The Darjeeling Limited
I finally saw the latest movie from Wes Anderson last night and while going in with medium-low expectations (some reviews have been lukewarm) I ended up really loving it! The portrait of these three neurotic damaged brothers is so alive, each one of their silly idiosincracies adds to this wonderful character study of a film. I loved the little repeating issues among them. Are there big changes and arcs in these characters? Maybe not so but that’s what I really liked about The Darjeeling Limited, it’s subtle. It’s the little things in this movie that I ended up totally loving. I don’t want to spoil too much if you haven’t seen the movie (maybe don’t read further if you haven’t) but things like the shoes (or no shoes) of each character, the baggage that is baggage, the obviously autobiographical writings that keep on being denied as such:”they are fictional characters…”. I was so engaged by all these details. Oh and what about that amazing pan with all the characters on the train?! Isn’t that amazing? That is where Wes Anderson really shines … in these strange theatrical moments. I am a huge fan of Rushmore which still stands as my absolutely favorite from Anderson, still, he managed to make a very worthy second best. I am quite happy, finally.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Nice review:) Thanks enrico
Just to say anticipation is killing me + not being able to see hotel chevalier on itunes. Any chance of borrowing your bank account details so can set up a US itunes account? Please…
October 28th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Hotel chevalier is now shown @ theater with the movie..I too was plesantly surprised and this may be my favorite…Anderson said on charly rose that hes making an animated movie!?!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Fantastic Mr Fox for 2009, good details here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34486
C: We’ll cover some more of my questions tonight, but let me ask you two about things you have coming up. Wes, you have the animated THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX [based on the Roald Dahl book].
WA: It’s taken us a long time to get this going, but we finally got it going. Noah Baumbach and I adapted it. George Clooney is going to play Mr. Fox. We’ve just started working on it in England, and it’s going. We have a guy named Mark Gustafson directing the animation. Henry [THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS] Selick was going to do it originally but over time that didn’t work out because Henry has his own thing he’s directing [CORALINE, based on Neil Gaiman's novel].
C: Is the film going to look more like what Henry has done in the past?
WA: I think the closest thing to compare it to is that Eastern European stuff, because the animals are going to have fur, and the sets are meant to look kind of like real life. So it’s more in the vein.
C: More three-dimensional?
WA: Yes, stop motion. That style.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
John- Ah sure John … let me get back to you with that …
hope you get to see the movie soon .
Melvyn- really ? Wow, weird … gotta find that Charlie Rose interview … maybe on youtube?
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October 29th, 2007 at 10:29 am
wow, what funny timing John! we posted at the same exact minute !
thanks a lot for interview snippet !
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November 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
[...] with Wes Anderson on RottenTomatoes.com. He talks about Hotel Chevalier, Darjeeling Limited (which I loved) and the upcoming animated “The Fantastic Mr Fox” which he is writing the script for. [...]