When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
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- TriviaHarry is reading the Chinese erotic novel "The Golden Lotus."
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Timber Woods: I mean, he owes you his life, Doctor.
Dr. Ganderbai: No, he doesn't.
Timber Woods: I'm sorry.
Dr. Ganderbai: You can't be.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
- SoundtracksChants et Danses de la Moisson
Field Recording by Deben Bhattacharia
Courtesy of Arc Music Productions Int. Ltd. on behalf of Deben Bhattacharia Ltd.
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Hopes dashed
Woods gets home to find his friend Harry lying motionless in bed. He dare not move as there's a highly venomous snake lying on his stomach. After the shock has subsided, Woods calls a local doctor who brings with him the anti-venom. Now, how to move the snake?
Another of Wes Anderson's four-episode short story-series, all adaptations of Roald Dahl stories. The others in the series are The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan and The Rat Catcher.
Wes Anderson adapting a Roald Dahl story seems a perfect combination: the clever innocence of Dahl's writing, Anderson's whimsical, stylised direction. It's been done before, to great effect; 'Fantastic Mr Fox' (2009) was brilliant.
Poison is similar to the other three short films in the series in that it contains narration with the narrator talking in short, bullet-point-like sentences, an engaging story and some quirky backdrops and props. The backdrops are bit less of a factor here, due to this film being set almost entirely in one location.
The other three had a nasty habit of leaving you dangling at the end - setting you up with an engaging, seemingly set up for a powerful ending and then just fizzling out, sans punchline. This one seemed to be heading to buck the trend but, alas, it is more of the same. There is a half-theme around ungraciousness and racism at the end but it really isn't developed well enough to have an impact.
Interesting enough, just don't expect too much of the conclusion.
Another of Wes Anderson's four-episode short story-series, all adaptations of Roald Dahl stories. The others in the series are The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan and The Rat Catcher.
Wes Anderson adapting a Roald Dahl story seems a perfect combination: the clever innocence of Dahl's writing, Anderson's whimsical, stylised direction. It's been done before, to great effect; 'Fantastic Mr Fox' (2009) was brilliant.
Poison is similar to the other three short films in the series in that it contains narration with the narrator talking in short, bullet-point-like sentences, an engaging story and some quirky backdrops and props. The backdrops are bit less of a factor here, due to this film being set almost entirely in one location.
The other three had a nasty habit of leaving you dangling at the end - setting you up with an engaging, seemingly set up for a powerful ending and then just fizzling out, sans punchline. This one seemed to be heading to buck the trend but, alas, it is more of the same. There is a half-theme around ungraciousness and racism at the end but it really isn't developed well enough to have an impact.
Interesting enough, just don't expect too much of the conclusion.
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