{"id":23636,"date":"2014-06-06T11:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T09:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/the-grand-budapest-hotel"},"modified":"2022-06-06T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:44:00","slug":"the-grand-budapest-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/the-grand-budapest-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Budapest Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<div class=\"gca-column one-half first\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wes11.jpg\" alt=\"wes1\" width=\"150\" height=\"168\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Netherlands-xl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"53\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"penci-dropcap-box\">H<\/span>et gebeurt nog maar zelden dat ik hier iets zinnigs te melden heb. Laat staan mijn volkomen misbare mening over een avondvullende speelfilm.&nbsp;Sterker nog; de laatste keer dat dat gebeurde is alweer zeven jaar geleden (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Seven Pounds\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/seven-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Seven Pounds<\/em><\/a><\/span>.&nbsp;Da's bijna <em>bijbels<\/em> toevallig).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hoe het ook zij: vandaag voelde ik de urgentie oprispen&nbsp;u te wijzen op het bestaan van <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Wes @ Wiki\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wes_Anderson\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wes Anderson<\/em><\/a><\/span>'s <strong>bril-jan-te<\/strong> <em>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ik zal u niet vervelen met de (filmische) historie van de beste man, u bent namelijk niet dom en -uiteraard- bijzonder vaardig met <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Wes @ Google\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.nl\/search?q=wes+anderson+wiki&amp;oq=wes+anderson&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i65j0l2.2751j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nee, beste lezer; DIT &#8230; dit is de <em>Rembrandt<\/em> onder de speelfilms. D\u00e9 cinematografische variant van<em> Stairway to Heaven<\/em>&nbsp;zoals <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Gebroeders Lumi\u00e8re\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gebroeders_Lumi%C3%A8re\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Auguste Marie Louis Lumi\u00e8re<\/em><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;dat voor ogen gehad moet hebben. <em>Visuele Po\u00ebzie<\/em> met een hoofdletter P.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Film zoals film hoort te zijn<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Region-Capture2.jpg\" alt=\"Region-Capture2\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Zulk<\/em> een detail, <em>z\u00f3<\/em>&nbsp;een spectaculair verhaal, een <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a title=\"Shitload @ YT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Pb_h8NuYtg\" target=\"_blank\">shitload<\/a><\/em><\/span> aan <em>A-list<\/em> acteurs, <em>z\u00f3<\/em>&nbsp;een '<em>clevere<\/em>' edit, pr\u00e0chtige <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Featurette: &quot;Creating a Hotel&quot;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gYMfEKELveQ\">decors<\/a><\/span> en <em>w\u00e0t<\/em> een verfijnde soundtrack! En d\u00e0t alles met de heer <em>Anderson<\/em>'s onmiskenbare handtekening; v\u00e9\u00e9l <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"gecentreerde shots @ Vimeo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/89302848\" target=\"_blank\">gecentreerde shots<\/a><\/span>, snelle 'cuts' en een onberispelijk gevoel voor sfeer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Z\u00f2 goed gemaakt dat ik ervan zou kunnen huilen. Tranen <em>van vreugde<\/em> dat is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>#aanrader #uitroep #teken<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>WOOt! En als <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Hotel op tijd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/17897\/wes-andersons-the-grand-budapest-hotel-make-that-the-great\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time<\/a><\/span> 't zegt, is 't waar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Lilly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/lilly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ik heb nog veel te leren&#8230;<\/a><\/span> ;-(<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gca-column one-half\"><div style=\"background-color: #ffe4e1;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/wes22.jpg\" alt=\"wes2\" width=\"150\" height=\"173\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/United-Kingdom-xl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"53\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"penci-dropcap-box\">I<\/span>t rarely happens that I have something sensible to say here. Let alone my complete and utter useless opinion about a feature film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Indeed the last time&nbsp;th\u00e0t happened was&nbsp;seven years ago (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Seven Pounds\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/seven-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Seven Pounds<\/em><\/a><\/span>. Almost a biblical contingence).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Anyhoo<\/em>; today I felt the urge to <span style=\"color: #000000;\">alert you to the existence of<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Wes @ Wiki\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wes_Anderson\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wes Anderson<\/em><\/a><\/span>'s&nbsp;<strong>bril-liant<\/strong> <em>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I won't bother you with his (filmic) history; you're not stupid and besides that very skilled when it comes to the use of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a title=\"Wes @ Google\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.nl\/search?q=wes+anderson+wiki&amp;oq=wes+anderson&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i65j0l2.2751j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=wes+anderson\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No, dearest reader; THIS&#8230;. this is th\u00e9&nbsp;<em>Rembrandt<\/em> of feature films. Th\u00e9 cinematographic&nbsp;version of&nbsp;<em>Stairway to Heaven<\/em> as&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Auguste and Louis Lumi\u00e8re\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Auguste Marie Louis Lumi\u00e8re <\/em><\/a><\/span>must have pictured it<em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Visual Poetry<\/em> with a capital <em>P<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Film as film <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> be<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eamel.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Region-Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Region-Capture\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Such<\/em> cinematographic detail, <em>such<\/em> a spectacular&nbsp;story, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Shitload\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Pb_h8NuYtg\" target=\"_blank\"><em>shitload<\/em><\/a><\/span> of A-list actors, <em>such<\/em>&nbsp;clever editing, beautiful <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Featurette: &quot;Creating a Hotel&quot;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gYMfEKELveQ\">decor<\/a><\/span> and&nbsp;<em>such<\/em> a <span style=\"color: #000000;\">sophisticated soundtrack! And all of it with that<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">unambiguous<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">signature of mr Anderson; lots of&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"centered shots at Vimeo's\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/89302848\" target=\"_blank\">centered<\/a><\/span> shots, fast cuts and and a flawless feel for <em>ethos<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">S\u00f2 well made I could cry.&nbsp;Tears <em>of joy<\/em> that is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>#recommended #exclamation #mark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>WOOt! 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