Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:59 pm
...shouldn't you guys be working?
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:38 pm
It's hard work, holding up the statistic that most employees are only 60% productive.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:09 am
Whoa, spoiler tags. I did not want this spoiled.Jeff wrote:It gets worse. I've heard that the bandages worn by Wilson's character in the film are the result of a botched suicide attempt. If that's true, I wouldn't be surprised to see the film get shelved for awhile.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:45 am
Noir of the Night wrote:Whoa, spoiler tags. I did not want this spoiled.
Spoiler
Sorry.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:46 am
It's cool.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:06 pm
Richard Corliss has seen it at Venice. He has all of the scoop on Owen Wilson's unfortunate similarities to his character, as well as a decidedly mixed-to-negative review of the film itself.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:31 pm
Variety and Screen Daily are not terribly enthusiastic either.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:51 pm
Here's the first image from the short film "Hotel Chevalier":
<<<< From the trailer not the short.
<<<< From the trailer not the short.Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:17 pm
It's a shame that it won't screen before the film commercially -- especially if it adds to the feature.Variety wrote:Short provides a potent prologue that further serves to make Jack the most sympathetic of the brothers and adds resonance to visual motifs that recur in the feature. Per Anderson, "Hotel Chevalier" will not be shown in theaters, but rather on the Internet, at festivals and on DVD.
The Hollywood Reporter's review is even more negative. I'm very disappointed overall, but I did find this passage of the review especially absurd:
It's pretty clear that Anderson's films take place in their own universe (has a New York like the one depicted in The Royal Tenenbaums ever existed?). References to anything that's "going on in the world" would be completely out of place here. Anderson's films are self-contained, deliberately constructed fantasies.But when current affairs are in such a parlous state, it's almost unforgivable to make a film about stupid American men traveling abroad with not the slightest awareness of or reference to anything that's going on in the world. The film is overly pleased with itself and the characters are way too self-absorbed. There's never a man-eating tiger around when you need one.
The fact that Ray Bennett clearly doesn't "get" Anderson is the only remotely reassuring thing about his review though. It appears the film will be Anderson's most divisive yet.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:59 am
Yeah.. They don't know what's going on in what world? Do all films have take place in the real world and do all films have to deal with real issues? I thought movies were something to get away from real world events and all that.
The short not being infront of film prints is a bit of a shame but I hope they at least release the short before the movie as it would most likely work as a good promotional piece.
The short not being infront of film prints is a bit of a shame but I hope they at least release the short before the movie as it would most likely work as a good promotional piece.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:11 am
I have the same problem with David Lynch.not the slightest awareness of or reference to anything that's going on in the world
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:01 am
So, is Variety implying Rushmore was profound? Their choice of the word "arch" in describing his style could be read as either "condescending" or "annoyingly playful", both of which sum up just about every negative review I've ever read concerning him, though I'm sure they meant the latter. I just don't see it, but hey, he's divisive. Obviously, what he really needs to do is make a film like Babel or Crash to really connect with today's audience. Then he can be less arch and more arch, the former this time.Here, as in his two prior outings, Anderson's arch, highly artificial style gets in the way of character and emotional development, rendering pic piquant rather than profound.
All the reviews seem to be pointing at "if you like Anderson, you'll like this. As for the rest of us..."
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:36 pm
Maybe people are just getting tired of Anderson's schtick.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:53 pm
Well *I'm* getting tired of the schtick of people who are getting tired of Anderson's schtick, so does that even things out?Barmy wrote:Maybe people are just getting tired of Anderson's schtick.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:01 pm
I'm astonished this is a problem (or were you being coy, Kinji?). At what point did creating a world of one's own cease being a high imaginative and aesthetic achievement and become the equivalent of day-dreaming in class?kinjitsu wrote:I have the same problem with David Lynch.not the slightest awareness of or reference to anything that's going on in the world
Next thing I'll be hearing how art should be an instrument of social reform, at which I'll just have to curl up in bed and cry or something.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:13 pm
Tongue firmly in cheek, Sausage.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:16 pm
Perhaps I should just bite mine?kinjitsu wrote:Tongue firmly in cheek, Sausage.
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:06 am
Free preview screenings for "select cities" here.
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:09 am
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:17 am
Just read through the Vogue article and found it really insightful and enlightening. Thanks for posting the link Antoine.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:25 am
I think filmmakers like Tarkovsky, Bresson, Mizoguchi, hell even Harmony Korine create worlds of their own. Wes Anderson just seems like he's replicating the world around him into a highly ironic and nostalgic manner.Mr_sausage wrote:At what point did creating a world of one's own cease being a high imaginative and aesthetic achievement and become the equivalent of day-dreaming in class?not the slightest awareness of or reference to anything that's going on in the world
Next thing I'll be hearing how art should be an instrument of social reform, at which I'll just have to curl up in bed and cry or something.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:05 am
Starting Wednesday, Hotel Chevalier will be made available as a free download from the Apple iTunes store. More info on the film and internet release here.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:34 pm
Don't they? Films do not have to take place in "the real world," but all films of value attempt to address the actual issues of human life on this planet, some in an allegorical way, some in a fantastical way, some in a more direct way. Rushmore and his other films do this, although they are set in candy-colored worlds. I bet Darjeeling does, too, in its own way, but it seems the reviewer's criticism was that Anderson didn't say exactly what he thought should be said about "real issues."VC2020 wrote:Do all films have take place in the real world and do all films have to deal with real issues? I thought movies were something to get away from real world events and all that.
It's the kind of criticism that falls into the "Now, If I Directed The Picture..." category.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:49 pm
Antoine Doinel wrote:Starting Wednesday, Hotel Chevalier will be made available as a free download from the Apple iTunes store. More info on the film and internet release here.
Somewhat reminiscent of "John From Cincinnati"
Although not interactive. I'm curious to see it.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:55 pm
From IMDB:
Also, the soundtrack is now streaming over at the official site.Anderson Denies Wilson Contributed to Suicide Character
Movie director Wes Anderson has denied reports Owen Wilson's troubled private life contributed to his latest film character - a man with suicidal tendencies. A depressed Wilson allegedly slashed his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt at his home in Santa Monica, California last month. And, in a bizarre coincidence, his latest movie character is involved in a deliberate motorcycle accident in The Darjeeling Limited. But filmmaker Anderson insists Wilson had no hand in writing the role. He says, "It (suicide theme) comes more from me than Owen. He is just playing a role. There's not much else there. People can't avoid making connections, but they are making them after the fact." And Anderson also plays down speculation Wilson was responsible for the scene in 2001 movie The Royal Tenenbaums, which the pair co-wrote, where his brother Luke Wilson's character tries to kill himself by cutting his wrists. He adds, "I wrote that character myself. Owen was not in on that one."