"You spoke as if you knew so well"
Johnson, Huston, Martin, Spector, Simpson
Denis Johnson:
Karla Huston:
Carl Martin:
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Donna Spector:
Louis Simpson:
“Sway,” from 25th Hour (dir. by Spike Lee, 2002):
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There’s something really 80s about the Denis Johnson piece. It’s like hair metal poetry.
Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman (MISS HIM)!
Their sway made my day.