The Darjeeling Limited

Jahan Bakshi
Jahan Bakshi   | Qwiki | October 3, 2008 at 10:14 pm

(3/5) Nice, funny and quirky but so ‘exotic’ and self-consciously detached and elegiac that it becomes annoyingly precious; even vacuous. Awesome soundtrack, though!
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  1. Arthi V Arthi V says:
    October 4, 2008 at 5:25 am

    “self-consciously detached and elegiac that it becomes annoyingly precious”

    I just got curious about the use of adj here. Being self-con’ly detached and mournful(funereal) lead to the film becoming likable / precious; but against your very well ie annoyingly. Seems so weird.

    Could you explain that plz?

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  2. Arthi V Arthi V says:
    October 4, 2008 at 5:26 am

    Damn..Typos: well is will

    “self-consciously detached and elegiac that it becomes annoyingly precious”

    I just got curious about the use of adj here. Being self-con’ly detached and mournful(funereal) lead to the film becoming likable / precious; but against your very will ie annoyingly. Seems so weird.

    Could you explain that plz?

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  3. Jahan Bakshi Jahan Bakshi says:
    October 4, 2008 at 5:34 am

    @Arthi: ‘Precious’ here doesn’t mean ‘valuable’ or ‘likeable’. The word has a different connotation too, and that is the one in use here.

    Refer to (4) here:
    precious(adjective)–
    1.of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
    2.highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories.
    3.dear; beloved: a precious child.
    4.affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners.
    5.flagrant; gross: a precious fool.

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  4. Rusted rick Rusted rick says:
    October 4, 2008 at 11:49 am

    “exotic, annoyingly precious and vacuous”
    words that aptly describe any Hollywood backyard production trying to portray India ….personally i thought “Darjeeling limited” avoided those brilliantly but never forcibly.
    exoticism etc was used as a cinematic device here, without it the film would have indeed felt vacuous.

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  5. Jahan Jahan says:
    October 4, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Exoticism, yeah- that is there with most hollywood films- in fact i’m planning a post on something related to that soon. But Anderson’s somewhat affected style got on my nerves at times… i don’t quite know how to put it right now. I haven’t seen his other films yet- I plan to see them soon- but his uniquestyle does become quite apparent here.

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