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Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:29 am
by carax09
Jeff wrote:carax09 wrote:Can anyone identify the first song in the trailer (not the Francoise Hardy)?
It's the New London Children's Choir performing Benjamin Britten's "Friday Afternoon, Op. 7: Cuckoo!". The album is
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols.
Wonderful. Thanks, Jeff!
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:32 pm
by swo17
He has really committed to that font.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:11 pm
by Jeff
swo17 wrote:He has really committed to that font.
He had it
custom designed (
naturellement). Probably just trying to get his money's worth!
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:12 pm
by mfunk9786
Gorgeous.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:19 pm
by med
Jeff wrote:swo17 wrote:He has really committed to that font.
He had it custom designed (
naturellement). Probably just trying to get his money's worth!
No more Futura? My only beef with it is it makes the small credits at the top hard to read. Pretty, otherwise.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:26 am
by Jeff
The film has been selected for
opening night at Cannes.
mfunk9786 wrote:Gorgeous.
Yeah, I love the illustration which has a much different feel than the artwork for his other films, yet still feels very Andersonian.
There is a
ginourmous version of it here, so you can check out the details. The painting is by
Michael Gaskell.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:39 pm
by godardslave
Wes Anderson really likes the color yellow.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:58 pm
by Brian C
The only problem I have with that poster is probably unavoidable, and that's the ratings/logos at the bottom. They seem pretty obtrusive since the two characters draw one's attention to the bottom of the poster, which in itself is unusual and thus a little bit jarring. Having the company logos down there makes it seem unbalanced.
Without the credits at the top or the logos at the bottom, though, it ought to make a really lovely DVD/BD cover if they continue using that art.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:10 am
by mfunk9786
Brianruns10 wrote:Lordy, Wes Anderson sure does love the color yellow!
godardslave wrote:Wes Anderson really likes the color yellow.
We've got it, guys.
Correction:
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:12 am
by domino harvey
mfunk9786 wrote:Brianruns10 wrote:Lordy, Wes Anderson sure does love the color yellow!
godardslave wrote:Wes Anderson really likes the color yellow.
We've got it, guys.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:15 am
by mfunk9786
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:51 pm
by Jeff
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:03 pm
by antnield
The British influences, for those who may not have heard of them, are both available on UK DVD:
Melody (StudioCanal) and
Black Jack (BFI).
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:16 am
by EvanProsofsky
Super strange/exciting to me he decided to shoot on super16mm as opposed to his regular 35mm anamorphic approach. Wish he would go even further to break out of his shell, but, maybe its a start?
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:48 am
by feihong
I liked Melody quite a lot. But that movie felt something like actual life on planet Earth, so the appeal to me may have come from that.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:00 pm
by Jeff
14 new pics
some insight into
what the soundtrack might hold
French version of the international poster (previous poster was the teaser)
EvanProsofsky wrote:Super strange/exciting to me he decided to shoot on super16mm as opposed to his regular 35mm anamorphic approach. Wish he would go even further to break out of his shell, but, maybe its a start?
This is Anderson's first period film, set in the summer of 1965. I'm guessing that he thought 16mm had the "vintage" feel he was after. They used
this camera, made by the French company, Aaton. Though it's a modern camera, it looks pretty vintage itself with that big hunk of wood on it.
Barry Braverman was the second-unit DP.
Here's his take on using Super 16.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:55 am
by whaleallright
Somebody should tell Wes Anderson about Roy Andersson's A Swedish Love Story--he'd probably love it.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:20 pm
by Jeff
The
official website has some new propaganda pieces/interviews:
That Special Sixties Summer (on capturing the period and the film's production design)
The Kids Are Just Right (an interview with the young leads)
A Magical Place (on the location settings + lots of cast and crew fawning over Anderson)
Following the Story's Thread (on the costumes)
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:26 am
by The Fanciful Norwegian
This is apparently
reviewed in the current (May/June)
Film Comment. Is the issue in the wild yet?
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:59 pm
by Jeff
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:32 pm
by Finch
Reactions seem positive so far:
Here's Dave Calhoun of Time Out:
It's so full of a joyous love for the medium and smart without being clever-clever. Its childishness, sense of innocence and eye for fun all make it a very easy film to love.
Peter Debruge of Variety:
A universally appealing tale of teenage romance cuts through the smug eccentricity and heightened artificiality with which Anderson has allowed himself to be pigeonholed.
Robbie Collin:
Adored Moonrise Kingdom. Anderson's best since Tenenbaums, but thematically and visually it's closest to Fox. Great opener.
Peter Bradshaw gives the film 4 out of 5 stars
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:40 pm
by Calvin
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:00 pm
by Finch
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:22 pm
by Jeff
Budd Williams must be on the
same wavelength as mfunk.
Budd Wilkins at [i]Slant[/i] wrote:Consider this a tween Pierrot le Fou
That's two years in a row of a very solid opening night film for Cannes. Most of the
Moonrise reviews I've seen tweeted today have been very positive, placing it among Anderson's best films. Only those who are generally averse to his style (and nonsensically complain that Wes Anderson always makes movies in the style of Wes Anderson) have had anything negative to say.
It's 100% positive at Rotten Tomatoes right now with 10 reviews.
Re: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:26 pm
by mfunk9786
The female lead's dress is definitely a Pierrot le Fou homage, and I'm looking forward to spotting more. Though I doubt they can shoehorn a gas station scene in when the two leads are too young to drive. But I can dream.
