The World of Wes Anderson
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An unpaid intern from two.one.five magazine sent us this interview with Wes. Thank you, intern.
One Severus Snape (Alan Rickman, I hope) has asked that I tell you about the new World of Owen site and a new Wilson Brothers’ forum called The Soil Room. I don’t get it either, but good projects.
The new Paste magazine has a brief discussion of the new Harold and Maude soundtrack (pg. 36-37). I would be really excited, but it is only available on LP. Max Fischer is compared to Harold in a lovely chart, “Modern-Day Harolds Revealed”:
Gawky? Not really. Pale? A lighter shade of olive. Bowl cut? No, dad’s a barber. Fixation? Extra-curricular. Overly formal everyday attire? Yes, quite natty. Unusual transportation? Go-cart, bicycle Unlawful behavior? Slices Herman Blume’s brake cables Inappropriate love interest? His tutor, Rosemary Cross Overbearing parent? No, but don’t piss of Dr. Guggenheim Histrionics? Aquarium-building, theatrical-epic-producing Single-artist soundtrack? Various artists, various awesome Cat Stevens? “The Wind,” “Here Comes My Baby” A threat? Marginally — a little too pulled-together, though he does have a way with fake blood
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Tonight, watching the Jerry Seinfeld interview with Charlie Rose made me think: I ought to revisit Charlie’s interviews with Wes. So, for your viewing pleasure, here are all three (see the end for some great Yankee Racers threads).
26 October 2007:
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15 December 2004:
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29 January 1999:
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Suggested threads at the Yankee Racers forum:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
DVD (The Darjeeling Limited)
Why is Bill Smiling? (The Life Aquatic)
I’ve set up TRT on continual loop in my apartment
Last movie you saw?
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Happy 2008, Wes World!
Merry Christmas to you and yours from the Rushmore Academy. Please leave your holiday wishes — for our community or even for Wes* — at the Yankee Racers forum (‘Holiday wishes’ thread).
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Some links:
I hesitate to use the word real, because this is India as seen by a director who likes to put his stamp on reality…. That has given the film its heart and a strikingly rich colour design – purple, turquoise, ruby, at least inside the train. This is India as in one of those highly coloured paintings of a Hindu god. It’s absolutely gorgeous but every so often the train stops and we go outside, into the dusty yellow plains of Rajasthan, where reality is more present.
Happy holidays, everyone!
Happy Holidays. Halloween, that is. So, after many false starts and delays, we have winners. These three lucky entrants will receive a Darjeeling Limited prize package thanks to our friends at Fox Searchlight Pictures. I will be in touch with the winners soon, and the prizes will be mailed out early in 2008.
Best Costume, Darjeeling Limited Category
There were many great Darjeeling costumes, but we liked these — because they’re a bit unconventional. After all, they’re dressed as luggage… Louis Vuitton luggage. Very cool.
Best Costume, Non-Darjeeling
We really like this one. The Max Fischer vibe, with a twist. Bravo, Max.
Second Best Costume, Non-Darjeeling
Richie and Margot — a popular costume in our contest. But, this one… it has a bit more spark and vitality than we expected. Even if Margot is adopted.
Congratulations to all of the winners!