Inspirations for 7500 days
Uther Dean shared some of the film, literature, and theatre that inspired The First 7500 Days Of My Life. Read, watch, and enjoy.
Forced entertainmentForced Entertainment are always an inspiration to me. Even though their work is non-narrative, I find there are a lot of worthwhile storytelling devices worth stealing. Especially for this show.
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Built like a shipThis song is one of the epigraphs and I listened to it on a loop for a lot of the writing process. There's something about an indie rock song that's largely about maths and architecture that really sat with me when it came to this show.
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SumbarineSubmarine both the book and the film were big references for me. Especially in regards to unlikable protagonists and the ecstatic agony of childhood.
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The DoctorAnd there's, obviously, this...
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Areas of My ExpertiseThe long title is inspired by the long titles of John Hodgman's Areas of My Expertise books.
An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by myself, John Hodgman, a Professional Writer, in The Areas of My Expertise, which Include: Matters Historical, Matters Literary, Matters Cryptozoological, Hobo Matters, Food, Drink & Cheese (a Kind of Food), Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels, Haircuts, Utopia, What Will Happen in the Future, and Most Other Subjects. |