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EMAIL djardine@apolloguide.ca URL www.apolloguide.com Apollo LOCATION Victoria, BC, Canada BIOGRAPHY A little mystery in a blossoming relationship like this is a good thing. QUOTES To paraphrase Martin Scorcese, films are contemporary society's altar. We go to the movies with the same devotion that past generations preserved for their churchgoing. We enter the darkness, seeking the light. The best movies provide pseudo-religious experiences: they transform us. Quote: "There is no wisdom without leisure." --ancient Hebrew epigram FAVORITES Top 10 of 1999: 1. The Straight Story 2. The War Zone 3. Being John Malkovich 4. Magnolia 5. American Beauty 6. Fight Club 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. The Insider 9. The Talented Mr. Ripley 10. The Red Violin Faves from 1998: Life is Beautiful, Shakespeare in Love, Slam, The Butcher Boy, Smoke Signals, The Celebration, Saving Private Ryan, Out of Sight, Red Violin (Canadian release), The Truman Show, Primary Colors. Favorite Films from 1997: Titanic, The Sweet Hereafter, When We Were Kings, Rosewood, Kolya, Shall We Dance?, Good Will Hunting, The Ice Storm, As Good as it Gets, She's So Lovely Favorite Films of All Time: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Schindler's List, Taxi Driver, It's a Wonderful Life, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Deer Hunter, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dr. Strangelove, Manchurian Candidate, A Clockwork Orange Favorite Directors: Kubrick, Scorcese, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Coen Brothers.