2007 is going to be the year in which two of the four finest film directors of our generation (the next generation according to me) will be releasing their long awaited creations. The directors are Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling Limited), and Coen Brothers (no Country for Old Men). For those of you who had been following my orkut profile would have come across these movie names, for some time now.
I saw trailer of Darjeeling Limited when I went for a stylish film by an unconventional but brilliant film director Danny Boyle (Sunshine), earlier today. Sheer joy of seeing a Wes Anderson trailer after so long a time on big screen is indescribable. This movie, partly shot in India, is about three estranged brothers Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, who try to revive their blood relationships as brothers while on a spiritual journey across India, after their dad's death. Wes Anderson's simple and precise handling of complex subjects through intelligent narration has given him a cult status across the world. This movie seems to be no different. Even though Wes is once again blessed with fine actors in his production, strangely no Bill Murray and Kumar Pallana, Wes seems to have hit bull's eye in screenwriting mastery, once again, from his trailer. I hope movie turns out as good as it seems. Check out the trailer at http://imdb.com/title/tt0838221/trailers
Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan) have given us so many memorable movies. Even though I had seen many Hollywood action and comedy movies by the time I entered 5th grade, my first film-noir type movie was Coen bros' Rising Arizona in my 5th or 6th grade. It was one of the movies that had a positive influence on me on screenwriting, and was the start of what has turned out to be a very fine sequence Coen bros' movies at the hallowed Sathyam and Devi cinemas in Chennai. The list goes like Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Fargo, interspersed with The Hudsucker Proxy and the Big Lebowski (the ultimate dude movie), and even a O Brother, Where Art Thou? His latest offering is, based on a very popular book by Cormac McCarthy by the same name, set in Texas-Mexican border, about a sequence of events related to a drug deal gone bad. A story set in deserted-eery Texas, about the role of chance in life, stash of cash, blood, revenge and madness is always a great recipe for cult success. I wish November come sooner, atleast for the premiere of this latest Coen' bros' baby.
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