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The title derives from the name of the railway line the three brothers first take in India.
I am, in general, a Wes Andersen fan, I find most of his movies entertaining with his unique style. In retirement I watch movies primarily to be entertained. I have come to expect that, for many of his movies, the actual story is secondary, the fun are the characters and how they interact. As in this movie.
The simple story is their dad died recently, they decide to look up their mother who has become a nun in a remote part of India. As we see them start their journey each is carrying what seems like too much baggage, large suitcases. After their antics and experiences, and interactions with several different locals, as they are running to catch a train back, they gradually toss their luggage aside and catch the train without. Symbolically tossing off all the emotional baggage they carried.
A fun movie to watch and enjoy. At home, on DVD from my public library.
I am, in general, a Wes Andersen fan, I find most of his movies entertaining with his unique style. In retirement I watch movies primarily to be entertained. I have come to expect that, for many of his movies, the actual story is secondary, the fun are the characters and how they interact. As in this movie.
The simple story is their dad died recently, they decide to look up their mother who has become a nun in a remote part of India. As we see them start their journey each is carrying what seems like too much baggage, large suitcases. After their antics and experiences, and interactions with several different locals, as they are running to catch a train back, they gradually toss their luggage aside and catch the train without. Symbolically tossing off all the emotional baggage they carried.
A fun movie to watch and enjoy. At home, on DVD from my public library.
This series, a dark comedy, deserves its relatively high rating, at least the ten episodes which make up season one. My comments that follow are for season one.
The setting is the same very nice, spacious, upscale house in southern California. Season one features three couples and their friends and family, some that come and go.
One starts in 1963, one starts in 1984, the third in 2019, the year the series came out. Each episode, which may run from 45 to 50 minutes, alternately features each of the three time periods.
The title "Why Women Kill" might imply that we will see three instances of wives killing their husbands but that it not the storyline at all. Yes, some husbands die but in complex ways. The stories involve cheating but it may be hetero or homo cheating. The stories are very entertaining and that is what we want in this type of series. The last episode is especially well done as we are shown the overlapping stories of the three periods, a very novel approach to an ending.
My favorite in season one is Alexandra Daddario as Jade, or whatever name she is going by at the time. She is not what she seems to be and she does a masterful job of making her character believable. The others are good too, but she is my favorite.
At home on a set of DVDs from our public library.
SERASON TWO: (comments to come later)
The setting is the same very nice, spacious, upscale house in southern California. Season one features three couples and their friends and family, some that come and go.
One starts in 1963, one starts in 1984, the third in 2019, the year the series came out. Each episode, which may run from 45 to 50 minutes, alternately features each of the three time periods.
The title "Why Women Kill" might imply that we will see three instances of wives killing their husbands but that it not the storyline at all. Yes, some husbands die but in complex ways. The stories involve cheating but it may be hetero or homo cheating. The stories are very entertaining and that is what we want in this type of series. The last episode is especially well done as we are shown the overlapping stories of the three periods, a very novel approach to an ending.
My favorite in season one is Alexandra Daddario as Jade, or whatever name she is going by at the time. She is not what she seems to be and she does a masterful job of making her character believable. The others are good too, but she is my favorite.
At home on a set of DVDs from our public library.
SERASON TWO: (comments to come later)
Set in the deep south, Yazoo City, (filmed in Mississippi) it starts with the inside of a catfish farm plant, ladies in a line using machines to process fish for sale.
One of those workers is Holly Hunter, about 30 during filming, as Carnelle Scott, with her dyed bright red hair. The yearly "Miss Firecracker" pageant is coming up soon and she decides to enter.
Her cousin is Mary Steenburgen as Elain Rutledge, former winner of the contest and back in town during some marital issues.
Her other cousin is Tim Robbins as Delmount Williams, we meet him as he works a county detail, using a shovel to pick up dead animal carcasses. Seems he is lacking in skills and ambition. Part of the comedy is the juxtaposition of the two characters, Hunter being very small and short, Robbins just the opposite.
Alfre Woodard has a good role as "Popeye" Jackson (because of her eyes and thick glasses), a local seamstress who helps Carnelle and has a crush on Delmount.
Yes, the overall theme of the movie is the 1988 "Miss Firecracker" contest but in the end that becomes incidental. It is more about the characters, especially Carnelle, coming to grips with who they really are and what they might want to do with their lives.
Hunter is great, I enjoy all her roles. At home, on DVD from my public library. A watched this maybe 20 or 25 years ago, today it was all fresh.
One of those workers is Holly Hunter, about 30 during filming, as Carnelle Scott, with her dyed bright red hair. The yearly "Miss Firecracker" pageant is coming up soon and she decides to enter.
Her cousin is Mary Steenburgen as Elain Rutledge, former winner of the contest and back in town during some marital issues.
Her other cousin is Tim Robbins as Delmount Williams, we meet him as he works a county detail, using a shovel to pick up dead animal carcasses. Seems he is lacking in skills and ambition. Part of the comedy is the juxtaposition of the two characters, Hunter being very small and short, Robbins just the opposite.
Alfre Woodard has a good role as "Popeye" Jackson (because of her eyes and thick glasses), a local seamstress who helps Carnelle and has a crush on Delmount.
Yes, the overall theme of the movie is the 1988 "Miss Firecracker" contest but in the end that becomes incidental. It is more about the characters, especially Carnelle, coming to grips with who they really are and what they might want to do with their lives.
Hunter is great, I enjoy all her roles. At home, on DVD from my public library. A watched this maybe 20 or 25 years ago, today it was all fresh.
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