The Mixing Bowl

I think I may have discovered the most spectacular corner of the blogging/user-generated content world today when I stumbled upon the blog "The Playlist." Rodrigo Perez fills a gaping void in my web wanderings by plugging directly in to the ever-fruitful content area that is indie-auteur film soundtracks. For example, in line with the current Wes hype:

:: The Playlist ::: "The press loves Anderson even as much as they might not love 'Darjeeling,' (reviews are starting to tip into the favorable scale, but they're generally tentatively positive), so there's literally dozens and dozens of pieces out there on Wes and the film and it's hard to keep track of all of them, but here's what we've collated so far and deemed noteworthy.Wes' next film - his stop-motion animated take on Roald Dahl's 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' - will feature the confirmed voices of Bill Murray, George Clooney and Jason Schwartzman (Cate Blanchett and Angelica Houston are still rumors at this point]. [MTV Movies Blog]While talking to Wes, the MTV Movies blog also confirmed what Luke Wilson had recently said - 'Bottle Rocket' will finally get the long-awaited Criterion treatment. We've just begun work with the Criterion Collection to do 'Bottle Rocket' on a new DVD that's going to have all kinds of stuff,' Anderson said. 'There's a lot of 'Bottle Rocket' that was on the cutting room floor, so we have a lot to work with on that one.[MTV Movies Blog]"

Normally I would cringe at a new Roald Dahl film, since the author's marvelous, magical, gristly banter is so difficult to lift off the printed page and capture the same sense of wonder and disgust on screen. But Anderson is one of two or three directors (the other's being Linklater and Del Toro) who I think can get this right. And a Criterion Bottle Rocket! Excellent!