Lately I’ve been fantasizing about a Generation X version of those Renaissance Weekends the masters of the universe throw for themselves, only my GenX Arts and Cultural Summit would bring together Xers who are doing intriguing work, work that’s hinting at the new golden age of entertainment being born right now. We’d sit around and shoot the shit and find out what ideas we have in common about where art and entertainment and culture might be going and we’d network and all sorts of amazing projects would grow out the gathering.
The totally imaginary GenX Arts and Cultural Summit, v. 1.1:
New names:
Shane Black (filmmaker)
Nicolas Cage (actor, filmmaker)
George Clooney (actor, filmmaker)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor)
Josh Lucas (actor)
Josh Marshall (blogger)
Andrew Niccol (filmmaker)
Liev Schreiber (actor, filmmaker)
Tilda Swinton (actor)
These were prompted by recent films Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck., Everything Is Illuminated, and Lord of War, among other things.
(The whole list is after the jump.)
J.J. Abrams (TV writer/producer)
Paul Thomas Anderson (filmmaker)
Wes Anderson (filmmaker)
John Aravosis (blogger)
Patricia Arquette (actor)
Juliette Binoche (actor)
Duncan Black (blogger)
Shane Black (filmmaker)
Nicolas Cage (actor, filmmaker)
Tracy Chapman (musician)
George Clooney (actor, filmmaker)
Harry Connick Jr. (actor, musician)
Anderson Cooper (TV journalist)
Russell Crowe (actor)
John Cusack (actor, screenwriter, film producer)
Matt Damon (actor)
Claire Danes (actor)
Johnny Depp (actor)
Leonardo Di Caprio (actor)
Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
David Duchovny (actor, filmmaker)
Brett Easton Ellis (writer)
Ralph Fiennes (actor)
Bridget Fonda (actor)
Janeane Garofalo (actor, political commentator)
Jake Gyllenhaal (actor)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (actor)
Anthony Michael Hall (actor)
Joel Hodgson (TV writer/producer)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor)
Peter Jackson (filmmaker)
Spike Jonze (filmmaker)
Nicole Kidman (actor)
Jude Law (actor)
Heath Ledger (actor)
Laura Linney (actor)
Josh Lucas (actor)
Tobey Maguire (actor)
Josh Marshall (blogger)
Dave Matthews (musician, actor)
Aaron Mcgruder (comic artist)
Sam Mendes (filmmaker)
Samantha Morton (actor)
Andrew Niccol (filmmaker)
Edward Norton (actor)
Trey Parker (TV writer/producer)
Alexander Payne (filmmaker)
Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
Queen Latifah (actor, musician)
Keanu Reeves (actor)
Trent Reznor (musician)
Julia Roberts (actor)
J.K. Rowling (writer)
Liev Schreiber (actor, filmmaker)
Campbell Scott (actor, filmmaker)
M. Night Shyamalan (filmmaker)
John Singleton (filmmaker)
Will Smith (actor)
Jon Stewart (TV writer/producer, political commentator)
Ben Stiller (TV writer/producer, actor)
Matt Stone (TV writer/producer)
Kiefer Sutherland (actor)
Tilda Swinton (actor)
Quentin Tarantino (filmmaker)
Uma Thurman (actor)
Touré (hiphop journalist)
Vince Vaughn (actor)
Wachowski Brothers (filmmakers)
Naomi Watts (actor)
Jake Weber (actor)
Wil Wheaton (actor, blogger)
Joss Whedon (TV writer/producer, filmmaker)
Owen Wilson (actor, screenwriter)
Kate Winslet (actor)
Reese Witherspoon (actor)
Elijah Wood (actor)
Renée Zellweger (actor)
Rob Zombie (musician, filmmaker)
