"Hotel Grand Budapest" ": film reviews, cast, summary

The picture "Hotel" Grand Budapest "", which won four Oscars, was shot by one of the best visionaries of our time Wes Anderson. The tape was included in the program of the Berlin Film Festival, the premiere took place in early February 2014. The project was awarded the Grand Prix of the jury. The vast majority of filmmakers and members of the press included the picture in the top ten films. "Hotel" Grand Budapest "" was awarded a number of prizes, its IMDb rating: 8.10.

Author style

Wes Anderson’s track record consists of only nine full-length films, but the fact that this director has his own unique style is beyond doubt. The manner of filming the director is obvious and recognizable, the visionary turns his every project into an original likeness of a puppet show. As critics emphasize in reviews of the film "Hotel Grand Budapest", "and this time Anderson did not change his creative predilections. Despite the formation of his own style, Wesu is not alien to experiments: he travels in his work through epochs and geographical objects, tried himself in animation.

This time he practices style. And the director of the film “Hotel Grand Budapest” ”preferred the stylistics to a difficult one, the picture resembles a mixture of movie tales from socialist countries of Eastern Europe and French comedies. The elements of Unlucky and Dad are barely perceptible in the cinema; there is the spirit of Little White and Rosette and Three Nuts for Cinderella. The director mixes the colors of the past and gives an unprecedentedly fresh palette. It is no coincidence that among films similar to the Grand Budapest Hotel are Amelie, Four Rooms, The Peerless Mr. Fox, and The Tenenbaum Family.

The illusion of unrivaled grace

Reviewers in reviews of the movie Hotel Grand Budapest Hotel compare the film to an adventurous story. The director himself admits that he was inspired by the novels and memoirs of Stefan Zweig, as well as the “Banality of Evil” by Hannah Arendt. The plot of the film is like a nesting doll. The main events take place in the 30s at the Grand Budapest Hotel, after their direct participant, the aged Zero, talks about past adventures of a middle-aged man. He remembers the story and, having become a writer, turns it into a novel, which in our days is read by a girl who is located in a cemetery by the writer’s bust.

Plot

In Europe, which has survived the First World War and is preparing for the Second, in the Eastern European state of Zubrovka there is a thriving Grand Budapest hotel. At the center of the story is concierge Gustav (R. Fiennes), who loves to hit on other people's wives. He hires a boy with a “coffee with milk” skin color Zero Mustafu (T. Revolori) as a lobby-boy, and escorts the most profitable passion to Countess Desgoffe und Taxis (T. Swinton) on his last trip. Her relatives are ready to gnaw each other's throats for the inheritance, among which is the painting “The Boy with the Apple” - a masterpiece of the Renaissance by Johann Van Hoyt Jr.

But the work of art goes to Gustav, which causes sincere dissatisfaction with the cocky Dmitry (E. Brody) and his assistant Jopling (W. Defoe). Relatives, with the support of the police, led by Captain Albert Henkels (E. Norton), begin a real hunt for a concierge.

Critics in reviews of the film “Hotel Grand Budapest” (2014) note that the director managed to drive the adventure story into an elegant frame of a recognizable author's style, and inside this film a whole gallery of vivid characters flourishes.

Acting Ensemble

As the reviews of the movie "Hotel Grand Budapest" say, he surprised many. It involves an exemplary constellation of first-class actors, including the director's favorites: B. Murray, D. Schwartzman, O. Wilson, who play episodic or secondary roles. Actors with whom the director had not previously collaborated are R. Fiennes, W. Defoe, D. Goldblum, H. Keitel and others.

Almost every hero in the tape is the brightest character, each image is capaciously and clearly built. Gustav performed by Ralph Fiennes is a real masterpiece. The boy Zero, embodied on the screen by Tony Revolori, is simply wonderful. Jeff Goldblum did not appear on the screen for a long time, he did not lose his skill, his hero is a lawyer. The role as a whole is episodic, but memorable.

Brody with Defoe are good at playing villains. And Tilda Swinton is unrecognizable in the role of an 84-year-old woman. The makeup of the character is absolutely incredible.

Production Features

After watching the picture, many viewers wondered where they shot the film “Hotel Grand Budapest.” The scenery for the fictional town of Lutz was the architectural delights of Gerlitz (Germany), which, due to the perfectly preserved architecture, is often used by filmmakers. Some scenes were shot in the castles of the federal state of Saxony and in its capital Dresden. The interior of the hotel was filmed in the pavilions of the film studio and in the comedy of the Görlitzer Warenhaus department store. The model used to remove the building from the outside was created by decorator A. Stockhausen, who drew inspiration from old photographs of the Bristol Palace Hotel in Karlovy Vary and the Gellert Hotel in Budapest.

Criticism

Reviews for the movie "Hotel" Grand Budapest "" are exclusively laudatory, the picture was awarded the highest ratings by reputable filmmakers. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, out of 225 reviews, 92% are positive, so the rating is 8.4 points out of 10. Critics call the project their own world with bright colors, unusual characters and amazing costumes. However, they emphasize that, despite the tragedy of the plot, the brainchild of Anderson awakens the thirst for travel.

Film experts praise the director for unobtrusively addressing serious issues. Throughout the whole story, longing for humanity and individuality of each person passes through the red thread. At the same time, there is a place in the cinema for exciting adventures, subtle irony, dreams, true friendship and weightless nostalgia for the past. Time magazine in its top 10 films of 2014 gave the project an honorable first place.

Domestic experts noted the saturation of each frame with details and characters, the accuracy of camera movements, and the professionalism of the operator.

disadvantages

The only thing critics slightly criticized the director for was a very superficial treatment of history. However, Anderson does not scoff at the events of the past, he makes funny sketches, representing a conditional European power as a kind of mountain resort, where guests are entertained by thefts, pursuits and love. Glance superficial, but understandable. As a result, the memory retains only good, getting rid of bad memories over time.

Among the audience’s reviews, at times there are frankly perplexing remarks, the authors of which are indignant at what they saw, asking what kind of comedy this is, where the Nazis, military police, prison, etc. Of course, if you go to the Grand Budapest Hotel as a traditional youth comedy, then you will definitely get the most severe disappointment, this can not be changed. It’s just that you need to go to Anderson’s film like to Anderson’s film. Then everything will be in perfect order.