Review of the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel. The illusion of inimitable grace
They say that the director Wes Anderson can either be passionately loved and accepted, or remain coldly indifferent to his work. I would venture to assert that you can be in the middle, as happened to me — sometimes his extraordinary worlds are boring and unimpressive (The Train to Darjeeling), sometimes they are full of delight (The Kingdom of the Full Moon). " Hotel " The Grand Budapest " absolutely charming, colorful and layered like the pastries and cakes of Mr. Mendel, who supplied his confectionery to the hotel. It is made in the style of fantasy or fairy tales, which only Tarsem Singh can now shoot. His characters are similar to the ironic characters of Karel Czapek. And the plot collisions are reminiscent of a bright and funny comic strip in the style of Dick Tracy or " Avengers " 1998, movieed on the 1960s television series, where Ralph Fiennes was also the soloist. History has many delightful characters united by their involvement, permanent or temporary, in an alpine European resort, heart which — the old hotel Grand Budapest, the life and decline of which we have been observing for 50 years through the eyes of a certain writer. The highlight of the program and the most important employee of the hotel is a certain Gustav N (Rafe Fiennes), to whom the threads of all other individual destinies converge in one way or another. Fiennes, although he bears the name Gustav, plays the impeccable ironic gentleman of the British batch, dandy and connoisseur of perfumes and wines, an intimate friend of rich guests of very old age, and sets the tone for the whole picture. Happiness, that this role did not go to Johnny Depp, as was originally planned, and the movie did not turn, for example, into the shocking `` Dark Shadows '', but remained a fairy tale for adults, fabulously cozy and fantastic, but at the same time ironically aesthetic and stylish. Jack Sparrow would be inappropriate as a respectable concierge. Wes Anderson has brought together an unprecedented number of major league actors, comparable only to the cast of Gosford Park. Robert Altman. Some have no more than eccentric cameos (Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Jeff Goldblum), but they are all extremely colorful and the whole chorus is structured. Tilda Swinton, unrecognizable in the make-up of an 84-year-old lady, really looks like a `` peach '', as Gustav describes her. Adrian Brody plays no less than the gloomy Mephistopheles. Willem Dafoe is an unusually tough and quick-to-kill villain, reminiscent of the Bond antagonists. The protege and student of Gustav, the young bellboy Zero, the embodiment of innocence — debutant Tony Revolori, who is not inferior in skill to his on-screen girlfriend, seasoned Saoirse Ronan. All the twists and turns of history — love, death, theft, chase — placed in decorations of rare beauty. Picturesque mountains, funiculars, a hotel with a picture facade, a hall, a restaurant and other interior details — everything is not only thought out lovingly to the smallest detail, but also movieed from unusual angles (cinematography Robert D. Yeoman) and pleases the eye with symmetry and caramel-pastel colors. This splendor is wrapped in beautiful music (composer Alexander Desplat), which is surprisingly complemented by the entire sound range, and even the sound of heels seems to be tap-dancing. The script was written by Anderson himself based on the works of Stefan Zweig, as the credits say. Leave this statement on the conscience of Wes, Zweig is still a realist writer, not a storyteller, but Anderson retained his attention to the vicissitudes of fate and human passions in his new movie. And the dialogues correspond to the level of good literature. Such a humane and cheerful arrangement of the classics very conveniently dilutes the harshness of our world today. The Grand Budapest Hotel Anderson's most positive and life-affirming movie, the most versatile and sincere in manner, the most representative in terms of the acting ensemble, the most inventive in terms of plot details, the most unconditional and holistic in terms of the cloudless, happy impression produced. I think Anderson will have more fans this year. The Topic of Article: Review of the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel. The illusion of inimitable grace. |
