A Train Between Worlds: The Darjeeling Limited
I wrote up a draft of what was going to be a blog post about Wes Anderson's 2007 movie The Darjeeling Limited , but then decided it might be fun to turn it into a video essay instead. And so "A Train Between Worlds: The Darjeeling Limited " was born. Because the narration was originally going to be a blog post, the video is a bit text-heavy — it clearly didn't need to be a video per se, but I think it's more enjoyable in that form, especially because I could include various songs from the film's soundtrack (many of which were taken from other movies' soundtracks). For reference, the entire narration is available on the video's Vimeo page , and I'll paste it below the cut here. The Darjeeling Limited has been one of Anderson's least popular and least critically lauded movies, but up until this year's Moonrise Kingdom , I thought it was his most accomplished and satisfying. I like all his movies a lot, but my taste is weird — where m...
