June 3, 2008
Finally watched the Darjeeling Limited this weekend and it was perfect.  Wes Anderson plus an exotic locale plus the tangled neurosis of Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman?   Perfect.   I love the quietness of his movies.  The understated.  The color. The calm acceptance of each individual’s particular strain of madness. The soundtrack. The details. The dry humor walking right beside the very earnest heartache, both equally believable and somehow dignified.  Sometimes I wish life was a Wes Anderson movie. Sometimes I fear life is a Wes Anderson movie…

Finally watched the Darjeeling Limited this weekend and it was perfect.  Wes Anderson plus an exotic locale plus the tangled neurosis of Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman?

Perfect.
 
I love the quietness of his movies.  The understated.  The color. The calm acceptance of each individual’s particular strain of madness. The soundtrack. The details. The dry humor walking right beside the very earnest heartache, both equally believable and somehow dignified.

Sometimes I wish life was a Wes Anderson movie. Sometimes I fear life is a Wes Anderson movie…