All-time favorites, part 3: The Royal Tenenbaums
When I was dating Rachel, Tenenbaums had its TV premiere on Comedy Central. Already an all-time favorite, I watched it with her and her mom. After, her mom said something along the lines of “Why would anyone like that movie, it’s depressing.”
True, there is an undeniable sadness at its core. The most striking image in the movie, after all, is Richie in front of a mirror, shaving his beard and slashing his wrists to the tune of Elliott Smith’s Needle in the Hay. And Tenenbaums is a play on the idea that you can never go home again. (Which is true. You can never go home again. Things change. People change. People die.)
The Royal Tenenbaums is willing to signify that life isn’t always happy, but that isn’t what it’s about.
Tenenbaums is about catharsis and recklessness. About love and trying to make connection with your old friends and your old family because you finally realize that you want to. Or that you have to.
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posted by M S Martinez at 7/28/2010 02:35:00 PM
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I am a little hesitant to rewatch The Royal Tenenbaums. I feel like Anderson's movies since then have exhibited diminishing returns and I am afraid that is going to negatively color my opinion.
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