyed Nick Hornby's Songbook. Right now I'm reading The Film That Changed My Life, which compiles some amazing interviews with directors about that favorite, pivotal film that changed things. I was similarly moved reading Leslye's great post, which reminded me of how films have shaped me, and also how my life shaped my viewing of certain films. Being at my most depressed helped add to my love of The Big Lebowski, as it finally lifted me from the funk. And seeing Rosemary's Baby during puberty, when I felt my body was betraying me, was a most visceral experience.
Since mine is an arts column, I thought in honor of Leslye's coming-of-age tales I'd post some visual homages to her film signposts. (And if you're wondering why The Philadelphia Story is missing, it's because someone needs to get on designing a good indie poster for that one, stat!)
Rushmore lithograph by Cameron Thorne.
Love and Death by Richard Noble and Rita Sales Luís.
Rear windows by Torrence King and Claudia Varosio.
Appropriately quote-heavy Lebowski posters by Infrequent Design and Jerod Gibson.
The Shining by David Lasky.
Fight Club by Giancarlo Semeraro and Jackie Brown by Mark Welser.