Rushmore soundtrack is so good. CD was in constant rotation in my car for a long time. I think I heard it before I had seen the movie and didn't know what I was listening to, which made it all the sweeter. I love the Mothersbaugh pieces as much as the songs selected.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
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Watched The French Dispatch, it convinced me Wes Anderson has crossed over decisively from what was previously possible to condone as "apolitical world of winking whiteness & poignant quirkiness" into a fascoid trivializing of struggle and active investment in the carceral state.— Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia) April 30, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2022 09:09 (two years ago) link
Interesting. I felt it and GRAND BUDAPEST actually seem to be directly critiquing fascism and the police state, particularly given both films view those institutions as inherently violent from the perspective of POC characters who feel powerless and yet must continue to live.— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) May 1, 2022
― imago, Sunday, 1 May 2022 09:17 (two years ago) link
We've moved a long way from "Twee or Not".
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 1 May 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
I dunno about "fascoid" but yes on trivializing of struggle and active investment in TFD.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 May 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
We made a #StarWars trailer in the style of #wesanderson hope you guys enjoy it! pic.twitter.com/DP5rBxmTOI— Curious Refuge (@CuriousRefuge) April 29, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 May 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
Don't know if this has been posted in another Wes Anderson thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TqDvAJXVRI
I suppose he'd view that as a a compliment, but it could also be seen as something that might give you pause.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 03:51 (one year ago) link
why late at night does ilx get all wessed out
― frogbs, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
lol at the idea of any ILX poll getting 133 votes anymore.
I watched Asteroid City about a week ago and have been thinking about the similarity btw WA and David Lynch, in the ways they both investigate how people react to and survive stress and trauma. Augie's inability to tell his kids their mother has died...Richie pining for Margot and attempting suicide...emotional shutdown and blank affect all over the WA filmography. Versus Lynch's characters creating whole worlds to inhabit where they don't have to face what's been done to them or what they've done.
My wife has playfully/seriously accused me for decades of hating whimsy, so my love of WA's movies and surface stylizations never made sense to her. But seeing his and Lynch's work as two facets on the same gem helped me explain it to her in a way that got her off my back at least temporarily seemed to make sense. I have more thinking to do about this. I assume All the Major Film Critics have already made this point but I was out that day.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 27 August 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link
Going to a matinee of this today. Did ILX never talk about this movie?
― H.P, Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:09 (one year ago) link
There's a whole thread on it--you still have time to pick another movie.
Wes Anderson's Asteroid City (2023)
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 August 2023 22:15 (one year ago) link
Look the picks are between this, sound of freedom, Oppenheimer (again), Barbie, strays, about my father, and gran turismo. Not exactly spoiled for choice for the Monday matinee
― H.P, Monday, 28 August 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
Barbie is definitely better than this, but this is a fine Wes Anderson film
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 28 August 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
Barbie is more unique than this, I wouldn't say better.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 28 August 2023 10:09 (one year ago) link
My gosh -- I remember reading this and think it will be my favorite: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/movies/wes-anderson-roald-dahl-wonderful-story-henry-sugar.html
― youn, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 12:32 (eleven months ago) link
I just learned that Mason Gamble, who played Dirk in "Rushmore" (and "Dennis the Menace"), used to live a few blocks from me. I guess he gave up acting a while ago and started work on an environmental science PhD at UCLA. Good for him.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 12:58 (eleven months ago) link
i like that his eureka moment was to have narration for a fairy tale. he must have been watching lemony snicket on netflix at the time.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 12:59 (eleven months ago) link
unwatchable because of the narration. like listening to someone else's audiobook at 1.75x.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 1 October 2023 13:49 (eleven months ago) link
i finished it because it's only 30 minutes but i don't think i could have lasted an hour.
I haven't seen any of them since Fantastic Mr. Fox and I hated Life Aquatic, which of the recent ones is worth trying?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 11 February 2024 00:57 (seven months ago) link
Grand Budapest Hotel is my fav but if you hate Life Aquatic it might not bode well
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 February 2024 01:02 (seven months ago) link
Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest are my favorites.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Sunday, 11 February 2024 02:46 (seven months ago) link
Moonrise, Grand Budapest, and Asteroid City are all great. Skip French Dispatch.
― Chris L, Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:46 (seven months ago) link
Astreroid City is so goodI love Grand Budapest Hotel too
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:54 (seven months ago) link
I like all the post-Fox live-actions but Moonrise is the one to go with
― bae (sic), Sunday, 11 February 2024 17:30 (seven months ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:02 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I dislike Life Aquatic, love Grand Budapest Hotel.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:01 (seven months ago) link
Another GBH vote here
― nashwan, Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:27 (seven months ago) link