After leaving the psychiatric hospital, Anthony formed a small gang with his former friends Digenan and Bob, trying to plunge into the life of the upper middle class.
Anthony just wanted to wander around, talk about love, and wander farther, but the excited Digenan set up a 75-year plan for their lives. He felt that the best way to succeed was to commit crimes. They robbed a bookstore and grabbed a small amount of cash. After that, the three people moved into a motel in the border area, and what awaited them was the gradual cooling of restlessness and enthusiasm. The state of absconding made Anthony very comfortable; he met Inez, the Paraguayan waitress, and despite the language barrier, they still fell in love with each other. However, Bob later learned that his dumb brother had been arrested by the police, so he left the hotel to bail his brother.
The relationship between Inez, Digenan and Anthony became more and more tense, and in the end, Anthony left Inez in desperation. Anthony and Digenan drove back to the city, but the car broke down halfway, and the two had a greater conflict due to this setback, and they fought. After a period of separation, Anthony saw Digenan again and learned that a plan for a major heist was in the making. Anthony reunited with his friends and began to prepare for this mission.
The screenwriter of "Bottled Rocket" is Wes Anderson and his actor Owen Wilson. In the mid-1990s, this film brought a refreshing change in the rhythm of American movies. At that time, movie theaters and video tape shelves were filled with Quentin Tarantino’s works. Tarantino’s imitators filled their crime films with cool poses, bullets, muscles, and brainless actions. They completely discarded the most important ingenuity and narrative innovation that made Tarantino an amazing genius. "Bottled Rocket" did not give up its smart talent. It also injected plenty of enthusiasm and a sense of leisure, and announced the arrival of a similarly talented new director; although the director was not very interested in genre deconstruction, and did not have so many masculine gestures. Anderson later filmed a completely different "Youth and Younger" (1998), because of these two films, Martin Scorsese publicly praised Anderson as his heir. According to Scorsese, a confident style and strong visual sense are the real hallmarks of a director. In the follow-up humorous comedy, Anderson continued to sculpt his regular and vivid narrative style and skills, but the simplicity and frankness of "Bottled Rocket" is still something worth cherishing.
It was not until the filming of "Crossing Darjeeling" (2007) that Anderson began to give actors more room to play within the established framework, allowing them to find a balance within the scope of the narrative. In many ways, "Bottled Rocket" is Anderson's most casual work. Of course, until you reach the end of the story, the charm of restraint degenerates into a meaningful and unexpected tenderness, and all this is hidden under the surface stupidity. All the performances were excellent, especially the rookies Irving Wilson (playing Digenan) and Luke Wilson (playing Anthony) at the time; the roar of the veteran tough guy James Kane was also very wonderful, unfortunately he has been Did not get a great opportunity. When it was released in 1996, Columbia Pictures sold "Bottled Rocket" to some theaters, but it was ignored by the audience. However, with the release of DVD, the film still received some praise. Whether this film is Anderson's best work so far may be questionable, but there is no doubt that it is one of the most sophisticated debuts in the entire 90s. There were too many unforgettable debuts in that decade.
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