By: Grangousier
A friend of mine, who goes to a lot of movies (or at least most of the headline ones), and is usually bitterly disappointed by them (he can't understand how they're so badly written - plots that simply...
View ArticleBy: the_bone
I just saw Moonrise Kingdom last night. For the past few years, I've used the exact recordings of Young Person's Guide and Carnival of the Animals that are featured in the film (conducted by Leonard...
View ArticleBy: Artw
I suspect The Darjeeling Limited is that movie for me - or possibly it's just a rubbish movie.
View ArticleBy: mediareport
I've got to wave the flag for The Life Aquatic I'm sure I'll catch it in the right mood sometime, but it was just Too Soon after the last Wes Anderson I'd seen. Kinda like how it is with Terry...
View ArticleBy: inthe80s
My wife and I are one of those few people who will sit through an entire set of credits (usually because the end is where the music credits are listed) and this was the first movie I've ever been to...
View ArticleBy: sourwookie
There is also Garrison Keiler's "Young Lutheran's Guide To The Orchestra" (I couldn't find it) and Weird Al (With Wendy Carlos)'s version of "Peter And The Wolf
View ArticleBy: the_artificer
I have to be very careful with the throttle on my motorcycle when that song comes on.
View ArticleBy: Artw
Oh, I've got to wave the flag for The Lifw Aquatic. Assault on ping island! Dee-dee dee-dee dee-dee-deee dum!
View ArticleBy: mediareport
Yeah, I hit a Peak Wes Anderson moment when I tried to watch The Life Aquatic a few years back, but this one was lyrical and pleasant and adorable and pulled its cutesiness off. Adorable little film....
View ArticleBy: Bonzai
Just saw this beautiful movie today. I know there are a lot of people that get sick of Wes Anderson's style but I love it. I'm not sure I'd call it his best* but it was damn near perfect. *(The Royal...
View ArticleBy: Karlos the Jackal
The kitten, by the way, was subsequently adopted by Kara Hayward, who played Suzy. (He is reportedly "very sweet.")
View ArticleBy: spiderskull
Moonrise is probably one of my favorite movies period, Wes Andersen or otherwise. It's certainly his best film, and that's because it's the first of his films where his aesthetic, his dialog, and the...
View ArticleBy: lubujackson
I immediately thought of Lenlow's Peter and the Wolf mashup (I could only find it here online) which is just a bit freshened up.
View ArticleBy: CBrachyrhynchos
That is, the choice of Britten's YPGTTO at the start of Moonrise Kingdom. Sorry, talked about two different compositions leading to ambiguity.
View ArticleBy: CBrachyrhynchos
What I love about the narrated version of Weather Conditions is the sudden exclamation of "Tuba!" there in the middle, a bit of glee in an otherwise deadpan narration. The choice of that particular...
View ArticleBy: PhoBWanKenobi
I had no idea that Wes Anderson so perfectly understood 60s teen SF/F and the magic those books could conjure in a girl. But apparently he does. Perfect.
View ArticleBy: scruss
I had to sit through a gramophone recording of YPGTTO pretty much every week in music class at school. Ms scruss was a little surprised when I was mouthing all the intro words and conducting the whole...
View ArticleBy: nebulawindphone
Yeah, the way he used the Britten was one of the best things about Moonrise Kingdom. That whole sequence at the performance of Noyes Fludde was brilliant. I mean, forget the plot for a second and look...
View ArticleBy: Artw
And of course the ridiculously elaborate and overdone children's performance, another signature.
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
The side scrolling framing was great too. The soundtrack is indeed a must by.
View ArticleBy: Artw
Moonrise Kingdom had the most irritating beginning of a movie, what with Anderson's artificially constructed quirkiness dripping from every pore like a '50s greaser. Dude likes having everything at...
View ArticleBy: Brandon Blatcher
Moonrise Kingdom had the most irritating beginning of a movie, what with Anderson's artificially constructed quirkiness dripping from every pore like a '50s greaser. Then he takes that absurd...
View ArticleBy: Madamina
Glorious soundtrack indeed. I just did my first Ceremony of Carols this past Christmas, so all of the smaller pieces -- Noye's Fludde and the Friday Afternoon bits -- really resonated with why I love...
View ArticleBy: Artw
Awesome soundtrack to the most Wes Anderson movie ever. None more Wes Andersony. Probably his best bar Rushmore too.
View ArticleGuides to the Orchestra: Britten and Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom opens with Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Similar to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (a version narrated by David Bowie, part 1 with the character introductions), the...
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