"Asteroid City" is a diorama to behold.
The story is of a man who recently lost his wife and is raising his 3 daughters when their car breaks down in remote "Asteroid City" he has to come to terms with grief.
But that isn't the real story. This is a stage play told within the bright eye popping 1950's postcard colors of the time. And the production design is killer! It's Neco wafer in tone. And the movie plays as such. I told a friend Jason Schwartzman is now much older than "Rushmore" and moves like an adult now. Which is remarkable considering I kept forgetting he was in this movie.
The movie is full of whimsy. Moments between Jason and Scarlett Johansson are ruefully romantic. Yet, nothing will come from it. Two sad people meeting in a place where more things happen than any large city.
In this case, they are visited by an alien, which then triggers a response from the government. And so forth (again, story within a story).
To be fair, there isn't a story here. Most of it stems from it being a play we ONLY see in backstage ways. It taps into the artifice of storytelling. And how random a man (Ed Norton) who slaps together gibberish can get away with not having a point.
Director Wes Anderson loves these diorama sets and he is now an absolute expert when it comes to his guiding his performances. A funnier flick than his past efforts ("The French Dispatch").
Thoroughly enjoyed living in "Asteroid City" for a bit.
The story is of a man who recently lost his wife and is raising his 3 daughters when their car breaks down in remote "Asteroid City" he has to come to terms with grief.
But that isn't the real story. This is a stage play told within the bright eye popping 1950's postcard colors of the time. And the production design is killer! It's Neco wafer in tone. And the movie plays as such. I told a friend Jason Schwartzman is now much older than "Rushmore" and moves like an adult now. Which is remarkable considering I kept forgetting he was in this movie.
The movie is full of whimsy. Moments between Jason and Scarlett Johansson are ruefully romantic. Yet, nothing will come from it. Two sad people meeting in a place where more things happen than any large city.
In this case, they are visited by an alien, which then triggers a response from the government. And so forth (again, story within a story).
To be fair, there isn't a story here. Most of it stems from it being a play we ONLY see in backstage ways. It taps into the artifice of storytelling. And how random a man (Ed Norton) who slaps together gibberish can get away with not having a point.
Director Wes Anderson loves these diorama sets and he is now an absolute expert when it comes to his guiding his performances. A funnier flick than his past efforts ("The French Dispatch").
Thoroughly enjoyed living in "Asteroid City" for a bit.