Self-Reference
January 17, 2011
I’m trying to think of songs, movies, and books that refer to themselves. I haven’t come up with that many, so help me out.
Songs:
1. Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
2. Weird Al, (This Song’s Just) Six Words Long
3. Blues Traveler, Hook
Movies:
1. Storytelling
2. Adaptation
3. 8 1/2 (also Stardust Memories, Deconstructing Harry, but those are copies)
4. French in Action (TV Series)
Books:
1. Sophie’s World
Blog Posts:
1. This one.
January 17, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Pale Fire
“Octet” by David Foster Wallace (somewhat winkingly)
January 17, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Self-referential fiction is my thing!
Shiga Naoya – At Kinosaki
John Fante – Hail Mary
MC Escher – Drawing Hands
David Cronenberg – Naked Lunch
Diego Velazquez – Las Meninas
And more!