Catherine
23 years old
Columbia, MO
Female
About
Some people call me Catherine, others call me Cat, and a select few call me Kitty.
I am a junior at the University of Missouri - Columbia (Mizzou).
My place is littered with movie posters, collages, and other movie-related knick-knacks. My movie collection is housed in a trunk I decoupaged with movie-related pictures I cut out of magazines. I keep my movie ticket stubs organized in a binder. I have only been beaten at SceneIt once, and I lost to a team of seven. I have what some people may call a minor obsession with film, but I'm putting it to good use by pursuing a career in film criticism.
Movies I need/want to see: 28 Days Later, Across the Universe, The African Queen, American Gangster, Amores Perros, Autumn Sonata, The Battle of Algiers, Beauty and the Beast (1946), Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry & Jack Black!), The Best Years of Our Lives, Bicycle Thieves, The Big Lebowski, The Blue Angel, Blue Velvet, The Boondock Saints, Brazil, Broadway Danny Rose, Cinema Paradiso, City Lights, Cries and Whispers, The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson + Jason Schwartzman + Natalie Portman = I'm excited), The Dark Knight, Dead Man, Donnie Brasco, The Elephant Man, Evil Dead, Fanny and Alexander, The Flower of My Secret, Funny Face, The General, The Gold Rush, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Harold and Maude, Harvey, Help!, High Noon, His Girl Friday, Immortality (a.k.a. The Wisdom of Crocodiles), I'm Not There (the Bob Dylan movie), Infernal Affairs, Iris, Iron Man, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lady Vanishes, The Last Picture Show, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Lucky You, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Murderball, Nashville, The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (it's coming in October!), Nights of Cabiria, Nosferatu, Ocean's Thirteen, Once Upon a Time in the West, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Persona, The Pink Panther (the original), Radio Days, Raging Bull, Reds, Revolutionary Road (Kate & Leo reunite!), Run Lola Run, Scenes from a Marriage, Schindler's List, Short Cuts, Sin City 2 (especially if Johnny Depp's going to be in it), Sweeney Todd, The Triplets of Belleville, Young Frankenstein; I am also very open to suggestions.
Movies I Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Never Been Kissed, Amélie, Annie Hall, Casablanca, Notorious, American Beauty, The Royal Tenenbaums, Benny & Joon, Garden State, The Philadelphia Story, Pulp Fiction, Magnolia, Kill Bill, Moulin Rouge, As Good As It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine, Out of Sight, Vertigo, Now Voyager, All About My Mother, Ninotchka, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bringing Up Baby, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Citizen Kane, The Departed, Roman Holiday, Singin' in the Rain, Good Night and Good Luck, Beauty and the Beast, Good Will Hunting, Shrek, Grand Hotel, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Bonnie & Clyde, Life Is Beautiful, Say Anything, High Fidelity, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Shopgirl, Stardust Memories, Yojimbo, Stranger Than Fiction, The Twilight Samurai, Mermaids, Batman Begins, Sin City, Jerry Maguire, Reality Bites, The Women, Bridget Jones's Diary, All About Eve, Chocolat, The Matrix, Casper, Pleasantville, Chinatown, Almost Famous, Wings of Desire, Shakespeare in Love, The Motorcycle Diaries, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Wedding Singer
I hear in my mind all this music...
The Beatles, Death Cab for Cutie, Counting Crows, Jimmy Eat World, Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, The Killers, No Doubt, Elliott Smith, Ryan Adams, The Strokes, Red House Painters, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Coldplay, Belle & Sebastian, Dixie Chicks, Phantom Planet, Billie Holiday, The Cure, Nick Drake, Regina Spektor, Coconut Records, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Imogen Heap, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Of Montreal, Bright Eyes, Aimee Mann, The Beach Boys, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, R.E.M., Ben Gibbard, Sufjan Stevens, Weezer, Bernard Herrmann, Schuyler Fisk, Rufus Wainwright, Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, Ennio Morricone, The Postal Service, Green Day, Frank Sinatra, Danny Elfman, Lauryn Hill, The White Stripes, Joshua Radin, Dashboard Confessional, Keane
Film People
Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Kate Winslet, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Bette Davis, Wes Anderson, Cameron Crowe, Jason Schwartzman, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey, Pedro Almodovar, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Jack Nicholson, Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci, Audrey Hepburn, Christian Bale, Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Tim Burton, Jimmy Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Cusack, George Cukor, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Spacey
How I like to spend my time...
dancing to the beat of my own slightly off-beat drummer, surviving college by partaking in many great distractions, getting lost in a good song/movie/book, knowing more about movies than is probably healthy, hanging out with my friends, writing about film and life in general, dreaming, playing games, taking pictures of everything, trying not to worry/overthink things so much
Writers - in addition to screenwriters & songwriters mentioned above
Roger Ebert, William Shakespeare, Libby Gelman-Waxner, Pauline Kael, Winston Churchill, Robert Frost, Phillip Lopate, Dorothy Parker, Peter Bart
Areas of Interest
stories, cinema, my friends, writing, film criticism, old Hollywood, Academy Awards, quotes, music, humor, art, architecture, history, pop culture, sarcastic banter, ridiculous romp sessions, fruity drinks, pictures, games, trivia, moments, nicknames, inside jokes, dreams, bonus features, super heroes, penguins, movie trailers, German expressionism, gumption, symmetry, night drives, grammar, people
The only TV shows that have stuck with me throughout the years...
Friends, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Sex and the City, Everwood