Cinema is Dope

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The US poster artwork for the latest Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited, was only slightly interesting. However, the Japanese poster artwork is absolutely perfect!

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“There’s this chemistry that can happen when people are really genuine and cool and you get this natural sense of camaraderie and friendship – and that’s what happened on this film. It was exciting for all of us, and Wes was kind of like the fourth brother. We’re all so similar in intangible ways – it’s almost a little weird.”

“Everything that you see in the film is pretty much happening – when you see us freezing in a river in India, we’re freezing in a river in India, not in Colorado somewhere. I think that really helps to literally put you in the shoes of your character because you’re so immersed in that environment.”

“Peter comes in contact with so much life in India, it kind of awakens him. I mean the thing about India is that life is very precarious there and everywhere you turn you are seeing people on the verge of death or extraordinary beauty and there is a kind of fluidity to it all – and I think Peter’s denial has prevented him from experiencing these parts of life, until he goes to India..”

“Wes (Anderson) has a very specific yet unusual interpretation of life so that the timing of events in this movie makes them comedic even though what the brothers are experiencing is not a joke. In a sense, we’re kind of straight men in an amusing situation.”

- Various quotes from Adrien Brody on The Darjeeling Limited

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Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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Daily schedule anyone?

“The story reminded me of one of those family vacations you had growing up where everything would end in disaster. Even though we’re supposed to be having this blessed spiritual experience, we can’t quite get past the bickering that kept us away from each other for so long in the first place. This, in turn, leads Francis to do the one thing he never would have tried on his own – letting go a little. Francis is the type of person who thinks if you’re going to have a spiritual experience, you have to really put in the effort. It’s comical, of course, because you can’t really approach the spiritual with that kind of methodical determination, but in spite of Francis, they do each kind of have a spiritual experience.”
- Owen Wilson on the Whitman Brothers in The Darjeeling Limited

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Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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Jason Schwartzman breaks the fourth wall in this unusual press still from Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited.

“I think Wes is more focused and he just knows more I suppose. But what I really noticed with Wes on this movie was his ability to roll with whatever happened and let things be unpredictable and accidental. That was what he wanted by shooting on a train in India – and that’s what we experienced.”
- Jason Schwartzman on how he views the difference in the Rushmore Wes Anderson to the The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson

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Jason Schwartzman and Amara Karen in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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I missed while watching the film, yet is easily recognizable in this still that Jason Schwartzman has purchased himself some hand gel.

“Filming in a country and culture that feels so different and foreign affected us all and helped to get everyone in the same frame of mind. You know, on the train there was no disappearing into your trailer or going home at night and turning on ESPN, so we really got to know each other very well. People always bond on film sets, but something seems to have happened that was particularly strong on this one. Being in India almost forced everyone into a true sense of family.”
- Owen Wilson on filming The Darjeeling Limited

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Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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I love how in this picture all three brothers despite having contrasting facial expression, seem to all be staring off with the same internal longings.

“The story reminded me of one of those family vacations you had growing up where everything would end in disaster. Even though we’re supposed to be having this blessed spiritual experience, we can’t quite get past the bickering that kept us away from each other for so long in the first place.”
- Owen Wilson on the three Whitman brothers in The Darjeeling Limited

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Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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What is your favorite Wes Anderson line of dialogue?

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Waris Ahluwalia, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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“I think we all hope that the vibrant, chaotic spirit we found in India, and that the Whitman brothers find in India, will really come across in the movie.”
~ Co-screenwriter Roman Coppola

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Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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Snakes on a train. Eh, somebody had to say it?

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Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman in THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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All the different stares and gazes make this image fascinating to look over.

“I saw (a guy) at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in a motorcycle jacket whose face was covered in bandages. He had foam pads on the side of his head, his eyes were all black - and he was walking around the place in this sort of startled daze, with tears just sort of standing in his eyes. You really felt like this guy had been through something horrific and you couldn’t stop watching him; and that was really the inspiration for Owen’s character in the film.”

~ Filmmaker Wes Anderson on the character of Francis Whitman played by Owen Wilson.

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Director and co-writer Wes Anderson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson (back) on the set of THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

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::: 2007 MVFF30: THE DARJEELING LIMITED—Interview With Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman & Roman Coppola (Michael Guillen)

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