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[pinkfrank]

Last week I had the fortunate pleasure to catch The Darjeeling Limited at the Monica. The Monica is a fourplex that used to be a 'twin.' As a kid I saw many movies but there are only two that I can recall with certainty. Live And Let Die was one and I was obsessed with everything about that movie, which for me at the time was the movie itself. the

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[cathygolightly]

So not only do I think D.L. is stuck in this weird void of soul-less stylish men who don't care about race or class or women, but Anderson directly rips off his blatant "using music to provide the tone he can't as a director" from Philippe Garrel's film REGULAR LOVERS that came out in response to THE DREAMERS a few years ago. People like him because he rips off better things, things that don't make it into mainstream theaters.

xo
Bun

hmmm

[cathygolightly]

Disagree about D.L. After a while there was this time when I was suspicious of him after Wild At Heart of being some sort of conservative avant guarde. But the fundamental issue in his films is always suffering which he focuses on using melodrama. Eraserhead clearly has some class elements in it. And it always seems that those who suffer the most in his films are women.

I would agree about that criticism in re: to Tennanbaums and Life Aquatic, but The Darjeeling Limited goes beyond that limitation and that criticism is unfounded in the new film.

[darling_effect]

No Country for Old Men looks brutal. I don't know if I could handle that in the theatre.

I also can't decide if Chigurh's weird, borderline ridiculous Prince Valiant haircut is just too over-the-top or not. The Coens like adding an incongruous, slightly laughable detail to their more noir-ish things. (The decaying fish on the line from Blood Simple, for instance.) The contrived nature of it only serves to snap me out of the film. On the other hand, I like their Surrealist whimsy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[darling_effect]

You and the guy from the New Yorker were bothered by his hair.

It is the 80s. I thought it gave him such a boyish look that it added to the scariness of his character.

*******SPOILER ALERT***********
For me the Lewellen Moss getting it took me out of the film. I was confused and the film seemed jumpy after that. But he isn't the main character, Chigurh is. I've found that I like their films on second viewing so I am interested to see this one again. Just not sure if I want to put myself through it.

[darling_effect]

I freely admit that I was just going on what little I'd seen in the trailer.

I do intend to see it, so I may have more to say on this topic then...

[darling_effect]

oh

i thought you saw it.

SEE IT