Darjeeling Limited, viewed and noted

To start off my research project and to gain some perspectives on independent films, I watched The Darjeeling Limited today. What strikes me as interesting upon watching it, was the colors throughout the movie were surprisingly vibrant and it gave a nice whimsical contrast to the storyline and script which was in fact, quite blatantly simple and solemn; with an exception of a few quirky lines here and there. Throughout the movie, I understood that the colors were not just an attention seeking device, they represent the present (modern days) against the backdrop of India, which pictured people who were underprivileged. There is a vast explanation on the colors used, here. The director had also mentioned that he used the colors as a metaphor for life, contrasting the misery of the brothers with the dusty opulence of their surroundings. (Anderson, 2008). Here are a couple of pictures taken from the movie.