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Charlie Rose rewind; and Yankee Racers threads
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?
Down time, and a new look for the Yankee Racers
The site was down for several hours this afternoon. We apologize; our site data was being transfered to a different server.
The downtime delayed the unveiling of the new look Yankee Racers forum. We hope you enjoy.
Contributors wanted
The Rushmore Academy is looking for web editors and contributors to write news stories, film and book reviews, short stories, etc. Obviously, this position pays nothing, but your reward will be contributing to the Wes community.
E-mail edwardappleby @ yankeeracers.org (no spaces).
Problems with the forum?
Is anyone having trouble with the Yankee Racers forum?
I have received reports of problems but can’t seem to find anything wrong.
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2008
Happy 2008, Wes World!
Merry Christmas from the Rushmore Academy
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).
* RA.com is not an officially sanctioned site, and Wes probably won’t read your wish.
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Some links:
- “Trains offer insight into India,” Brisbane Times (Australia)
- Slash Film lists TDL as the #38 in their definitive films of 2007 list. It is #1 on our list… maybe we should publish our own?
- Nice review from The Age (Australia)
- The Sydney Morning Herald gives Limited four stars:
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!
Halloween Costume Contest Winners
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!
Note about the Halloween costume contest…
The winners should be announced soon… Sorry for the delay.
