Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) is questioned by Officer Henckels (Ed Norton) about the suspicious death of Madame D. (Tilda Swinton) in Wes Anderson's new film THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. In theaters March 7, 2014!
Love how the camera doesn't join in the chase and there is no musical accompaniment. Instead we are allowed to observe from a distance and chuckle at the absurdity of the whole situation. Anderson knows what he's doing.
Rudy Redlin Couldn't agree more. I despise the cliche where the good guy gets into trouble for something he didn't do. But here, because of how Wes did it here, this is more acceptable to me because of the comedic timing and the fact that we don't follow the chase when it happens.
I agree, followed by Moonrise Kingdom at a close second. If he has one flaw it's that every 2 or 3 movies he leaps forward so much that he completely overshadows his earlier work.
This scene took me by surprise. Wouldn't expect such a response from a sophisticated gentleman. And then to watch them all scurry after him after the shock of his flight subsides with their capes on. Classic lmfao. Assumptions.
I just love how all music cuts off completely and then you have this ridiculous anti-climatic moment instead of some intense chase scene. Its hilarious.
I like the acting from Norton as Gustav walks up. You can tell that this is a man bracing himself to put his own hero and friend under arrest ... that moment is quickly eclipsed by Gustav's response.
+Joseph Weston Where do most of the people who run from the police think they're going to go? I guess from that perspective a high speed highway chase could be just as amusing.
0:50 - with all the hilarity going on, I just recently noticed Inspector Henckl's reaction: he didn't want to believe Mr. Gustave was truly guilty of murder, but still had to be partial and do his job anyway.
Gustave knew his Mother well and her kid knew Gustave since childhood so yeah...he was quite hesitant to arrest gustave. But still that running away part was hilarious 🤣 .
In my opinion, what makes this scene, or rather what makes this moment encapsulate the whole of Gustave's character, (and subsequently the writer whom which the character is based) is his reaction to the charges. Even after he's pronounced under arrest, instead of having an "oh fuck" moment, he immediately deflects to his normal flare for the dramatic, keeping up his persona, "I knew there was something fishy, we never got the cause of death." For me that encapsulates the essence of this character and the movie driven by him, and makes sense as in fact the person from whom Gustave was based off of was even accused of being overly theatrical and insincere in his own suicide note, which speaks to the insecure vanity of the persona.
@@espacosideraljpg I googled it and apparently Stefan Zweig was the particular inspiration for M. Gustave (with Zweig’s writings influencing the script more generally)
I love his face when Zero tells him he was tortured by the militia. Gustave: have you ever been questioned by the authorities? Zero: on one occasion- Gustave: When? Zero: I was captured and tortured by the rebel militia after the desert uprising. Gustavo: oh my fucking god seriously?!??
Oh my God, I never noticed that. Just another way he shows that he actually cares for his workers, especially Zero. So many small details in these movies make them great rewatches.
@@TigaToonsELTiagor "you know the drill then, zip it" is quite a casual way of saying "you know what to do, don't say anything." the funny comes from Gustave responding so casually to Zero's quite serious response, normally something so grave would cut the conversations short, you'd ask them what happened and whether they're ok but Gustave just responds as if Zero hand't just revealed he was tortured for information.
@@chedc28 Gustave acknowledged it with a frowned expression but decided to move along quickly. Giving this explaination may make this exchange less funny, but it doesn't take away the absurdity of what Zero said.
Theres a lot of other brilliant actors in his generation and from England that he has to compete with. He already will go down in history as 1 of the greatest, with or without an oscar.
Hilarious. When I first watched this movie I expected it to be mediocre, but it was fucking fantastic! My favourite scene is when William Dafoe throws the lawyers cat out the window. hahaha
this is literally the best movie I've ever watched. its so fun, its so pleasant, funny, sad and well acted. its a movie you can just go on and on about how great it is. why is no one making this kind of movies anymore? its so simple yet the best film there is.
This must have been said by a thousand essayists, but it’s really clever when he just runs into the “background”. Make you think how depth in a shot is just background in most films and not a space.
The way they filmed the confrontation without other camera angles for his extended entrance, the short conversation, and extended (albeit more hurried) departure was so simple and unique.
0:50 I love the actor who plays Inspector Albert Henckels.In this scene although it's brief you can see the inspector has a look of sadness/a bit anger/betrayal ,because he is forced to imprison a man whom he has ever since he was child and looks up to him as father figure. Just one piece of good acting and I honestly love this character
The most amazing part is, i didnt recognize any of thr actors until I read the credits afterwards. The costume and makeup team did phenomenal work in this film.
I just now noticed that Lieutenant Henckels looks like he doesn't even wanna arrest Gustave or believe he's guilty, but he still has to do his job. That's subtle acting on Norton's part.
I love how he doesn't even go "But that's a lie, I was framed!" and just dips haha 😂 He already know that trying to convince them otherwise for the time being is just a waste of time, so might as well start runnin'
I think this movie was in Marcus theaters for almost a year. I didn’t know why at the time, but now I do. It’s a Masterpiece. This movie got me into Wes Anderson films and now it’s a tradition for me to see these in theaters as they come out.
***** "there will be blood" isnt directed by wes anderson, its directed by paul thomas anderson. theyre two completely different directors. Wes Anderson movies that i personally liked: The Royal Tennenbaums Rushmore Bottle Rocket Moonrise Kingdom The Life Aquatic The Darjeeling Limited
***** yep lol, he has a nice little part there and hes hilarious, and no problem, hope you become a wes anderson fan. his movies arent for everybody, but to those who understand his type of humor and unique storytelling, hes a genius.
Something I noticed is that he does these type of shots in his stop-motion movies too. This is something I've never seen used in a film like this. Wonderfully done and creative.
Something I've noticed in this film, and I don't know if this is in all of Wes Anderson's films, as I haven't seen them, but in terms of camera work, there doesn't seem to be any slow pans. Whenever there's a pan, it's very quick. This isn't a bad thing, it's just something I noticed when I watched this film. Is this one of Wes Anderson's style of filmmaking?
I can't say for sure as I haven't seen all his work, but I think this film in particular was just filmed like that...the entire thing has a very quick, snappy feel to it. Everything about M. Gustave and Zero is prompt, precise, and very very fast. The whole film feels like a masterfully played game of tetris on the fastest setting.
wMTF2 That is very Wes Anderson, for moving parts he will generally just have a camera moving with the object of focus, rather than a fixed camera that follows it. He also generally doesn't do much zooming, mostly hard cuts to reveal more of a scene or view, or a extremely quick zoom out. One of the most recognizable detectors out there, along with Hitchcock perhaps. He's great.
The style differs but has certain common things also. This is eastern European .the old romantic novels Stephan Zweig that kind of universe .isle of dogs japanese darjeling Ltd indian homage to Satyajit ray. So each has a distinct style .when I watched this movie for the first time I was simply amazed by the beginning itslef I meant that Jude law tom Wilkinson part itself. I am a reader of these books and I always think about Stefan Zweig, pg Wodehouse or James Joyce. It's the same atmosphere an author a reader reading about author then author talks about his experience .then from that experience we learn about someone else. It's all like reading a book about the things we love ..
this is one of my favourite scenes in any movie. the direction, and Fiennes tone throughout the movie is perfect. he's an amazing actor. this character, to the mob boss in In Bruges, to M in bond movies, to Voldemort. what a range. all flawless.
I was iffy on this the first time I saw it, but it got funnier each time I rewatched it. So much of the humor is in the subtext and subtlety of what they say and how they say it.
I love how by not having either the camera or music participate, Wes Anderson better allows the audience to revel in the the absurdity of the situation.
I was inspired heavily by this movie, how every scene is shot, the colour, to create a short movie for a competition in my uni and... It came 3rd overall. But best pictures, couldn't be more proud as a DoP in the team.
I love when movies don't include music for action scenes and just let the viewer take in what's happening. It just adds so much more weight than a score would.
0:55 Albert: (reading a note) By order of the commissioner of police, Zubrowka Province, I hereby place you under arrest for the murder of Madame Celine Villenueve Desgoffe-und-Taxis.
Love how he skates over the kid’s revelation like “wow, there’s clearly a lot going on there, but we don’t have time for that at this very moment we’ll get to it later”
I still think Edward Norton looks good in that police uniform, that drip hits hard. He would make a great looking KUK Officer if he starred in a WWI film. And somehow, he kinda resembles Kaiser Wilhelm II lol
