{"id":1577,"date":"2009-12-26T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T07:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2018\/11\/19\/1378-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2019-07-08T09:42:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T09:42:05","slug":"theyll-never-catch-me-because-im-fucking-innocent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2009\/12\/26\/theyll-never-catch-me-because-im-fucking-innocent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"They’ll never catch me… because I’m fucking innocent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bottle Rocket<\/em> (1996) was Wes Anderson’s first feature film, apparently<\/acronym> co-written with Owen Wilson<\/acronym> who also acts here, alongside his brother Luke Wilson.<\/p>\n

In brief the film plot begins with Anthony (L. Wilson) leaving (but appearing to escape for the sake of his friend) from a mental hospital, joining up with Dignan (O. Wilson), who wants the two to carry out a heist so that they can show up to some guy called Mr. Henry (played by James Caan<\/a>) and become part of his crew. They proceed to rob Anthony’s mom’s home and a bookstore, and go on the run, as fugitives that is.<\/p>\n

Dignan: On the run from Johnny Law… ain’t no trip to Cleveland.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The movie is a dead-pan comedy masquerading as an adventure, with light tragic undertones. The movie largely flips itself between a comedy and crime-adventure – as when Anthony and Dignan wear tape on their nose when robbing the bookstore. “Why?” “Exactly.” Is that Oceans-11 genius or just nuts? The film avoids providing clear context so either or both responses are valid. The light-hearted tone throughout (moments of tension quickly resolve themselves) allow Dignan’s final fall to be seen as a sweet ephemeral moment (“one month down, twenty-three to go”). In many ways this feels like a beat<\/a> movie, not really stylistically, but for its moods and its characters. Everything’s smooth and rolling and on the move, with plans and destinations; a na\u00efvely candid disregard for consequences (not maliciously of-course) and a love for fellow-men.<\/p>\n

External links and reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s a nice interview-based article at filmcritic.com<\/a> that came out around the time the movie was first released, and which discusses a lot of the pre-production stuff that happened, including their\u00a0 13 min black<\/a> ‘n white<\/a> production which led to Anderson\/Owen finding themselves in bed with Columbia. A nice read, all the more interesting given that Anderson was yet to see the success of Rushmore<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The best reviews I’ve seen online are at Thoughts on a Film<\/em><\/a> and Sean Murphy’s PopMatters<\/em> review<\/a>, and more recently by Scott Tobias at the AV Club<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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