The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies ever. Wes Anderson is just amazing. Back when I first saw The Life Aquatic I was like, "Oh em gee! This guy is a genius!" And it still is one of my very favorites. But Tenenbaums is just, wonderful. Perfect. Take a look at that cast list.
The movie is really more up-beat than not. Gene Hackman's character is fantastic, as is everybody else's. This is just the saddest part to me and, I feel, a good indication of how great a writer/director Mr. Anderson is. Watch for yourself, nothing really dramatic goes on. It's a pretty tame scene. But it's probably the saddest one I've ever seen. He does so much with so little.
Wes has a new movie coming out called The Darjeeling Limited. It's trailer played before Sunshine last Friday and I felt rather silly getting all misty-eyed over a trailer. Then I looked over and Kasey had the exact same thing going on. The girl and I are excited. Again, nothing big is really going on. Wes Anderson can just get through the chinks in your armor with his simplicity and subtlety. You can see the trailer here.
Okay, back to work.
- David
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Never refuse a request from a pretty girl that has access to you while you sleep.
This whole commercial is just so totally Wes Anderson. Like whoa.
Jeeesus, I didn't know that you were talking about posting the suicide scene, I thought you meant the scene where Raleigh can't even eat the cookie. That scene is sad, but I can't help but to feel a weird twinge of ironic amusement due to the fact that Wes chose to play an Elliot Smith song for Richie's suicide attempt.
ReplyDeleteYou should post Wes Anderson's Mastercard commercial. My heart swells every time I see it. My adorable little director finally getting recognition! And of course; "That's blackmail!"
I gotta personally go with 'Rushmore' as my favorite Wes Anderson flick. Royal was good, but Rushmore was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Rushmore is pretty good. I really like Jason S.
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