artistic genius: this time, on the rails of india

My heart's been all a-flutter since reading Brilliant Asylum's post yesterday about Wes Anderson's new film. Anyone who's remotely a fan of Anderson's work will want to check out "The Darjeeling Limited" asap, if only for its artistic sophistication and visual entertainment (what do I mean, if only?) This is the kind of movie that I wait to own - and then watch on a (practically) frame-by-frame basis. For now, the utterly delightful trailer (above) will have to do.

This from A. O. Scott's Times review (not a rave, but he makes his point):

[To call “The Darjeeling Limited” precious is less a critical judgment than a simple statement of fact, equivalent to saying that the movie is in color, that it’s set in India or that it’s 91 minutes long. It’s synonymous with saying the movie was directed by Wes Anderson. By now — “The Darjeeling Limited” is his fifth feature film — Mr. Anderson’s methods and preoccupations are as familiar as the arguments for and against them. (See an essay in the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly for the prosecution and a profile in this week’s New York magazine for the defense.) His frames are, once again, stuffed with carefully placed curiosities, both human and inanimate; his story wanders from whimsy to melancholy; his taste in music, clothes, cars and accessories remains eccentric and impeccable.]



Give me Wes Anderson's eccentricity and obsessive attention to detail any day.

Good weekend, everyone!


:photo via newyorkmagazine