Mr Cat Dog

Stop being sarcastic, good sir.

Well, you gave it to me!

Now every time The Economist arrives on my mail, I mentally blame you.

The hole cut out of the face? Not anything that I remember The Tallest Man On Earth Doing - the only thing that springs to mind to that description is In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.

Weirdly enough it was off a really reputable site that cares a lot about that kinda stuff, so it leaves me kind of worried that the final version will sound like shite too. Have you listened to it?

I do! I downloaded his album when it was leaked a while back but the sound quality was absolute garbage. Didn't realise it's fully out now, will give another listen. 8)

How goes?

you should most certainly check it out. I fucking loved it. it was incredibly dark/sad so make sure you're in That Mood. great soundtrack too

it was incredible. quickest 150 minutes of my life. I plan on doing Inland Empire next weekend, probably. have you seen Mysterious Skin?

Happy anniversary :)

Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary!

do you perchance have a skype

so did I honestly. but in happy to be back this time. stuff was really bad when I left haha

im so glad you understand

Straight into my viewing queue! It's more violent AND more meditative? Must be interesting.

I've been watching quite a few of these ancient, black-and-white, requiring-your-maximum-attention movies (just saw Lancelot du Lac; I'm putting off the Bresson catalogue for an indefinite time because, really, they're mostly good but I don't think I can take any more of them), so Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Juno (which surprisingly I haven't seen considering how much I like Ellen Page) are what I'll see soon, but before that, a It's Such a Beautiful Day viewing fosho (aren't you so happy)

I'll definitely have to watch The Fly with someone squeamish. also Naked Lunch sometime, that one looks Batshit Insane. also that description of Inland Empire sounds absolutely fucking brilliant, I'm gonna have to watch that as soon as possible. but Mulholland Dr. also beckons. and Lost Highway. and Wild at Heart, I suppose. I may just go through his filmography in chronological order, #YOLO.

Oh god, I wish partying was a thing at my university or at this part of the city, but the student base and people in general here are predominantly Muslim and conservative about it (I'm Muslim but an incredibly liberal one). My sort of partying would be hanging out all night with my best mates and driving around Kuala Lumpur doing f-ck-all.

Sounds good, will check it out tomorrow or something. I had a free day today and pretty much spent my morning in the room watching two Robert Bresson movies. I'm working on finishing his filmography, and I've seen 6 so far (loved Mouchette and Pickpocket). Interesting guy but his movies can be catatonically boring sometimes (and the catholic themes are lost on me for the most part).

I know! I saw your Letterboxd and saw that you watched The Company by Altman; it was mentioned in a Black Swan thread over at Criterion Forums and I was looking to watch it as well and I was surprised you'd seen it recently. How was it?

Medicine takes up a lot of my time but I make time for other stuff (like movies! or going out with peeps). It's not as time-consuming as most people make it out to be if you can divide your time well (thank God I've grown out of my phase of procrastinating everything). It helps that I'm in the pre-clinical years; sadly I think I'd have to sacrifice my movies by next year when I enter the clinical phase. Which sucks. But oh well.

I have NOT seen a Don Hertzfeldt animated feature yet, but all the good reviews for It's Such a Beautiful Day is making me want to check it out fosho (before World of Tomorrow of course). What should I be expecting? Will it break my fragile little heart??? I don't think I can take another emotionally-charged animated film (goosebumps still from that song at the end of Spirited Away).

BLACK SWAN. HOLY SH-T. HOLY. SH-T.

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yeah I've gotta dig into his stuff someday. speaking of fucked up shit, I watched Videodrome and Blue Velvet in the past two days. the latter was Incredibly Disturbing but ultimately amazing, and Videodrome was just so bizarre. I liked it a lot. I loved the ~last 20 minutes especially. Cronenberg's another guy whose stuff I really need to delve into. I picked up The Fly awhile back so I've gotta watch that soonish.

I've seen Synecdoche like five times and it gets better every single time. first time I saw it I was still convinced it was now one of my favorite movies -- I didn't find it to be nearly as much of a mindfuck as most people said it was, and weirdly it got more confusing to me the more times I watched it, but I still think it's pretty cut-and-dry. maybe because I tend not to focus on the symbolic is-it-still-the-play-or-is-this-his-life-now speculation and just the overwhelming bleakness of it all and how poignant that alone is. I am only familiar with Viridiana because of it being Bunuel. gonna have to look into it! only thing of his I've seen is Un Chien Andalou (which Alex should also watch)