Merry Christmas to you and yours from the Rushmore Academy. Please leave your holiday wishes — for our community or even for Wes* — at the Yankee Racers forum (‘Holiday wishes’ thread).
* RA.com is not an officially sanctioned site, and Wes probably won’t read your wish.
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I hesitate to use the word real, because this is India as seen by a director who likes to put his stamp on reality…. That has given the film its heart and a strikingly rich colour design - purple, turquoise, ruby, at least inside the train. This is India as in one of those highly coloured paintings of a Hindu god. It’s absolutely gorgeous but every so often the train stops and we go outside, into the dusty yellow plains of Rajasthan, where reality is more present.
Happy holidays, everyone!
Happy Holidays. Halloween, that is. So, after many false starts and delays, we have winners. These three lucky entrants will receive a Darjeeling Limited prize package thanks to our friends at Fox Searchlight Pictures. I will be in touch with the winners soon, and the prizes will be mailed out early in 2008.
Best Costume, Darjeeling Limited Category
There were many great Darjeeling costumes, but we liked these — because they’re a bit unconventional. After all, they’re dressed as luggage… Louis Vuitton luggage. Very cool.
Best Costume, Non-Darjeeling
We really like this one. The Max Fischer vibe, with a twist. Bravo, Max.
Second Best Costume, Non-Darjeeling
Richie and Margot — a popular costume in our contest. But, this one… it has a bit more spark and vitality than we expected. Even if Margot is adopted.
Congratulations to all of the winners!
The winners should be announced soon… Sorry for the delay.
A happy Thanksgiving to our readers in the United States…
Enjoy the Spanish poster for The Darjeeling Limited:
(click for a larger version)
Spanish site
Max Fischer
Grover Cleveland High School
A little angst-ridden British Invasion music is in order, but today we saw a great compilation of Unit 4 +2 music (”Concrete and Clay,” from Rushmore):
For that angst-ridden British Invasion fix, what of Creation? (”Making Time,” Rushmore)
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This guy saved Latin. What did you ever do? Enter our First Annual Wes Anderson Inspired Halloween Costume Contest, featured at FoxSearchlight.com. We love you, too, Fox Searchlight.
Remember to submit your photos by November 5th. Read the directions/rules/stipulations before entering the contest! Remember that there is a special Darjeeling Limited prize category.
