tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post2751116867350310114..comments2009-04-13T22:34:53.623-07:00Jamie S. Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574127694740978803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-58067713822379932502009-04-13T22:34:00.000-07:002009-04-13T22:34:00.000-07:00I've loved Zissou from the first time I saw it, but I've had a different take on it (I use it to try and convert the haters), which actually would probably fit parallel with everything you've said here:<br /><br />I felt that the movie was best understood as a fantasy of 10 (?) year old Ned's, as he imagines himself growing up and then meeting his father. It contains so many of the crazy things that inhabit the dreams of a young boy, including the animated aquatic scenes, the cartoon violence, Ned's own tragic death ("...<I>then</I> he'll be sorry!"), and even the idea that his unknown father turns out to be his own boyhood hero.daveawayfromhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-77667223451274139422009-04-13T10:21:00.000-07:002009-04-13T10:21:00.000-07:00Great post, sir. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I think Esteban is Ned's father.Here Comes Everyonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717345585732567692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-64130169709086832462009-04-12T09:26:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:26:00.000-07:00"I wouldn't call Darjeeling the epilogue so much as the eulogy for all that has come before, and in relation, The Life Aquatic is the little red cap on this portion of Anderson's filmography. When at the very end of the picture, Bill Murray, playing Zissou, says, "This is an adventure," he is basically providing a coda for everyone previously introduced in the Wes Anderson world--the boys of Bottle Rocket, Max Fischer, and the Tenenbaum clan."<BR/><BR/>I loved that especially. Great post. I was one of those that wrote THE LIFE AQUATIC off as a lesser film in Anderson's catalog without substantial evidence. I will certainly revisit this film with my eyes opened a little wider. Thanks.kazuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06427485315499281477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-31922486783981821342009-04-10T09:35:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:35:00.000-07:00Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I'm planning to cover <I>Bottle Rocket</I> next, a film I wasn't all that keen on the first time I saw it a couple of years ago. Maybe time has healed those wounds.Jamie S. Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574127694740978803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-44541221853165802622009-04-10T09:33:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:33:00.000-07:00No biggie. Great article, by the way. You really helped me realize things about the movie I felt when watchng it, but couldn't put my finger on. I love The Life Aquatic, but I guess most people couldn't see past the baroque production design and dismissed it right away. <BR/><BR/>It's been great to see all this talk about Anderson popping up in film forums after the Seitz video essay. More than anything, I think it has provided an opportunity for a lot of people to reevaluate Anderson's body of work from a more objective position than their first impressions.Guidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15258271342005306705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-33267046447587174052009-04-10T09:18:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:18:00.000-07:00Oh, geez, yeah, that's a big "duh" for me, isn't it? :)Jamie S. Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574127694740978803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577490778732005247.post-63597939639217862122009-04-10T09:15:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:15:00.000-07:00"Is it possible that Werner is named for Werner Herzog(...)?"<BR/><BR/>Of course. It's no coincidence that Werner's uncle is named Klaus.Guidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15258271342005306705noreply@blogger.com