Amazing piece by Christopher Bettig
I saw this the other day and can't stop thinking about it. I am an absolute Royal Tenenbaums Junkie. One of the names we picked for Memphis was Royal and it was even before we saw the movie. So we made it one of her middle names. I can't tell you just how much this movie means to me. Everything about it is amazing. I of course also love Life Aquatic ,Rushmore and Darjeeling Limited. After seeing Life Aquatic I was totally convinced I would name my next child (if I should have one) Zissou. Jason and I would walk around saying Zissou all the time and smiling. We both grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and loved him. So of course we were in love with the movie right away. I love how much attention to detail Wes has in his work. I love all the choices he makes along the way and the way he casts his movies. The soundtracks are out of this world and whenever I am watching one of his movies I forget all about the troubles in my life and the troubles of the world and it feels nice to not worry about stuff for awhile. I just become completely absorbed and when they end I am a bit stunned...stunned back into my reality and sadden that my escape is over. I know you must be thinking I don't like my life after reading that but that's not it at all. I have a fantastic life filled with many joys...I just worry too much. It's also that Wes creates worlds that I want to live in and I don't want to leave when the movies are over. I loved the house in The Tenenbaums, the ship in Life Aquatic and I wanted to be on that train in Darjeeling Limited. I am just constantly amazed by all of his films and I will be waiting very patiently for the next one...anyone heard anything????
Happy Thursday...my Birthday is tomorrow...and Jason has the whole day off!!!
posted by lookwhaticando @ 11:37 AM
6 Comments:
Happy birthday, Dawn! Love those films too :-)
i feel exactly the same way about wes anderson movies. i also love how perfectly he matches songs to scenes (by way of the green line esp. and the scene where bill murray kick's pirate ass).
happy, happy birthday tomorrow!! i hope you have something fun planned.
xoxoxo
I know what you mean- Royal Tennenbaums is one of my faves! I was eating at this restaurant called Hurry Curry one day and Angelica Houston was sitting right behind me- ACK! I was totally starstruck!!!
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Wow, this post was made for me. I love Wes Anderson and Tenenbaums is one of my faves. In fact, for the Christmas costume party this Saturday, Ben & I will be dressing up like Margo and Richie. & I love the idea of Zissou for a first name!
Happy birthday to you, Dawn! I adore Wes Anderson's work too. He's directed Fatastic Mr Fox (animation based on Roald Dahl's book) which is due out next year sometime :)
I'm just catching up on your blog and I've missed SO MUCH! I adore Wes Anderson. I think the world is a better place just because he's in it! I watch Rushmore once a month and rotate the rest between viewings. I love to work to his movies; I find that I feel just a little bit more creative with one of his movies playing in the background.
Zissou would be the coolest kid on the block!!! I used to watch Jacques Cousteau and Oceans Alive! in the morning before school when I was a kid, so the Life Aquatic is just so special! I even bought one of your Jack-Rabbit-Love-Creatures named Cousteau! I love him to bits!
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