12-31-2021, 11:04 AM
The latest from Wes Anderson, 3 separate stories, connected under the umbrella as the last articles for a paper called The French Dispatch, with the wrapper story being the goings on in the last days of said publication.
Preamble - travel writer Owen Wilson sets the stage with a tour of Ennui-Sur-Blasé
Article 1 concerning prisoner/artiste Benecio del Toro. Tilda Swinton is great as the article author/art historian. This one was pretty funny.
Article 2 is about the kidnapping of a detective's protege son. Ed Norton is the Django-esque chauffeur/kidnapper. Cameos abound. Mixed with some animation. Funny, but I didn't find it as much as the first installment.
In Article 3, youth revolutionary Timothy Chalemet pairs up with reporter Francis McDormand to take down the establishment. This one features a lot of theatre stage craft. I enjoyed the final battle bit.
Epilogue.
Recommended if you like the Wes Anderson deadpan quirkiness.
--tg
Preamble - travel writer Owen Wilson sets the stage with a tour of Ennui-Sur-Blasé
Article 1 concerning prisoner/artiste Benecio del Toro. Tilda Swinton is great as the article author/art historian. This one was pretty funny.
Article 2 is about the kidnapping of a detective's protege son. Ed Norton is the Django-esque chauffeur/kidnapper. Cameos abound. Mixed with some animation. Funny, but I didn't find it as much as the first installment.
In Article 3, youth revolutionary Timothy Chalemet pairs up with reporter Francis McDormand to take down the establishment. This one features a lot of theatre stage craft. I enjoyed the final battle bit.
Epilogue.
Recommended if you like the Wes Anderson deadpan quirkiness.
--tg