The Grand Budapest Hotel

Unique movie, never been able to find this on streaming for free. I finally broke down and bought it. The movie is not as humorous as the trailers made it look but it's quite usual. There's so many well known actors in it that I wasn't aware of. DVD worked well and arrived quick.

No sé qué version les llegó a algunos, pero a mí fue precisamente la de la foto del artículo, es decir la importada lanzada el 17 de Junio del 2014, lo digo porque sí viene doblaje español latino, soy de México, de hecho el europeo no figura, y eso que maneja varios doblajes que no se mencionan en la parte trasera de la caja, estaba resignado entonces a tratar de disfrutarla como viniera y mi sorpresa fue mucha =) lo curioso es que en la cartulina del código de descarga digital aparece el año 2021 Movies Anywhere, en fin. Llegó sin slipcover aunque la verdad ni lo esperaba. 5 estrellas.

Wes Anderson può piacere o meno ma la sua genialità nell'organizzare le scene (frutto di uno studio attento e maniacale) e i personaggi che crea e sviluppa, beh solo questo vale l'acquisto. Tutti da vedere e rivedere, ad ogni visione si colgono particolari e nuovi dettagli. Consiglio sempre le versioni con più contenuti speciali possibile, sempre interessanti per apprezzare il lavoro del regista.

Plongez dans les aventures de Gustave H le gérant du Grand Hôtel avec son lobby boy.Gustave H flirte avec les clientes de l’hôtel, elles sont âgées… très très âgées..Mais patatras, l’une de ses romances décède subitement (est ce de mort naturelle ?) et le voilà l’héritier d’un tableau d’une valeur inestimable !!!!Ce qui n’est pas du tout du goût des héritiers !Un film exceptionnel où l’intrigue pour captivera !

This was a film that offered the promise that is all too seldom kept; an ensemble cast , a picturesque location, a peculiar plot. Normally such films, such as those by Gilliam, fail to deliver this promise. This may have succeeded.It take place in a fictional central European state called Zubrowka, which is Polish word meaning ‘bison grass’ or ‘sweet grass’; and is also the name of a vodka, flavoured with the same . The style of the film represents an old vision of central Europe; the Austro-Hungarian uniforms, the architecture, and the sub-alpine scenery. The names are a mixture of Slavic, German, French, Italian, Yiddish and Ottoman.The story unfolds in a series of images and ideas calculated to speak of the passing of time. Nostalgia, poignancy, grief, loss, death, and destruction leave the survivors weathered and changed by the processes of time.The initial image is a monument covered with tokens of faith. The next is an old shabby hotel, with faded, dated, shabby looking furnishings, obviously imposed anachronistically over an even more ancient style of building, equally or even more shabby in the old traces of its former splendour. A vast building, it is almost empty, emphasising just how neglected it is, with its handful of solitary visitors and scarce staff. As the young author goes about, the incongruity of the outdated style of the bath house with its communal baths clashes with the faded upholstery, displaying how just how time has changed customs and habits and expectations.The narrative is about the concierge whose talent is not just to manage the front of desk for the hotel, but in particular to charm and it transpires, to seduce, wealthy dowagers, and thus ensure their faithful patronage. He reassures them of their past glories, of their remaining beauty and status, and so cultivates their affections. It is presented partly as a practical way for him to get laid, and partly as an act of altruism, of compassion to the aging, the lonely, and the insecure; of a connoisseur of humanity appreciating the finer points and subtle nuances of society. It is all consistently a work of hospitality; the perfect host putting his guests at ease, accommodating them, and showing them joy. He is the perfect host; perceptive, conscientious, discrete.The new lobby boy, Zero, turns out to be a refugee, from the killing of his family and the destruction of his village, and this pattern is repeated throughout; it is a motif that all the characters, and thus we, are like refuges from the destructions of our pasts. The Crossed Keys society of concierges therefore helps one another out in the mission to aid refugees in their flight from destruction, and their comfort in the present, and their plans for the journey ahead. The concierges are the perfect facilitators, helping, abetting, aiding, invisibly, convinced of the purpose of their unknown missions, the anonymous requests that come to them.Throughout there is this sense of purpose of people helping each other, openly or clandestinely, legally or illegally, and pervading all, the love stories; friendship, romance, marriage, comradeship, patronage, fidelity, which motivate and sustain and resource and empathise with each story of help.Human life is described a series of loves and helps, which give purpose and meaning and relish and colour to life. Without them, life dies, losing its meaning. But all these things pass, and what we are left with the memory. The wise will remember with humility, gratitude and good humour, hence the comedy, but also the aching poignancy of the film. All things pass, and we remain, for God has put eternity into our hearts, but none can understand what he has done from beginning to end.