• Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’ll take a swing at answering.

    Have you ever spent time at an art gallery or museum of art, just soaking in the beauty?

    To me, Wes Anderson films are like a guided tour through an art gallery, nearly every shot is gorgeous and I just want to sit and take it all in.

    The people in the films, however, serve as sort of a juxtaposition to the visual delight. They are often small-minded, petty and otherwise broken. Even there, however, there is beauty as they search for, and occasionally find, redemption.

    The long shots, the unblinking examinations of scenery and actors, the abnormal pacing create an indulgent experience that invite you to revel in the experience and examine the beauty and brokenness in the world around you.

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        That’s how I enjoy them, yes. I have no idea about authorial intent, but I certainly wouldn’t treat them like a second screen experience.

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            Oh no, I’m hardly an expert. I think Royal Tennenbaums is my favorite as it was the first one I ever saw.

            The Grand Budapest Hotel is perhaps considered one of his better films, but I don’t know that it worked as well for me as some of the other ones. It was beautiful though.

            If you do give it another try, let me know how it goes and what you think. It may not be for you though and that’s okay. Art is very subjective and there’s probably a huge array of factors that come together to make these films work for me.

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              As a non-sophisticated film watcher, I think The Grand Budapest Hotel is really approachable. It has a plot, a lot of the humor is easy to grasp. Narrative structure is mostly easy to follow.

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      Like umami’s “Interface” series. It’s almost a plot. It’s definitely got it’s own unique, creepy style. I like watching the series occasionally but I don’t know why.