Moonrise Kingdom

I finally watched Moonrise Kingdom on my flight back from Stockholm two weeks ago. I knew only two things about it at that point – that it was Wes Anderson, and what the poster looked like. Neither appealed to me; I am easily turned off by the entire culture & fandom around his movies – so much so that I can forget that I have sincerely enjoyed every one of his that I've seen.

I loved it so incredibly much. It looked exactly like what daydreams are made of when you're young. If I were to run away from home and go on an adventure at that age, that is just the type of impractical-but-theonlythingsthatmakesense stuff I would have brought with me.

These are way fewer screenshots than I (or anybody) usually include in a movie post… I don't want to give too much of the feel of this movie away. A lot of the scenes are particularly enhanced by the things the characters say and the music, too, so just showing you one piece of that experience feels like when Wile E. Coyote runs past a cliff and is hanging high up in the air for a brief second before crashing to the ground. Do watch and see :)

Also, one of my very favorite songs is in it: Le Temps de L'Amour by Francois Hardy.

Dreamy.

Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé and whole bunch of other brands

Mike was kind enough to notify our office that the video for Telephone, by Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé was released. It's nine minutes of flashy, entertaining stimuli:



Something that's hard to miss while the video rolls are all of the brands. Some look like blatant product placement, most notably Beats by Dre (susprise, they collaborated late last year); Virgin Mobile; and Polaroid (double surprise, she became a Creative Director @ Polaroid back in January). Others seem to be there for fun (the Pussy Wagon, Wonder Bread, and Miracle Whip). Here are a few I was able to catch:

Beats by Dre





Virgin Mobile







Diet Coke & Chanel



Plentyoffish.com and HP



I don't know how to classify this one, but it made me really, really happy. The Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill Vol. 1:





Polaroid:





Wonder Bread:



Miracle Whip:



I'm sure there were more that I didn't catch; feel free to leave your own in comments!

EDIT | Check the Buzzfeed article too; they caught one I missed (Little Debbie)!