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Director:
Wes Anderson
Producers:
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Roman Coppola &
Lydia Dean Pitcher
Writer:
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola & Jason
Schwartzman
Release Date:
Jan 10, 2008 (HK) Running Time:
91 min. Budget:
$17.5 millions |
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I watched this movie on the way back from Sydney to HK. I
have missed the beginning of it and I am looking for chances to
watch it again. It didn't catch my attention when I was
scanning the entertainment guide on the plane but after I had
finished watching all the blockbuster movies, I watched this and
found it very interesting.
Francis (Wilson), Peter (Brody) and Jack (Schwartzman) Whitman -
three brothers who haven't seen or talked to each other in over a
year - reunite on the Indian train, The Darjeeling Limited, to
embark on a spiritual journey. Those hoping that The Darjeeling
Limited will be another Wes Anderson quirky ride into the absurd
with a gluttony of off-beam character humour might be slightly
disappointed: everything here is toned-down, stripped-back and
played straighter than in his previous outings. The humour this
time around is more embedded in character than ever before and
more often than not you really have to dig hard in search for the
laughs. Maybe it's Wilson's absence from the writing credits (this
one is penned by Anderson, Schwartzman and Roman Coppola) or maybe
it's Anderson tackling more serious issues (the death of their
father and the disappearance of their mother soon after), but
there's definitely something amiss. Where Anderson loses out on
the gags, however, he makes up for with his most visually
impressive film yet - The Darjeeling Limited is a joy to watch,
with his hard camera pans softened by an array of beautiful
colours. Expecting a talented director like Anderson to continue
making the quirky comedies he's famous for forever would be a big
ask, and this might be his way of nudging his fans in another
direction, a direction he really wants to go in. Whether his fans
accept the change or not remains to be seen - but it certainly
makes his next feature a guessing game and a more intriguing
prospect.
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